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Business connects with social media

Poke! Before the competition gets there first

If social media does not feature on your firm’s list of priorities, it’s time to start 'poking' before the competition steals a march on your practice development endeavours, warns Chris Sykes

28 Jun 2011

Gutenberg Castle in Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein: one size fits all

If you thought the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility was only appropriate for big money and sophisticated tax evaders, think again says Fiona Fernie

27 Jun 2011

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The Practitioner: It's been emotional!

Getting an email in the right tone for a client can be a nightmare. Getting your staff to get them in the right tone can be a nightmare of an entirely different order

22 Jun 2011

Patent Box or gift box?

As an attempt to make the UK at attractive jurisdiction for technical IP, the government’s Patent Box consultation is a positive example of Whitehall getting it right, write Sally Grimwood and Carmen Aquerreta

22 Jun 2011

Taxman on the brink of a new crack-down

HMRC's renewed attention to offshore accounts seems inevitable and means advisers need to ask the right questions now of their clients

21 Jun 2011

Carbon accounting – beyond greenwash

The new environmental reporting regimes are adding to administrative overheads while threatening to expose those merely paying lip service to “green” business practices, warns Karl Campbell. The key is to make them a positive contributor to the business

17 Jun 2011

Business Intelligence isn't working

It’s hailed as an essential management information tool offering a single dashboard of key business metrics for better-informed decision making – so why is business intelligence software failing to meet user expectations? Michael Dean sheds some light on the issue

15 Jun 2011

The Practitioner: The art of changing light bulbs

I kid you not, it involved five accountants in our office to organise having a bulb replaced in the reception area. Seriously, five, and it still hasn't been changed yet.

15 Jun 2011

Trend spotting and the business of risk

Max Firth delves under the figures of Experian’s latest Insolvency Index

14 Jun 2011

Government must stop the SME accounting tug-of-war

BIS wants less record-keeping while HMRC wants more robust accounting. Make your mind up, says Elaine Clark

09 Jun 2011

Networker: Things to love and, er... hate

What is it that makes accountants shy away from selling

08 Jun 2011

From in-house to accounting in the cloud

The first of two articles by Glover Stanbury & Co partner Kevin Salter covering the practicalities of moving a practice's systems offsite to a hosted server

07 Jun 2011

The Practitioner: Bending over backwards for golf

Every year I take a month out of my busy post April calendar to organise the work’s Corporate Golf Day. It sounds grander that it actually is, after all it’s basically a rabble of clients, contacts, friends, and sometimes even family members, out for a free round of golf, dinner, and a free bar

01 Jun 2011

HMRC: The Good, The Bad, and The Future

Graham Black, president of HMRC senior staff union ARC, runs through the good and bad at the tax department

01 Jun 2011

The evolution of HMRC....next step - security?

Steve Clancy suggests the taxman could secure assets against businesses that put off paying their tax

27 May 2011

Networker: The delicate subject of fees

There's nothing quite so frustrating as being asked to cut your fees. But what do you do? Walk away or demonstrate the value you bring?

26 May 2011

Whip your clients into shape for lenders

Banks must become more robust lenders, so advisors must help clients present a convincing view of their health

25 May 2011

Sort out the spat before it goes too far

CIMA and council member Margaret May could have nipped dispute in the bud

20 May 2011

The Practitioner: Left in the lurch - who's making the coffee?

Trainees. It is holiday season in the office and also student study leave season. Throw in a couple of bank holidays and a couple of sick days and there is virtually nobody in the office except the cleaner and a couple of clients!

19 May 2011

The Practitioner: replacing partners with Twitter

BEEN struggling over the past month or so to convince my Partners over the best way to win new clients. Personally I think that the new methods of marketing, such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and even a regularly updated website are the ways that the firm should be using...

10 May 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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