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Richard Heis

KPMG still to locate nearly 20% of MF Global funds

MF Global administrators salvage £594m of ringfenced funds but still need to retrieve £200m

19 Dec 2011

Lawyers mull Goodwin case over RBS accounting

Government considers whether former RBS chairman Fred Goodwin has a case to answer over RBS' accounting

15 Dec 2011

The Royal Courts of Justice

Football insolvency judgment due before Christmas

A judgement on HMRC’s court battle against the Football League could be delivered as early as next week

15 Dec 2011

Deloitte administrators step into Barratts again

Administrators from Deloitte take on Barrats Priceless for the second time in two years

09 Dec 2011

FRP administrators achieve care home sale

Carestream and Helpcare sold to Care Homes UK

09 Dec 2011

HMRC serve 25 winding-up petitions to FA clubs

A High Court hearing on football insolvency rules has unveiled that the taxman issued 25 winding-up orders in two years

08 Dec 2011

UK200 Group predicts further corporate collapses

Trade body that difficult Christmas trading will result in more corporate insolvencies in 2012

08 Dec 2011

Ex-R3 president joins HW Fisher

FRP Advisory director Nick O’Reilly joins HW Fisher

06 Dec 2011

Bishop Fleming buys Target Chartered Accountants' office

Top 60 firm buys Target Chartered Accountants' Bath office

06 Dec 2011

E&Y administrators organise pre-pack at DTZ

E&Y administrators Alan Hudson and Benajamin Cairs sell global real estate business to United Group Europe for £77.5m

05 Dec 2011

HMRC goes behind in Football League court clash

Residing judge in football insolvency court case throws out first argument put forward by HMRC

30 Nov 2011

UHY administrators called to Portsmouth FC owners

Former Portsmouth FC administrators Peter Kubik and Andrew Andronikou now appointed to club’s owner Convers Sports Initative

30 Nov 2011

AS2011: growth flat for next year

0.7% growth in GDP for 2012

29 Nov 2011

Honeymoon over as Wedding TV call Leonard Curtis

Administrators Alex Cadwallader and Andrew Duncan appointed to Wedding TV

29 Nov 2011

Target Chartered Accountants enters pre-pack

Top 50 firm calls in PwC administrators

29 Nov 2011

KPMG administrators set MF Global timeline

Administrators hope to return money to creditors by the middle of next year

28 Nov 2011

Critchleys bolsters insolvency division

Lawrence King leaves Oury Clark to take on business recovery and insolvency manager role at Critchleys

25 Nov 2011

KPMG sells MF Global UK’s shares to JP Morgan

Creditor owed about £740m buys MF Global UK’s 625,000 shares in London Metal Exchange

24 Nov 2011

ICAEW wants repairs VAT reduction to 5%

Institute calls for drop in VAT and increase in Enterprise Investment Scheme relief to starve off double-dip recession

23 Nov 2011

FRP administrators called to Controlled Speed

Electronics manufacturer appoints David Thornhill and Geoff Rowley as administrators following cash flow difficulties

23 Nov 2011

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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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