NHS Trusts: who is to blame?
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NHS Trusts: who is to blame?

20y Accountancy Age

NHS Trusts: who is to blame?

NHS finance managers are not to blame for government mistakes, argues Stephen O'Brien. A combined effort is required, writes Mark Knight Read More...

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QinetiQ tax oversight costs retail investors
Company News

QinetiQ tax oversight costs retail investors

20y Nicholas Neveling

QinetiQ tax oversight costs retail investors

Retail investors buying stock in QinetiQ unable to invest shares in tax-free savings accounts Read More...

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Home Office accounts in 'chaotic state'
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Home Office accounts in 'chaotic state'

20y AccountancyAge.com

Home Office accounts in 'chaotic state'

National Audit Office accuses Home Office of 'spectacular failure' in way accounts handled Read More...

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Parliament voices OFR displeasure
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Parliament voices OFR displeasure

20y Paul Grant

Parliament voices OFR displeasure

Decision to introduce business review questioned at Westminster Read More...

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NAO probes QinetiQ float
Company News

NAO probes QinetiQ float

20y Alex Hawkes

NAO probes QinetiQ float

Spending watchdog to conduct full audit of defence company's privatisation - and the deal that promises to turn Carlyle's £40m into £300m Read More...

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Hi-tech industries face VAT overhaul first
Corporate Tax

Hi-tech industries face VAT overhaul first

20y Alex Hawkes

Hi-tech industries face VAT overhaul first

But move to account for VAT at buyer level rather than with the seller could extend to others if carousel frauds spread Read More...

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Galloway loses FDs' respect
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Galloway loses FDs' respect

20y Nicholas Neveling

Galloway loses FDs' respect

Finance professionals agree George Galloway should not have appeared in reality show Big Brother at the taxpayer’s expense Read More...

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Top accountants speak at World Economic Forum
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Top accountants speak at World Economic Forum

20y Kevin Reed , Writer

Top accountants speak at World Economic Forum

This week's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, sees top accountants take the stage Read More...

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Brown 'must raise taxes' to find £2.5bn
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Brown 'must raise taxes' to find £2.5bn

20y AccountancyAge.com

Brown 'must raise taxes' to find £2.5bn

Influential think-tank says chancellor will have to raise taxes to meet fiscal targets Read More...

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Trust in the private sector
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Trust in the private sector

20y Gavin Hinks

Trust in the private sector

Shock, horror – we’re being told that KPMG’s intervention to sort out the financial management of more than 80 NHS trusts might have been worthwhile....

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KPMG slams NHS managers
Business Recovery

KPMG slams NHS managers

20y Kevin Reed , Writer

KPMG slams NHS managers

NHS managers' capabilities are 'inadequate' to turn around finances, KPMG states in NHS FD's report   Read More...

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Government 'must give social enterprise a hand'
Corporate Tax

Government 'must give social enterprise a hand'

20y Alex Hawkes

Government 'must give social enterprise a hand'

Report in advance of the World Economic Forum argues for greater tax and financing incentives for fashionable sector Read More...

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Businesses should leave UK with 'Olympic legacy'
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Businesses should leave UK with 'Olympic legacy'

20y Kevin Reed , Writer

Businesses should leave UK with 'Olympic legacy'

Billions spent on 2012 Olympics infrastructure must benefit UK economy, says minister Read More...

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Northern Ireland Social Development Dept accounts qualified
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Northern Ireland Social Development Dept accounts qualified

20y AccountancyAge.com

Northern Ireland Social Development Dept accounts ...

Ulster comptroller and auditor general qualifies accounts of Northern Ireland Social Development Department Read More...

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Primarolo launches identity theft offensive
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Primarolo launches identity theft offensive

20y our parliamentary correspondent

Primarolo launches identity theft offensive

Primarolo announces joint HMRC, Home Office and banking sector offensive against identity fraud Read More...

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NHS told to put finances ahead of medicine
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NHS told to put finances ahead of medicine

20y Kevin Reed , Writer

NHS told to put finances ahead of medicine

Health secretary Patricia Hewitt to call for financial control ahead of clincial objectives at NHS Read More...

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Commons committee to rebuke Brown
Corporate Tax

Commons committee to rebuke Brown

20y Alex Hawkes

Commons committee to rebuke Brown

Treasury select committee to issue criticism of Brown's manipulation of the Golden Rule Read More...

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Economic prospects pick up
Company News

Economic prospects pick up

20y Alex Hawkes

Economic prospects pick up

ITEM club offers sunnier outlook for 2006, with growth picking up after lacklustre 2005 Read More...

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NHS financial crisis: 81 investigated organisations revealed
Business Recovery

NHS financial crisis: 81 investigated organisations revealed

20y Kevin Reed , Writer

NHS financial crisis: 81 investigated organisation...

Names of health trusts obtained under Freedom of Information Act listed Read More...

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PKF adds to anti-MTIC statements
Accounting Firms

PKF adds to anti-MTIC statements

20y Alex Hawkes

PKF adds to anti-MTIC statements

Mid-tier firm makes public statement on carousel fraud, prompted by new HMRC initiative Read More...

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Financial failures probed at one in five NHS bodies
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Financial failures probed at one in five NHS bodies

20y Kevin Reed , Writer

Financial failures probed at one in five NHS bodie...

FOI request reveals problems in health service management are worse than expected Read More...

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Viewpoint: HMRC's carousel initiative blurs boundaries
Accounting Firms

Viewpoint: HMRC's carousel initiative blurs boundaries

20y Alex Hawkes

Viewpoint: HMRC's carousel initiative blurs bounda...

Move on carousel fraud is a further step in the blurring of the line between avoidance and evasion Read More...

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Home Office shuns Liverpool
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Home Office shuns Liverpool

20y Paul Grant

Home Office shuns Liverpool

Union claims Home Office is moving accounts division from Liverpool because of 'ludicrous' claim that the city lacks qualified accountants Read More...

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MPs to grill ministers over Rover collapse
Business Recovery

MPs to grill ministers over Rover collapse

20y Nicholas Neveling

MPs to grill ministers over Rover collapse

Stephen Byers and Patricia Hewitt to face MPs over Rover collapse Read More...

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MP says finance bills do not get scrutiny they deserve
Corporate Tax

MP says finance bills do not get scrutiny they deserve

20y Alex Hawkes

MP says finance bills do not get scrutiny they des...

MP from standing committe of the second finance bill says those asking the questions are at a disadvantage to those in power Read More...

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Government defends OFR decision
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Government defends OFR decision

20y Paul Grant

Government defends OFR decision

DTI says scrapping was 'proper and lawful' Read More...

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OFR scrapping goes to court
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OFR scrapping goes to court

20y Paul Grant

OFR scrapping goes to court

Friends of the Earth applies for judicial review Read More...

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