Raising the dialogue stakes
Management

Raising the dialogue stakes

24y Ben Griffiths

Raising the dialogue stakes

Are the Big Five firms open and transparent? Critics would argue they are not. But in an attempt to improve their corporate reputations, the firms are...

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Saffery Champness wins £2.2m VAT refund for MS Society
Personal Tax

Saffery Champness wins £2.2m VAT refund for MS Society

24y Ben Griffiths

Saffery Champness wins £2.2m VAT refund for MS Soc...

Saffery Champness has secured a £2.2m refund of previously irrecoverable VAT for the Multiple Sclerosis Society following three years negotiation with...

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PwC in probe over Transtec
Consulting

PwC in probe over Transtec

24y Ben Griffiths

PwC in probe over Transtec

PricewaterhouseCoopers is to be investigated by the profession's senior watchdog in a probe into the role of accountants and auditors in the collapse ...

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Junketbuster moves by taxman
Personal Tax

Junketbuster moves by taxman

24y Ben Griffiths

Junketbuster moves by taxman

The Revenue is targeting corporate events and using cloak and dagger methods to glean information on who's on the guest lists Read More...

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Top talent in demand.
Consulting

Top talent in demand.

24y Ben Griffiths

Top talent in demand.

Employers are struggling to fill management positions as the service Read More...

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DOME EXCLUSIVE: NMEC pledges open-door policy to NAO auditors
Management

DOME EXCLUSIVE: NMEC pledges open-door policy to NAO auditors

24y Ben Griffiths

DOME EXCLUSIVE: NMEC pledges open-door policy to N...

The New Millennium Experience Company today pledged 'full co-operation' with National Audit Office auditors who will investigate financing of the Mill...

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Ward elected as UK representative on IFAC
Consulting

Ward elected as UK representative on IFAC

24y Ben Griffiths

Ward elected as UK representative on IFAC

PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Graham Ward has been elected to the newly formed board of the International Federation of Accountants. Read More...

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PwC launches stakeholder dialogue website
Management

PwC launches stakeholder dialogue website

24y Ben Griffiths

PwC launches stakeholder dialogue website

PricewaterhouseCoopers has boosted its stakeholders' ability to enter a dialogue with the firm by launching a dedicated website. Read More...

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Farmers hit by incorrect Revenue advice
Personal Tax

Farmers hit by incorrect Revenue advice

24y Ben Griffiths

Farmers hit by incorrect Revenue advice

Clarification of tax rules for harvest workers following pressure from the National Farmers Union is set to save farmers and growers up to £300,000 ea...

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Cautious welcome for changes to share option NIC
Consulting

Cautious welcome for changes to share option NIC

24y Ben Griffiths

Cautious welcome for changes to share option NIC

PricewaterhouseCoopers has given a lukewarm reception to the Inland Revenue's announcement that some relief is to be given to the problem of National ...

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PKF set to help failing LEAs
Management

PKF set to help failing LEAs

24y Ben Griffiths

PKF set to help failing LEAs

Pannell Kerr Forster has been added to a list of approved education providers used to intervene in running the growing number of failing local educati...

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Experts urge FSA to remember small business
Consulting

Experts urge FSA to remember small business

24y Ben Griffiths

Experts urge FSA to remember small business

The Financial Services Authority has been warned by a panel of independent advisers it will be scrutinised to ensure its future regulatory regime does...

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Accountants are number one daydreamers
Consulting

Accountants are number one daydreamers

24y Ben Griffiths

Accountants are number one daydreamers

Accountants spend up to 30 minutes a day at work indulging in a harmless spot of daydreaming, according to a survey commissioned by National Lottery o...

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EC gives all-clear to Cap Gemini purchase of E&Y consulting
Consulting

EC gives all-clear to Cap Gemini purchase of E&Y consulting

24y Ben Griffiths

EC gives all-clear to Cap Gemini purchase of E&Y c...

The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Ernst & Young's global consulting and IT activities by French-based Cap Gemini. Read More...

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Stock Exchange promises to do better after Ernst & Young probe
Management

Stock Exchange promises to do better after Ernst & Young probe

24y Ben Griffiths

Stock Exchange promises to do better after Ernst &...

The Financial Services Authority has welcomed moves by the London Stock Exchange to address the issues which emerged from its technical breakdown in A...

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Accountancy Age analysis: Big Five left reeling after renewed attack by US regulator
Consulting

Accountancy Age analysis: Big Five left reeling after renewed attack by US ...

24y Ben Griffiths

Accountancy Age analysis: Big Five left reeling af...

PricewaterhouseCoopers' UK managing partner appeared unfazed this week as he responded to the US regulator's statement on tackling conflicts of intere...

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Accountancy Age exclusive: Hospitality targeted in Revenue crackdown
Personal Tax

Accountancy Age exclusive: Hospitality targeted in Revenue crackdown

24y Ben Griffiths

Accountancy Age exclusive: Hospitality targeted in...

The Inland Revenue is using 'devious' tactics to target companies by hijacking client records held by corporate hospitality providers to expose tax lo...

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SEC turns on firms again
Consulting

SEC turns on firms again

24y Ben Griffiths

SEC turns on firms again

The accountancy profession has been dealt another body blow by the chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Accountancy Age reports. Rea...

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English ICA refocuses on members
Consulting

English ICA refocuses on members

24y Ben Griffiths

English ICA refocuses on members

The English ICA will launch four 'focuses' today as part of a drive to help communicate better with its members throughout the profession. Read More...

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Warning over auditing standards and e-commerce
Consulting

Warning over auditing standards and e-commerce

24y Ben Griffiths

Warning over auditing standards and e-commerce

Auditing standards and guidance have not kept pace with the implications of e-commerce and must be reviewed if they are to remain relevant, the Englis...

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Accountancy Age interviews Chez Gerard's finance director
Consulting

Accountancy Age interviews Chez Gerard's finance director

24y Ben Griffiths

Accountancy Age interviews Chez Gerard's finance d...

As a finance director, Paul Rivers will soon be bringing all his experience of mergers and expansion to bear on a deal which is causing great exciteme...

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SEC chair calls for new powers in crackdown
Consulting

SEC chair calls for new powers in crackdown

24y Ben Griffiths

SEC chair calls for new powers in crackdown

US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt today proposed a rule-making power and other measures for the watchdog to ensure accounta...

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Firms charged over mis-selling scandal
Consulting

Firms charged over mis-selling scandal

24y Ben Griffiths

Firms charged over mis-selling scandal

Twenty-one accountancy firms have been fined under an initial review into the pensions mis-selling scandal, but the English ICA has warned that it may...

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Analysis - The new hub of BMW's problems.
Personal Tax

Analysis - The new hub of BMW's problems.

24y Ben Griffiths

Analysis - The new hub of BMW's problems.

A #70m tax saving has unfairly cast BMW in the role of villain. Read More...

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Accountancy Age: MPs to quiz finance director over Stock Exchange breakdown
Management

Accountancy Age: MPs to quiz finance director over Stock Exchange breakdown

24y Ben Griffiths

Accountancy Age: MPs to quiz finance director over...

Senior officials from the London Stock Exchange have been ordered to appear before MPs on the powerful Commons Treasury committee following the collap...

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Taxman reveals rising cost of self-assessment
Personal Tax

Taxman reveals rising cost of self-assessment

24y Ben Griffiths

Taxman reveals rising cost of self-assessment

The cost to the Inland Revenue of administering the self-assessment regime is rising not falling, according to an Inland Revenue report on its spendin...

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Government fails to back Customs and Revenue merger
Personal Tax

Government fails to back Customs and Revenue merger

24y Ben Griffiths

Government fails to back Customs and Revenue merge...

The government has refused to accept that Customs and Excise should merge with the Inland Revenue as recommended by MPs on the Treasury Committee. Rea...

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