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Baroness Hogg crowned FRC chair

Deputy chair of regulatory watchdog will take over from Sir Christopher Hogg on 1 May 2010

04 Dec 2009

Head of steam building for industry tax credit idea

Plan which would see manufacturers get tax credits for building industrial plants and help spur the UK economy gains support

01 Dec 2009

Peter Mandelson - return from the dark side

After last week's conference, Peter Mandelson is back in fashion at the Labour Party - but auditors are harder to woo

08 Oct 2009

Big Four rebuffed in attempt to alter liability law

Lord Mandelson sympathetic to firms' concerns over major lawsuits, but no further change to audit liability laws to follow

28 Sep 2009

Mandelson’s department seeks director of finance

BIS and Department for Transport seek senior finance professionals

24 Sep 2009

MG Rover report advance copies sent

850-page dossier hits the welcome mat of those named in the report before its official release on Friday

08 Sep 2009

Deloitte's MG Rover audit may feature in BDO report

The former auditor of collapsed car maker could be under intense scrutiny depending on the contents of BDO Stoy Hayward's report

13 Aug 2009

Phoenix Four may face director ban

Lord Mandelson reportedly angling to have ex-MG Rover top brass banned from being directors

12 Aug 2009

BDO's MG Rover report to go public on 11 September

Business department to release BDO Stoy Hayward report into collapsed car giant next month after four years of investigation costing almost £16m

11 Aug 2009

Controversy surrounds BDO's MG Rover report

Rover directors describe SFO's review of report as 'mystifying'

07 Jul 2009

Corporate tax system 'not fit for purpose', says EEF

Engineering and manufacturing support body wants radical overhaul of UK corporate tax

24 Mar 2009

'Jury out' over online sustainability tool

IFAC launches online environmental accounting tool as Mandelson and Miliband meet businesses heavyweights for Low Carbon Summit

10 Mar 2009

Mandelson launches rescue effort for small business

Plan aims at £20bn of short-term loans for businesses up to £500m, and £1.3bn for those up to £25m

14 Jan 2009

Mandelson accused of Royal Mail pension accounting trick

Business Secretary attacked over government takeover of Post Office pension fund

16 Dec 2008

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Penny Avis' book Nevermind the Botox Rachel

Video: From corporate finance to author

Rachael Singh interviews self-published author and former Deloitte partner Penny Avis on her novel "Nevermind the Botox Rachel"

Managers must spot signs of staff stress

Learn to identify the symptoms of stress in your team, urges CABA

The Practitioner: Staff sit-down shocker

The Practitioner has plenty to think about after a senior staff member reveals the pair haven't 'chatted' for quite a while...

Time for consulting to re-balance?

Despite robust performance in 2011, the consulting industry must reduce its reliance on financial services clients, says Alan Leaman

businessman steps forward

Tax: Don't go back in the future

Forget retrospection and instead put the GAAR together properly to create certainty for business, says Gary Richards

CIMA and ICAEW accounts: all in the presentation

Fully transparent, or just one for the accountants? asks Kevin Reed

TS recalls Pet's star Healy's close links to HMRC

Tim Healy's recent run-in with the taxman isn't his only dealing with HMRC, TS recalls...

Colin: Cost-cutting a step too far

Finance function takes its toll at BBC offices

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