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SME cash accounting ‘a good idea’

Business body the IoD has hailed cash accounting as a good option for smaller businesses, saying many probably already use it

07 Oct 2011

Brainspark nears 2010 accounts filing

AIM-listed investment business lines up 2010 accounts after delay

30 Sep 2011

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Simpler SME reporting ties users in knots

Simpler reporting for micro-entities has sparked complex stakeholder debate

07 Sep 2011

Business and investors to thrash out accounting issues

FRC launches Financial Reporting Lab to enable discussions between corporate and investment communities

23 Aug 2011

Ofgem: BDO to probe energy pricing

BDO will examine whether energy companies understate profits to justify raising retail prices

22 Aug 2011

Experiment to present clearer numbers

Best practice in the way companies approach corporate reporting needs to become the norm, says Hywel Ball

18 Aug 2011

Groupon rejigs accounting prior to $20bn IPO

Online deal business reconsiders how it presents marketing and subscriber-acquisition costs

11 Aug 2011

Accounting hubs alleviate standard headache?

Accounting hubs have been touted as the answer to multi-GAAP-users' dreams, but how practical are they?

08 Aug 2011

Steady UK profits rise at recruiter Robert Walters

Interim UK gross profits rise 6% at financial recruiter

04 Aug 2011

Xchanging buoyed by refinancing deal

Xchanging has a four-year financing deal and new CEO Ken Lever said it is making progress after accusations of "aggressive" accounting

01 Aug 2011

China accounting lands investors in hot water

China accounting back under spotlight as two more companies give investors a headache

25 Jul 2011

Helphire ditches Deloitte for KPMG

Deloitte out of audit role three months after £27m accounting error discovered at client

18 Jul 2011

Moody's scrambles red flags amid China accounting concern

Moody's has rated 50 China-based companies according to its red flag system, as accounting fears dog US investors

12 Jul 2011

Accounting insight 'more valuable' than cost counting

Accounting insight and strategy add more value than old-fashioned cost counting, a new CIMA report has suggested

12 Jul 2011

Eco City resumes trading after missing audit deadline

Eco City Vehicles missed audit deadline on Friday resulting in shares suspension but trading has now resumed

05 Jul 2011

Profile: Tim Potter, managing partner, Hurst

International networks can be a boost for smaller firms competing hard for business in a mature market, writes Rachael Singh

04 Jul 2011

Cooking the books

Fed up being given information far too late for you to meet a deadline? Changing your language could help avoid this familiar situation, says Hannah McNamara

28 Jun 2011

China IT investors undeterred by accounting scandals

Investors are eager to capitalise Chinese IT companies despite accounting scandals

21 Jun 2011

Commercial property accounting – a law unto itself?

A new code of practice covers accounting for service charges in commercial property, but some say it doesn’t go far enough

20 Jun 2011

Service charges accounting in focus

Rics and academics from Kingston University are considering whether greater regulation is needed in service charge accounting

20 Jun 2011

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Profession reaches end of its tether with PAC

After the Public Accounts Committee's latest hearing - in which it heavily criticised Google's tax affairs - many advisers have had enough

#AAYP 2013: Talent is ageless, but youth unemployment is a problem

The principles of developing future leaders apply whether you've just left school or got years of experience under your belt

To quota or not to quota: that is the problem

Women on board quotas may have a bad rep, but it’s the only way to address inherent bias argues Fiona Hotston Moore

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Should practice ownership structures break with tradition?

Incentivising accountancy practice staff will mean a new way of thinking. Robert Postlethwaite considers the options

Success of FRS 102 needs to be replicated on going concern

The consultation process for FRS 102 was arguably the most wide-ranging the FRC has ever conducted. It should apply the same rigour to going concern

Colin: Colin was here

Colin loves to be the centre of attention, as the Sky News Twitter account can testify

Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane

It was less Wacky Races and more Sunday driving as a team from Reeves helped raise £15,000 for charity as part of a race to Monaco

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Briefings

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Why budgeting fails: One management system is not enough

If budgeting is to have any value at all, it needs a radical overhaul. In today's dynamic marketplace, budgeting can no longer serve as a company's only management system; it must integrate with and support dedicated strategy management systems, process improvement systems, and the like. In this paper, Professor Peter Horvath and Dr Ralf Sauter present what's wrong with the current approach to budgeting and how to fix it.

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iXBRL: Taking stock. Looking forward

In this white paper CCH provide checklists to help accountants and finance professionals both in practice and in business examine these issues and make plans. Also includes a case study of a large commercial organisation working through the first year of mandatory iXBRL filing.