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#AAYP 2013: Surviving, and navigating, your firm’s politics

In an extract from their book How to Make Partner and Still Have a Life, Heather Townsend and Jo Larbie share their tips for navigating and surviving your firm's politics.

01 May 2013

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Best Practice: Martin Atkins of Harris Lipman

A strong insolvency skillset, and a close relationship with clients, has allowed Harris Lipman to stay on its toes despite tough circumstances

11 Apr 2013

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Best Practice: AC Mole & Sons

AC Mole managing partner Steve Golby and tax partner Paul Aplin discuss the firm's colourful past, the issues it currently faces - and the future

25 Feb 2013

Best Practice: Beever and Struthers

Quality, caution, and a sprinkling of entrepreneurialism serves Beever and Struthers well, says managing partner Phil Roberts

13 Feb 2013

UK faces shortfall of 10,200 accountants by 2050

Ageing workforce could leave the UK with a huge accountancy black hole

22 Jan 2013

Best Practice: Clive Owen & Co

Accountancy Age speaks to Clive Owen about how getting to grips with marketing has pushed the firm to understand and promote its key skillsets

09 Jan 2013

Interview: PwC chairman and senior partner Ian Powell

PwC's senior partner talks audit reform, international growth and why the firm should strive for something that is 'unobtainable'

04 Dec 2012

Succession is about more than finding the right people

Mid-tier firms must ensure they have more than a recruitment strategy to tackle succession planning, warns Ladislav Hornan

27 Nov 2012

Colin: What's accounting got to do with the price of fish?

The glitz and glamour wasn't the only reason guests attended the British Accountancy Awards, notes Colin

23 Nov 2012

British Accountancy Awards 2012: The winners

Our congratulations go to 2012's winners and commiserations to the runners-up, on what was another fantastic evening

22 Nov 2012

Interview: BDO's Simon Michaels and PKF's Martin Goodchild

The managing partners talk to Accountancy Age about the whys and hows of their merger plans

07 Nov 2012

Interview: Grant Thornton CEO Scott Barnes

Reinvesting might have eaten into partner distributions, but Grant Thornton is ready to push towards the £500m barrier over the next two years

15 Oct 2012

Best Practice: Watt Busfield’s Andrew Watt

Andrew Watt discusses the process of setting up a new practice

08 Oct 2012

Best Practice: Julie Adams, Menzies

Menzies’ new managing partner Julie Adams explains the firm’s strategy to bolster service lines and deepen London strength

02 Oct 2012

Best Practice: Brookson’s Martin Hesketh

Hesketh has come under fire for claiming that old fashioned accountancy firms are damaging sole trader clients

28 Sep 2012

British Accountancy Awards 2012: The Shortlist

Accountancy Age is proud to reveal the shortlist for the British Accountancy Awards 2012

14 Sep 2012

Interview: Rawlinsons' Colin Crowley talks farming and filing

A deal with the NFU could boost the reach of Rawlinsons' online tax filing clientele, explains Colin Crowley

24 Aug 2012

Best Practice: Wright Vigar’s Jack O’Hern

Finding firms with comparable culture and ethos is key when growing through acquisition, says Wright Vigar's Jack O'Hern

14 Aug 2012

Best Practice: Smith & Williamson's Gareth Pearce

Keeping the Smith & Williamson house in order, without overreaching, will pay dividends, says chairman Gareth Pearce

13 Aug 2012

The secret of successful managing partners: challenge the norm

Although hard work creates success, what do all managing partners have that separates them from other senior practitioners? Rob Lees has the answer

13 Aug 2012

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How software as a service can meet the strategic needs of a growing business

Organisations are now looking for a software service that is cost effective, flexible, streamlined and able to meet the needs of the business both today and in the future

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#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

#AAYP 2013: Soft skills will be a necessity to being competitive

Accountants must continue to add value by advising our clients more predominantly on their structure and their long-term objective

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Walk before you can run, lessons on choosing the right IT system

Stepping back and choosing a simpler IT system might be the best way forward for the business explains Christophe Letellier

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

Colin: Democracy bureaucracy

Colin wonders what the ICAEW's discussions over the botched ballot were like

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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.