Questions remain over Microsoft-Navision deal
Accounting Software

Questions remain over Microsoft-Navision deal

22y Alex Miller.

Questions remain over Microsoft-Navision deal

So Microsoft has well and truly outlined its intent to dominate the accountancy software market across the globe, following its record near £1bn acqui...

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Budget turns Bill into damp squib
Company News

Budget turns Bill into damp squib

22y our parliamentary correspondent

Budget turns Bill into damp squib

One of the biggest ever Finance Bills is in danger of turning into a political damp squib - its guts, in the shape of a major 'tax' rise, torn out and...

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Retail group has something to crow about
Company News

Retail group has something to crow about

22y Adriana Zea

Retail group has something to crow about

At a time when retailers like Laura Ashley are getting into hot water over their brand-name clothing, Peacock Group is proudly fanning its tail ahead ...

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Adding credibility to value
Audit

Adding credibility to value

22y Michelle Perry

Adding credibility to value

The persistent stakeholder and investor pressure for companies to provide information on the challenges they face in the environment in which they ope...

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UK companies undervalued
Company News

UK companies undervalued

22y Adriana Zea

UK companies undervalued

UK companies are missing out on hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets because they do not know how to exploit the value of their intellectual prop...

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BDO actively chasing Andersen partners
Accounting Firms

BDO actively chasing Andersen partners

22y Adriana Zea

BDO actively chasing Andersen partners

BDO Stoy Hayward is in recruitment talks with 'a significant number' of Andersen partners, managing partner Jeremy Newman has announced today. Read Mo...

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You've got mail: 'you're sacked.'
Accounting Firms

You've got mail: 'you're sacked.'

22y Chris Quick

You've got mail: 'you're sacked.'

Andersen UK last week notified 1,500 employees by email they were losing their jobs - and then offered redundancy payments of just a week's pay for ev...

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Big firms bankroll fightback
Accounting Firms

Big firms bankroll fightback

22y Philip Smith.

Big firms bankroll fightback

The big accountancy firms are bankrolling the ICAEW as it defends the reputation of the profession in the wake of the Enron scandal, it has emerged. R...

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Sharman calls for regulator shake up
Audit

Sharman calls for regulator shake up

22y Philip Smith.

Sharman calls for regulator shake up

One of the accountancy world's most senior figures has called for a radical shakeup of the auditing profession, including a totally independent regula...

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Lib Dems blast 'slow' ICAEW
Accounting Firms

Lib Dems blast 'slow' ICAEW

22y Michelle Perry

Lib Dems blast 'slow' ICAEW

The ICAEW has come under fire from the Liberal Democrat's shadow trade secretary for not moving more quickly to decide if there is a case against Ande...

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'Super creditors' should go, say insolvency experts
Business Recovery

'Super creditors' should go, say insolvency experts

22y Adriana Zea

'Super creditors' should go, say insolvency expert...

Insolvency practitioners across the country have come out in overwhelming support of the Football League removing 'super creditor' status for players ...

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Football penalty splits FDs
Company News

Football penalty splits FDs

22y Accountancy Age

Football penalty splits FDs

Finance directors have revealed they are evenly split on the question of whether the backers of ITV Digital should pay the failed broadcaster's debts ...

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Crossed wires for telecoms
Company News

Crossed wires for telecoms

22y Chris Quick

Crossed wires for telecoms

Scandals in the US have caused investors to lose confidence in financial reporting by telecom companies across the globe. Desperate to regain the trus...

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PwC accused of rushing IPO to keep staff
Accounting Firms

PwC accused of rushing IPO to keep staff

22y Alex Miller.

PwC accused of rushing IPO to keep staff

Big Five firm Pricewaterhouse-Coopers this week stood accused by some of its own partners of rushing the sale of its consulting arm in a bid to stave ...

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Llambias and Wyman exchange letters
Accounting Firms

Llambias and Wyman exchange letters

22y Accountancy Age

Llambias and Wyman exchange letters

Here follows the letter written by Douglas Llambias, chairman of the Business Exchange to Peter Wyman, deputy president of the ICAEW, about the instit...

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Intuit pulls off £1.1m Which? software deal
Accounting Software

Intuit pulls off £1.1m Which? software deal

22y Alex Miller.

Intuit pulls off £1.1m Which? software deal

Business software provider, Intuit, has today pulled off a £1.1m deal to buy the UK self-assessment tax software produced by Consumers Association sub...

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HP reinvents itself
Technology

HP reinvents itself

22y Accountancy Age

HP reinvents itself

When on 3 September 2001, Hewlett-Packard announced an agreement to acquire Compaq, it said the deal was expected to be completed in the first half of...

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US business chiefs warn on regulatory changes
Company News

US business chiefs warn on regulatory changes

22y Larry Schlesinger

US business chiefs warn on regulatory changes

A group of leading chief executives in the US has called for a cautionary approach to adopting new corporate governance regulations in the wake of Enr...

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One third of accounting standards may change
Audit

One third of accounting standards may change

22y Michelle Perry

One third of accounting standards may change

The International Accounting Standards Board today (Wednesday) published for comment, proposals to revise 12 of its 34 standards, just three years ahe...

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Rake's progress continues at KPMG
Accounting Firms

Rake's progress continues at KPMG

22y Philip Smith.

Rake's progress continues at KPMG

Mike Rake has been appointed to head up KPMG International, taking over from Steve Butler, the former chairman who stood down at the beginning of the ...

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Wakeham to step down from warship post
Company News

Wakeham to step down from warship post

22y Adriana Zea

Wakeham to step down from warship post

Lord Wakeham, former non-executive director at Enron, is stepping down as chairman of warship builder Vosper Thornycroft and will retire from the comp...

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TV giants blamed for end to film tax breaks
Corporate Tax

TV giants blamed for end to film tax breaks

22y Adriana Zea

TV giants blamed for end to film tax breaks

Production companies have blamed the BBC and ITV for the government's decision to remove film tax breaks, which has endangered the UK film industry an...

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Duncan tells of Andersen failures
Accounting Firms

Duncan tells of Andersen failures

22y Alex Miller.

Duncan tells of Andersen failures

Star witness in the Andersen trial, David Duncan, has told a Houston court the firm did nothing to stop clients inflating profits - despite telling wa...

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Audit chiefs favour ban on consulting work
Audit

Audit chiefs favour ban on consulting work

22y Michelle Perry

Audit chiefs favour ban on consulting work

Internal audit chiefs want either a ban on external auditors providing consulting work or more rigorous controls on the provision of consulting work. ...

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KPMG cuts number in forensics unit
Accounting Firms

KPMG cuts number in forensics unit

22y Philip Smith.

KPMG cuts number in forensics unit

One in ten forensic accountants at Big Five firm KPMG faces the axe in the latest round of redundancies sweeping through the profession. Read More...

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Business websites using Flash put users at risk
Accounting Software

Business websites using Flash put users at risk

22y Accountancy Age

Business websites using Flash put users at risk

Corporate web sites that use Flash animation could allow hackers to control user's computers, according to a security expert. Read More...

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PwC deal to end dispute at Independent
Accounting Firms

PwC deal to end dispute at Independent

22y Larry Schlesinger

PwC deal to end dispute at Independent

PricewaterhouseCoopers, the provisional liquidator of collapsed Independent Insurance, has put a deal on the table aimed at ending the dispute between...

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