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Vince Cable

Vince Cable

Cable condemns corporate tax avoidance

The business secretary brands corporate tax avoidance "completely unacceptable"

19 Nov 2012

George Osborne

Osborne wrong to shelve mansion tax, say readers

Accountancy Age readers take overwhelmingly against George Osborne's decision to drop the 'mansion tax'

19 Oct 2012

Vince Cable

Conservatives abandon ‘mansion tax’

George Osborne and David Cameron drop the proposed 'mansion tax', but maintain the rich will still pay higher taxes

08 Oct 2012

Readers unconvinced over Cable’s business bank

The business secretary's plans to establish a business bank for SMEs fails to enamour Accoutancy Age readers

25 Sep 2012

Readers deliver damning verdict on audit exemption threshold

Accountancy Age readers voted against changes in the audit exemption threshold announced earlier this month

14 Sep 2012

ACCA: Business bank could “take decades” to get right

ACCA sceptical on government plans for a business bank

12 Sep 2012

Cable lowers audit exemption threshold

Tens of thousands of companies exempted from mandatory audits under rules announced by Vince Cable

07 Sep 2012

BIS strengthens reporting framework for directors’ pay

Draft regulations proposes splitting directors' remuneration into two separate parts

29 Jun 2012

Cable weighs in to charity tax row

The business secretary has criticised the government's plans to cap charitable donations

13 Apr 2012

Cable fined for unpaid VAT bill

Business secretary given £500 penalty for failing to register for VAT

26 Oct 2011

BIS: Simpler reports for better business

The Department for Business says simpler company reports will support investors and the economy

20 Sep 2011

Removal of 50p tax rate is cuckoo says Treasury minister

Danny Alexander labels former chancellor and some Conservatives as living in "cloud cuckoo land"

01 Aug 2011

Has Cable done enough to increase SME lending?

Matt Forrest asks if Vince Cable's pledge to increase pressure on banks to lend to SMEs goes far enough

06 Jul 2011

Vince Cable opens London business school

The business secretary opens private business school offering flexible, low cost accountancy and business courses.

23 Jun 2011

Cable on audit: 'naivety that verges on madness'

Audit proposals from the business secretary have been panned as 'naivety that verges on madness'

16 Mar 2011

Cable’s flawed thinking

Should Vince Cable’s recent statement on audit for small and medium sized businesses be considered a definitive statement of what should happen in the future?

10 Mar 2011

Audit cool on reform

Cable’s plans to raise audit thresholds for small businesses may cut red tape – but harm the economy

08 Mar 2011

Cable and the audit challenge

Vince wants to cut the cost of auditing and reporting for small and medium sized business, but are his savings estimates too optimistic

07 Mar 2011

Audit industry faces major overhaul

The business secretary has said that small businesses will no longer need to be independently audited

04 Mar 2011

Cable calls for SME and banking collaboration to improve finance flow

Vince Cable calls for removal of barriers between SMEs and banks, to improve the flow of finance to businesses

03 Dec 2010

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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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