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Wincanton FD steps down

Jon Kempster, group finance director, steps down after two years with Wincanton

12 Nov 2012

Northern Petroleum recruits Tristone Capital's Nick Morgan

Price Waterhouse-trained Nick Morgan takes FD role at oil exploration business

09 Nov 2012

Charteris loses Carter as FD moves on

Finance director Patrick Carter will leave Charteris to take up a FD role within the renewable energy sector

08 Nov 2012

FD makes Rightmove to CEO of property website

FD of property website Rightmove is to become chief executive on the retirement of co-founding executive Ed Williams

08 Nov 2012

The Practitioner: Part-time FD, Superman, control freak

The Practitioner is in demand with clients – but is struggling to give other staff members the opportunity to shine

08 Nov 2012

FDs say pension scheme deficits hamper investment

Most finance directors say scheme deficits are hampering their business investments, research from ICAEW shows

06 Nov 2012

Colin: McDonald's golden promotion

A promotion at McDonald's caught Colin's eye this week

05 Nov 2012

Ex-FTSE 100 FD takes chairman role at Norcros

Norcros names former FTSE 100 finance director Martin Towers as chairman with immediate effect

01 Nov 2012

McDonald’s UK finance VP promoted

Paul Pomroy promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer of McDonald's UK & Northern Europe

30 Oct 2012

Partnership appoints Phoenix’s Richardson as CFO

Pension provider Partnership appoints new CFO as part of a board reshuffle

24 Oct 2012

Buffin steps into Travis Perkins finance hotseat

The Wickes owner recruits Tony Buffin to take over from longstanding incumbent FD Paul Hampden Smith

24 Oct 2012

Waterlogic loses CFO

Group CFO Steve Harrison steps down at the end of the year to pursue other interests

18 Oct 2012

Pennycook picks up NED role at The Hut

Departing Morrisons FD builds portfolio career at The Hut Group

17 Oct 2012

Silence Therapeutics appoints Freeborn as FD

Tim Freeborn joins Silence from Xcap

15 Oct 2012

ING appoints former Atradius CFO

Delfin Rueda becomes CFO of investment management Eurasia at ING

15 Oct 2012

Monitise reshuffle sees FD change

John Brougham retires from CFO post, with Nick Taylor running the finance function

12 Oct 2012

Mediterranean Oil & Gas appoints first group FC

First financial controller appointed to Italian-focused oil and gas explorer

11 Oct 2012

Ceridian UK appoints new CFO

Nick Treston named as CFO at HR outsourcing and payroll provider

10 Oct 2012

CFO leaves Earthport

Zafar Karim, chief financial officer, is to step down from Earthport board at the end of October

05 Oct 2012

Martin Beer joins Braemar Shipping as finance director

Martin Beer succeeds former FD who steps up to CEO of Braemar Shipping Services

02 Oct 2012

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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

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To quota or not to quota: that is the problem

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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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