Ewing leaves Standard Chartered board for health reasons
Company News

Ewing leaves Standard Chartered board for health reasons

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Ewing leaves Standard Chartered board for health r...

Margaret Ewing has resigned from the board of Standard Chartered for health reasons Read More...

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Sage ends search for new CFO
People Business

Sage ends search for new CFO

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Sage ends search for new CFO

Sage appoints former Invensys CFO Steve Hare as its new finance chief Read More...

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Increase in female FTSE board appointments
People Business

Increase in female FTSE board appointments

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Increase in female FTSE board appointments

Around a third of FTSE board appointments have gone to women over last six months Read More...

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Firms get strategic in lining up audit targets
Accounting Firms

Firms get strategic in lining up audit targets

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Firms get strategic in lining up audit targets

Auditors will become more strategic in how they recruit, allocate resources and manage their cost base to attack FTSE 350 tenders Read More...

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KPMG stays top of auditor rankings list
Accounting Firms

KPMG stays top of auditor rankings list

11y Rachael Singh , Writer

KPMG stays top of auditor rankings list

Big Four continues to dominate listed company audits according to latest Adviser Rankings table Read More...

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G4S headhunts Mysys CFO Himanshu Raja
Company News

G4S headhunts Mysys CFO Himanshu Raja

11y Richard Crump , Writer

G4S headhunts Mysys CFO Himanshu Raja

Mysys CFO joins G4S as company seeks to strengthen balance sheet Read More...

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Competition watchdog urged to water down audit tendering rules
Audit

Competition watchdog urged to water down audit tendering rules

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Competition watchdog urged to water down audit ten...

Competition Commission told to scrap five year audit tendering plans in favour of FRC’s ten year 'comply or explain' approach Read More...

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Five-year audit tender costs disproportionate
Audit

Five-year audit tender costs disproportionate

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Five-year audit tender costs disproportionate

Forcing companies to tender audit work every five years could prove costly, finds Richard Crump Read More...

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Tendering changes will cost audit market £100m a year
Audit

Tendering changes will cost audit market £100m a year

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Tendering changes will cost audit market £100m a y...

Taken together, FRC and Competition Commission audit proposals will cost accountants and businesses £100m a year Read More...

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FRC rubbishes mandatory five year audit tendering
Audit

FRC rubbishes mandatory five year audit tendering

11y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC rubbishes mandatory five year audit tendering

FRC warns five year tendering could result in a "sham process" that will undermine competition Read More...

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Another day, another audit rotation
Audit

Another day, another audit rotation

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Another day, another audit rotation

The new fashion of appointing fresh auditors has yet to extend outside the Big Four Read More...

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PwC replaces Deloitte as auditors of Hargreaves Lansdown
Accounting Firms

PwC replaces Deloitte as auditors of Hargreaves Lansdown

11y Richard Crump , Writer

PwC replaces Deloitte as auditors of Hargreaves La...

Hargreaves Lansdown describes 50 year audit tenures as "embarrassing" as fund seller switches auditors to PwC from Deloitte Read More...

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Unilever puts PwC audit up for tender
Audit

Unilever puts PwC audit up for tender

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Unilever puts PwC audit up for tender

Consumer goods giant first FTSE 100 business to change auditors following Competition Commission measures Read More...

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Competition Commission outlines five-year audit tenders
Audit

Competition Commission outlines five-year audit tenders

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Competition Commission outlines five-year audit te...

Auditors to bid for work every five years under new competition rules; but avoid mandatory rotation Read More...

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FTSE 100 exec pension pay falling
Consulting

FTSE 100 exec pension pay falling

11y Richard Crump , Writer

FTSE 100 exec pension pay falling

FTSE 100 pension provisions falling and HMRC benefiting for new tax allowance, survey finds Read More...

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KPMG overhauls PwC as top quoted company auditor
Accounting Firms

KPMG overhauls PwC as top quoted company auditor

11y Richard Crump , Writer

KPMG overhauls PwC as top quoted company auditor

KPMG now audits more UK listed clients than PwC, but latter maintains higher market cap Read More...

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FTSE 100 companies criticised over use of tax havens
Corporate Tax

FTSE 100 companies criticised over use of tax havens

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

FTSE 100 companies criticised over use of tax have...

ActionAid report criticises big business's use of tax havens after G7 pledges more work against avoidance Read More...

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PwC reinstated as Schroders auditor
Accounting Firms

PwC reinstated as Schroders auditor

11y Richard Crump , Writer

PwC reinstated as Schroders auditor

KPMG tells Schroders it would breach regulatory requirements if appointed auditor Read More...

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Manage your carbon footprint and stride ahead of the competition
Corporate Governance

Manage your carbon footprint and stride ahead of the competition

11y Accountancy Age

Manage your carbon footprint and stride ahead of t...

New reporting requirements make environmental a financial necessity for large companies, but SMEs could see the issue reach them quicker than they rea...

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Tax rate of FTSE100 companies drops for fourth year
Corporate Tax

Tax rate of FTSE100 companies drops for fourth year

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Tax rate of FTSE100 companies drops for fourth yea...

The average effective tax rate for FTSE100 companies has fallen for the fourth consecutive year, says UHY Hacker Young Read More...

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CFO rules himself out of running for top job at Lonmin
People Business

CFO rules himself out of running for top job at Lonmin

11y Richard Crump , Writer

CFO rules himself out of running for top job at Lo...

Lonmin CFO and interim CEO Simon Scott asks not to be considered as a candidate for the role of CEO Read More...

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Infrastructure tax breaks “key to growth” – KPMG
Corporate Tax

Infrastructure tax breaks “key to growth” – KPMG

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Infrastructure tax breaks “key to growth” – KPMG

Tax breaks for investment in infrastructure and capital investment could free up thousands of jobs, says KPMG Read More...

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FTSE 350 use same auditor for an average of 11.3 years
Audit

FTSE 350 use same auditor for an average of 11.3 years

12y Richard Crump , Writer

FTSE 350 use same auditor for an average of 11.3 y...

Competition Commission finds FTSE 350 businesses that change auditor get improvements in price and quality Read More...

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Sage cautious on European outlook
Accounting Software

Sage cautious on European outlook

12y Rachael Singh , Writer

Sage cautious on European outlook

Sage says Europe growth was flat, and improved growth for the first half of the year failed to materialise Read More...

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Carbon reporting opens floodgate for new revenue streams
Corporate Governance

Carbon reporting opens floodgate for new revenue streams

12y Accountancy Age

Carbon reporting opens floodgate for new revenue s...

With the government's drive to force large companies to report emissions, practices could do well to invest in green advisory services, explains Gary ...

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Sage buys Brazilian accountancy software business
Technology

Sage buys Brazilian accountancy software business

12y Rachael Singh , Writer

Sage buys Brazilian accountancy software business

Sage moves to grow its presence in the emerging market through acquisition of leader of practice software in Brazil Read More...

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Sage shows resilient results for first half of 2012
Technology

Sage shows resilient results for first half of 2012

12y Rachael Singh , Writer

Sage shows resilient results for first half of 201...

IT giant contracts 4% from loss of software related revenue but grows 5% from increased subscriptions Read More...

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