PKF International appoints new CEO as UK firm awaited
Accounting Firms

PKF International appoints new CEO as UK firm awaited

12y Rachael Singh

PKF International appoints new CEO as UK firm awai...

The international network of accountancy firms appoints chairman and CEO amid concerns over its future following the merger of BDO and PKF Read More...

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FCA chairman Griffith-Jones under fire over HBOS audits
Audit

FCA chairman Griffith-Jones under fire over HBOS audits

12y Accountancy Age

FCA chairman Griffith-Jones under fire over HBOS a...

The new City watchdog was last night fighting to defend its chairman amid accusations that as head of its auditors KPMG, HBOS pursued reckless lending...

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Safferys make three partner promotions
Accounting Firms

Safferys make three partner promotions

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Safferys make three partner promotions

Robert Langston, Roger Wareham and Jonathan Davis promoted to partner at Saffery Champness Read More...

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How software as a service can meet the strategic needs of a growing business
Technology

How software as a service can meet the strategic needs of a growing busines...

12y Richard Crump , Writer

How software as a service can meet the strategic n...

Organisations are now looking for a software service that is cost effective, flexible, streamlined and able to meet the needs of the business both tod...

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Big Four find Competition Commission audit conclusions lacking
Accounting Firms

Big Four find Competition Commission audit conclusions lacking

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Big Four find Competition Commission audit conclus...

Big Four audit firms criticise basis of watchdog's conclusions as "flawed", "unsound" and based on selective evidence Read More...

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Employers' hiring confidence reaches 19-month high
People Business

Employers' hiring confidence reaches 19-month high

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Employers' hiring confidence reaches 19-month high

BDO Business Trends report shows confidence in hiring, but few signs that the economy is picking up Read More...

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Duff & Phelps administrators save Axminster Carpets
Business Recovery

Duff & Phelps administrators save Axminster Carpets

12y Rachael Singh

Duff & Phelps administrators save Axminster Carpet...

Administrators sell carpet manufacturer to a consortium that includes the former managing director Read More...

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HMRC staff in strike action
Administration

HMRC staff in strike action

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC staff in strike action

HMRC staff members engage in half-day strike over pensions and working conditions Read More...

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Colin: HMV's stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Business Recovery

Colin: HMV's stayin' alive, stayin' alive

12y Taking Stock

Colin: HMV's stayin' alive, stayin' alive

Colin suggests HMV's top brass might be happy with their rescue deal Read More...

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HMRC wise to relax real-time requirements
Corporate Tax

HMRC wise to relax real-time requirements

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC wise to relax real-time requirements

Relaxing real-time PAYE obligations for small businesses in the first six months of its roll-out could be the difference between its success and failu...

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KPMG administrators sell Metalrax in pre-pack
Business Recovery

KPMG administrators sell Metalrax in pre-pack

12y Rachael Singh

KPMG administrators sell Metalrax in pre-pack

Pre-pack sale of engineering company saves nearly 200 jobs after the company struggled when WM Morrisons walked away last year Read More...

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Deloitte administrators manage to rescue HMV stores
Business Recovery

Deloitte administrators manage to rescue HMV stores

12y Rachael Singh

Deloitte administrators manage to rescue HMV store...

Administrators have managed to sell 141 stores to secured creditor Hilco securing the retailers future Read More...

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Leader: Does UK business really want the EU?
Company News

Leader: Does UK business really want the EU?

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Leader: Does UK business really want the EU?

After Europhiles took a pasting in our big EU debate, where do they go now? Read More...

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Real-time PAYE to commence over weekend
Corporate Tax

Real-time PAYE to commence over weekend

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Real-time PAYE to commence over weekend

After a year's pilot scheme, real-time PAYE is to be adopted nationally from 6 April Read More...

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Half-day strike will disrupt introduction of RTI
Administration

Half-day strike will disrupt introduction of RTI

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Half-day strike will disrupt introduction of RTI

PCS members at HMRC to strike as part of 'long weekend' of walkouts by civil servants Read More...

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EU's 'crockery tax' extension riles business
Corporate Tax

EU's 'crockery tax' extension riles business

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

EU's 'crockery tax' extension riles business

Ceramic tableware duties to be extended until 2018 by the EU Read More...

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Administrators report £90m debt and SRA probe at Cobbetts
Business Recovery

Administrators report £90m debt and SRA probe at Cobbetts

12y Accountancy Age

Administrators report £90m debt and SRA probe at C...

Law firm ran up liabilities of more than £90m before its collapse a report by KPMG administrators reveals Read More...

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Taking Stock: PwC, HMRC and Goldman Sachs are popular with the kids
Accounting Firms

Taking Stock: PwC, HMRC and Goldman Sachs are popular with the kids

12y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: PwC, HMRC and Goldman Sachs are popu...

Trio pick up graduate recruiter awards Read More...

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Don't wait for a scandal to rein in internal controls
Technology

Don't wait for a scandal to rein in internal controls

12y Accountancy Age

Don't wait for a scandal to rein in internal contr...

Although it is widely agreed that spreadsheets incur errors, accountants shouldn’t wait until a scandal hits and regulators step in before they take p...

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CIMA, IFAC & PwC combine forces to look at business model reporting
Accounting Standards

CIMA, IFAC & PwC combine forces to look at business model reporting

12y Rachael Singh

CIMA, IFAC & PwC combine forces to look at bus...

Institutes and firms have combined to look at business model reporting and how they can be integrated into financial reports, on behalf of the Interna...

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Barclays’ tax avoidance division generated £1bn annually
Corporate Tax

Barclays’ tax avoidance division generated £1bn annually

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Barclays’ tax avoidance division generated £1bn an...

A report conducted by City lawyer Anthony Salz finds Barclays' now-defunct tax avoidance division generated £9.5bn for the bank Read More...

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Insolvency practitioners to be handed cross-border guidelines
Business Recovery

Insolvency practitioners to be handed cross-border guidelines

12y Rachael Singh

Insolvency practitioners to be handed cross-border...

The EU is funding new guidelines for IPs to promote coordination from courts in cross-border insolvencies Read More...

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Financial transaction tax will cost City £4bn, study warns
Corporate Tax

Financial transaction tax will cost City £4bn, study warns

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Financial transaction tax will cost City £4bn, stu...

City of London study blasts EU financial transaction tax as "ill-conceived" idea that will add billions of pounds to the cost of borrowing Read More...

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Hollande denies covering up minister's tax fraud
Personal Tax

Hollande denies covering up minister's tax fraud

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Hollande denies covering up minister's tax fraud

François Hollande denies he was aware of former Budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac's secret foreign bank account Read More...

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Holland & Co merges into Monahans
Accounting Firms

Holland & Co merges into Monahans

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Holland & Co merges into Monahans

South-west practices join forces Read More

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Interview: KPMG senior partner and UK chairman Simon Collins
Accounting Firms

Interview: KPMG senior partner and UK chairman Simon Collins

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Interview: KPMG senior partner and UK chairman Sim...

Simon Collins discusses a tough year for KPMG and explains why he wants to see the profession, and his firm particularly, identify how it is helping c...

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Pension funding wiped out by increase in liabilities
Company News

Pension funding wiped out by increase in liabilities

12y Jack Jones

Pension funding wiped out by increase in liabiliti...

An increase in liabilities across UK pensions has wiped out any improvements to funding levels in the last quarter Read More...

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