Valiant Petroleum swaps Deloitte for PwC
Audit

Valiant Petroleum swaps Deloitte for PwC

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Valiant Petroleum swaps Deloitte for PwC

Valiant Petroleum appoints PwC as auditor following competitive tender process Read More...

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Top fee earner or the most experienced - who should lead?
Accounting Firms

Top fee earner or the most experienced - who should lead?

13y Accountancy Age

Top fee earner or the most experienced - who shoul...

Latest research from organisational change consultancy Crelos asks if the view from the top should be through the eyes of the experienced or the bigge...

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It's not mental to mentor another firm
Accounting Firms

It's not mental to mentor another firm

13y Accountancy Age

It's not mental to mentor another firm

Helping other firms out is about maintaining the UK as a centre of accountancy excellence, claims Laurence Finger Read More...

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FTSE 350 use same auditor for an average of 11.3 years
Audit

FTSE 350 use same auditor for an average of 11.3 years

13y Richard Crump , Writer

FTSE 350 use same auditor for an average of 11.3 y...

Competition Commission finds FTSE 350 businesses that change auditor get improvements in price and quality Read More...

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Duff & Phelps administrators save engineering business
Business Recovery

Duff & Phelps administrators save engineering business

13y Rachael Singh

Duff & Phelps administrators save engineering busi...

Duff & Phelps administrators manage to sell engineering company to investors after cash-flow issues sees its demise Read More...

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Ingram steps up to ANT interim CEO role
Company News

Ingram steps up to ANT interim CEO role

13y Accountancy Age

Ingram steps up to ANT interim CEO role

FD Pauline Ingram takes on the top job temporarily after the departure of Simon Woodward Read More...

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Top 50 +50: Behind the numbers
Accounting Firms

Top 50 +50: Behind the numbers

13y Rachael Singh

Top 50 +50: Behind the numbers

Record-breaking year as firms collectively hit £10bn, but threshold for entering the top table drops to £11.3m Read More...

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Practice groups' mixed reaction to ICAEW avoidance guidelines
Accounting Standards

Practice groups' mixed reaction to ICAEW avoidance guidelines

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Practice groups' mixed reaction to ICAEW avoidance...

ICAEW guidance on tax avoidance is appropriate, says Society of Professional Accountants chairman, while UK200Group president warns of grey area Read ...

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Do I need to give that to the Revenue?
Corporate Tax

Do I need to give that to the Revenue?

13y Accountancy Age

Do I need to give that to the Revenue?

Don't hand over client documentation to HMRC without thinking about it, warns Phil Berwick Read More...

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Portsmouth player blames administrators as liquidation looms
Business Recovery

Portsmouth player blames administrators as liquidation looms

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Portsmouth player blames administrators as liquida...

With three days left until the liquidation deadline, administrators contine to negotiate deals to remove the final two senior players Read More...

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Women in the profession – still not enough at the top
Accounting Firms

Women in the profession – still not enough at the top

13y Accountancy Age

Women in the profession – still not enough at the ...

The latest Top 50 +50 survey shows the gender gap between male and female partners is still too wide, says senior accountant Fiona Hotston Moore Read ...

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Deloitte US implicated in Standard Chartered Iran deception
Legal

Deloitte US implicated in Standard Chartered Iran deception

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Deloitte US implicated in Standard Chartered Iran ...

US arm of Deloitte accused of helping Standard Chartered Bank disguise secret Iranian client transactions from US regulators Read More...

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Taxman should 'hang head in shame' – ICAS tax chief
Personal Tax

Taxman should 'hang head in shame' – ICAS tax chief

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Taxman should 'hang head in shame' – ICAS tax chie...

ICAS tax director Derek Allen lambasts HMRC after a tribunal rules against the taxman in a protracted dispute over David Preece's returns Read More...

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Menzies merges with TAL-London
Accounting Firms

Menzies merges with TAL-London

13y Rachael Singh

Menzies merges with TAL-London

Former London office of Target Chartered Accountants, TAL-London, merges into Menzies with no planned redundancies Read More...

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Kenyon to leave Carphone Warehouse for HMV
Company News

Kenyon to leave Carphone Warehouse for HMV

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Kenyon to leave Carphone Warehouse for HMV

Ian Kenyon to join HMV, in place of David Wolffe, later in the year Read More...

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FDs must smash emergency glass and call for help sooner
Business Recovery

FDs must smash emergency glass and call for help sooner

13y Accountancy Age

FDs must smash emergency glass and call for help s...

If finance directors would call in professionals, disaster could be averted, says Frank Tschentscher Read More...

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Bankruptcies continue to fall in the UK
Business Recovery

Bankruptcies continue to fall in the UK

13y Rachael Singh

Bankruptcies continue to fall in the UK

Personal insolvency down but simplified bankruptcy gains popularity Read More...

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Rivals question PwC role in EU accounting reforms
Audit

Rivals question PwC role in EU accounting reforms

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Rivals question PwC role in EU accounting reforms

Collaboration between a PwC technical expert and Cypriot government raises concerns about links between the Big Four and regulators Read More...

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Wolffe follows Fox out of HMV
Company News

Wolffe follows Fox out of HMV

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Wolffe follows Fox out of HMV

Finance director David Wolffe leaves, hot on the heels of chief executive's departure last week Read More...

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Income tax climbs during downturn, but wages grow faster
Personal Tax

Income tax climbs during downturn, but wages grow faster

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Income tax climbs during downturn, but wages grow ...

Research from UHY Hacker Young finds both income tax and wages have grown since 2007 Read More...

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Ex-E&Y partner joins LV= board
People Business

Ex-E&Y partner joins LV= board

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Ex-E&Y partner joins LV= board

James Dean, E&Y's former managing partner for its UK financial services audit practice, joins LV= board Read More...

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Audit: The Top 50 +50
Audit

Audit: The Top 50 +50

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Audit: The Top 50 +50

Audit firms’ cost-cutting measures pay dividends as Accountancy Age Top 50 reveals overall increase in audit fees Read More...

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Colin: Scratch 'n' snitch
Corporate Tax

Colin: Scratch 'n' snitch

13y Taking Stock

Colin: Scratch 'n' snitch

Even snitching can be taxing, notes Colin Read More

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Institutes should avoid moral issues and stick to law
Accounting Standards

Institutes should avoid moral issues and stick to law

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Institutes should avoid moral issues and stick to ...

Matching morality with law is not for advisors to decide upon, argues Calum Fuller Read More...

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ICAEW goes alone on tax avoidance disciplinaries
Accounting Standards

ICAEW goes alone on tax avoidance disciplinaries

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

ICAEW goes alone on tax avoidance disciplinaries

The ICAEW's stance on avoidance as a potential disciplinary issue sees it stand alone. Neither ACCA or ICAS are taking a similar approach Read More...

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Ex-KPMG audit partner joins Close Brothers board
People Business

Ex-KPMG audit partner joins Close Brothers board

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Ex-KPMG audit partner joins Close Brothers board

Shonaid Jemmett-Page joins Close Brothers as an independent non-executive director Read More...

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CIoT highlights universal credit problems
Accounting Standards

CIoT highlights universal credit problems

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

CIoT highlights universal credit problems

The CIoT raises questions over the responsibilities universal credit could place on small businesses and individuals Read More...

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