Vectura loses CFO after 11 years
People Business

Vectura loses CFO after 11 years

11y Rachael Singh

Vectura loses CFO after 11 years

Pharmaceutical business sees Anne Hyland step down after 11 years Read More...

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Almanza steps up to G4S CEO after just a month as CFO
Corporate Governance

Almanza steps up to G4S CEO after just a month as CFO

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Almanza steps up to G4S CEO after just a month as ...

Ashley Almanza has had a busy first month at G4S, stepping up from CFO to replace Nick Buckles as CEO Read More...

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Summer Training Series: FRS 100-102 explained; IFRS; Audit
Accounting Standards

Summer Training Series: FRS 100-102 explained; IFRS; Audit

11y Accountancy Age

Summer Training Series: FRS 100-102 explained; IFR...

The Summer Training Series will consist of three half-day training courses in London, providing delegates with an update on financial reporting standa...

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Numbers game: how to value and price accountancy firms
Accounting Firms

Numbers game: how to value and price accountancy firms

11y Accountancy Age

Numbers game: how to value and price accountancy f...

Risk management is a key factor to process of acquiring a firm, explains Jonathan Snade Read More...

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Ex-Baker Tilly partner takes non-exec role at IT business
People Business

Ex-Baker Tilly partner takes non-exec role at IT business

11y Rachael Singh

Ex-Baker Tilly partner takes non-exec role at IT b...

Current 21st Century interim FD and former Baker Tilly audit partner Mark Elliott takes non-executive role at Enables IT Read More...

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Google tax whistleblower goes public
Corporate Governance

Google tax whistleblower goes public

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Google tax whistleblower goes public

Former employee Barney Jones gets chatty with the PAC over Google's sales strategy Read More...

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SME finance directors want challenge from their accountants
Accounting Firms

SME finance directors want challenge from their accountants

11y Richard Crump , Writer

SME finance directors want challenge from their ac...

Survey of more than 100 SME finance directors finds that 87% of respondents said what they wanted most was to be challenged Read More...

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Success of FRS 102 needs to be replicated on going concern
Regulatory Bodies

Success of FRS 102 needs to be replicated on going concern

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Success of FRS 102 needs to be replicated on going...

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 R...

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Profession reaches end of its tether with PAC
Corporate Tax

Profession reaches end of its tether with PAC

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

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 Read More...

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Colin: Colin was here
People Business

Colin: Colin was here

11y Taking Stock

Colin: Colin was here

Colin loves to be the centre of attention, as the Sky News Twitter account can testify Read More...

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Ex-Time Out chief exec joins Johnston Press as CFO
Company News

Ex-Time Out chief exec joins Johnston Press as CFO

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Ex-Time Out chief exec joins Johnston Press as CFO

David King joins Johnston Press as CFO, with the newspaper publisher reporting its first increase in operating profit for almost seven years Read Mor...

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Administrator puts Coventry City assets up for sale despite uncertainty
Business Recovery

Administrator puts Coventry City assets up for sale despite uncertainty

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Administrator puts Coventry City assets up for sal...

Paul Appleton puts Coventry City Football Club Ltd up for sale, despite uncertainty over ownership of the crucial 'golden share' Read More...

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Analysis: Has RDR killed the multi-disciplinary practice?
Accounting Firms

Analysis: Has RDR killed the multi-disciplinary practice?

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Analysis: Has RDR killed the multi-disciplinary pr...

New financial services rules in the form of The Retail Distribution Review have made firms think again about their future direction Read More...

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IASB and FASB propose dual approach to lease accounting
Accounting Standards

IASB and FASB propose dual approach to lease accounting

11y Richard Crump , Writer

IASB and FASB propose dual approach to lease accou...

IASB and FASB put forward a dual approach to accounting for leases on company balance sheets Read More...

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Feature: Inside the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association
People In Practice

Feature: Inside the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Feature: Inside the Chartered Accountants' Benevol...

After seeing a 70% rise in demand, Calum Fuller visited the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association to learn more about its efforts to provide su...

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Court strikes down HMRC/Goldman Sachs ‘sweetheart’ deal challenge
Corporate Tax

Court strikes down HMRC/Goldman Sachs ‘sweetheart’ deal challenge

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Court strikes down HMRC/Goldman Sachs ‘sweetheart’...

UK Uncut's legal challenge against HMRC's 2010 tax settlement with Goldman Sachs is thrown out by the High Court Read More...

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Amazon back in firing line over £2.4m 2012 tax bill
Corporate Tax

Amazon back in firing line over £2.4m 2012 tax bill

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Amazon back in firing line over £2.4m 2012 tax bil...

Billions of pounds in sales to the UK public channelled through a Luxembourg affiliate Read More...

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Jockey Club recruits FD from Centrica
People Business

Jockey Club recruits FD from Centrica

11y Rachael Singh

Jockey Club recruits FD from Centrica

FD of British Gas residential energy Nevin Truesdale succeeds Andrew Crean as group FD at British horseracing company Read More...

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Watson Buckle takes on cancer charity audit
Accounting Firms

Watson Buckle takes on cancer charity audit

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Watson Buckle takes on cancer charity audit

Firm to audit accounts and value-for-money of Cancer Support Bradford & Airedale Read More...

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Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane
Accounting Firms

Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane

11y Taking Stock

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 Read More...

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Colin: Democracy bureaucracy
Accounting Standards

Colin: Democracy bureaucracy

11y Taking Stock

Colin: Democracy bureaucracy

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

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New CIoT president Coleclough criticises government over EU
Corporate Tax

New CIoT president Coleclough criticises government over EU

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

New CIoT president Coleclough criticises governmen...

Stephen Coleclough replaces Patrick Stevens as CIoT president, and urges government to end its "slapdash approach" to Europe Read More...

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Lower corporate tax rates attract foreign investment
Corporate Finance

Lower corporate tax rates attract foreign investment

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Lower corporate tax rates attract foreign investme...

Big GDP and low tax rates are key to foreign direct investment Read More...

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Ex-Travis Perkins FD joins Pendragon as audit committee chair
Company News

Ex-Travis Perkins FD joins Pendragon as audit committee chair

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Ex-Travis Perkins FD joins Pendragon as audit comm...

Paul Hampden Smith replaces Pendragon chairman designate Mel Egglenton as company's audit committee chair Read More...

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Naming tax avoidance scheme promoters risky, warn tax heads
Accounting Standards

Naming tax avoidance scheme promoters risky, warn tax heads

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Naming tax avoidance scheme promoters risky, warn ...

Naming and shaming tax avoidance promoters may simply advertise their services, institute tax heads warn lords Read More...

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HMRC press officer charged under Operation Elveden
Administration

HMRC press officer charged under Operation Elveden

11y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC press officer charged under Operation Elveden

HMRC press officer accused of leaking information, including 2010 Budget plans, to Sun journalist in return for £17,500 Read More...

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ICAEW posts loss as disciplinary funding bites
Accounting Standards

ICAEW posts loss as disciplinary funding bites

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

ICAEW posts loss as disciplinary funding bites

A net charge in contributing towards the AADB sees ICAEW post a deficit in 2012 - but student and membership numbers improve Read More...

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