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View articleThe new favourable tax regime for US shareholders will deter UK investors from buying stocks in their own country, BDO Stoy Hayward has warned. Read M...
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View articleAdvisers are seeing increased workloads and having to raise fees, in a welcome sign that UK-listed companies are finally preparing for the switch to i...
View articleNew penalties set to be imposed on football clubs in administration will kill off troubled lower division clubs, according to financial experts. Read ...
View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers was among the advisers to share more than half-a-million pounds spent on fees by Manchester United, in its failed attempt to st...
View articleManchester United FD Nick Humby admits there are challenges in working for a listed company with an uncertain income. In a career spanning television ...
View articleEmbattled football club Oldham Athletic is facing closure within six days after its administrators were unable to find a buyer before the 30 September...
View articleExpansion overseas has kept Ted Baker ahead of the game. But last year, it had an impact on the retailer's results that could be seen again when the c...
View articleMid-tier firm RSM Robson Rhodes says it aims to 'become a £200m business by 2007' after announcing a 16% increase in annual fee income in the last fin...
View articleThe Enterprise Act is supposed to have ushered in a new era of simpler rescues for insolvency practitioners. But less than 10 days after the Act came ...
View articleA row has erupted after experts said that a bank-led legal move designed todetermine who gets paid first during an insolvency was 'a waste of time'. R...
View articleThe Insolvency Practitioners Association has announced a 'radical' overhaul of the way it regulates its members, promising a 'more efficient' system f...
View articleThe European Union's trade commissioner has called for the introduction of a 'Eurotax' on companies after the EU constitution is adopted. Read More...
View articleBritish Energy could be taken on by KPMG administrative receivers if the embattled utilities giant fails to persuade creditors to accept its new re-fi...
View articleRichard Grasso, the chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange, has yesterday resigned after three weeks of controversy over his mass...
View articleHigh street fashion retailer Ciro Cittero has gone into administration following significant losses, becoming the first big business to collapse under...
View articleA graphic design company and an aerospace group are among the first businesses going into insolvency under the provisions of the new Enterprise Act wh...
View articleOne of Graeme Harris' main preoccupations as finance director of CA Coutts is keeping an eye on other people's businesses. Read More...
View articleThe massive public scrutiny UK executives now face is 'frightening away' good quality executives from publicly quoted companies, the director general ...
View articleMore and more successful companies are seeking FDs to join their boards as non-executive directors, following accounting scandals and changes in corpo...
View articleThe Confederation of British Industry is urging business leaders to disclose the contractual terms of their agreements with new executives as part of ...
View articleThere will be a sharp fall in the number of businesses going bust this year compared to 2002 following improved trading conditions, mid-tier firm BDO ...
View articleThe UK's biggest trade union has slammed the government, calling for an overhaul to insolvency law just one week before new legislation comes into for...
View articleEmbattled UK shipping company Cenargo has finalised plans for the restructuring of its debt and reorganisation of its capital structure. Read More...
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