SMEs' travails should prick the ears of practices
Business Regulation

SMEs' travails should prick the ears of practices

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

SMEs' travails should prick the ears of practices

Lack of finance. Lack of recognition of government initiatives. Are advisors doing enough to help boost their clients? Read More...

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IIRC releases prototype of integrated reporting framework
Business Regulation

IIRC releases prototype of integrated reporting framework

11y Rachael Singh

IIRC releases prototype of integrated reporting fr...

IIRC publishes prototype reporting model to integrate non-financial data onto financial statements which will be tested by more than 80 businesses Rea...

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Financial reporting think tank suspends manager over missing cash
Business Recovery

Financial reporting think tank suspends manager over missing cash

11y Rachael Singh

Financial reporting think tank suspends manager ov...

Think tank to improve financial practice in the City suspends manager over suspected fraud Read More...

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Hoogervorst predicts “uphill battle” on lease accounting
Accounting Standards

Hoogervorst predicts “uphill battle” on lease accounting

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Hoogervorst predicts “uphill battle” on lease acco...

IASB chairman critical of lobbying against plans to account for lease expenses on the balance sheet Read More...

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FRC consults on improving financial reporting
Business Regulation

FRC consults on improving financial reporting

12y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC consults on improving financial reporting

Disclosures that do not meet the objective of financial reporting should be excluded from the financial report, FRC says Read More...

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Insolvency relationships with asset lenders too ‘cosy’
Accounting Standards

Insolvency relationships with asset lenders too ‘cosy’

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Insolvency relationships with asset lenders too ‘c...

Former ICAEW chief Eric Anstee calls for a crackdown on the ‘cosy’ relationship between insolvency practitioners and asset-based lenders Read More...

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Pensions regulator softens line on contributions
Business Regulation

Pensions regulator softens line on contributions

12y Accountancy Age

Pensions regulator softens line on contributions

The Pensions Regulator has softened its approach to companies that cut back on contributions Read More...

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FRC practices what it preaches
Audit

FRC practices what it preaches

12y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC practices what it preaches

FRC avoids charge of “do as I say, not as I do”, by changing its auditor Read More...

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FRC undershoots annual budget by £1.1m
Business Regulation

FRC undershoots annual budget by £1.1m

12y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC undershoots annual budget by £1.1m

UK reporting watchdog cuts overall expenditure despite larger-than-expected costs associated with structural reform Read More...

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Funding options: The name's 'bond'
Business Regulation

Funding options: The name's 'bond'

12y Accountancy Age

Funding options: The name's 'bond'

Bonds are becoming an increasingly attractive and viable option for smaller businesses to use for funding Read More...

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Devolving Scottish tax likely to be "expensive and complicated"
Administration

Devolving Scottish tax likely to be "expensive and complicated"

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Devolving Scottish tax likely to be "expensive and...

ICAEW warns that there would be many issues to resolve to create a separate Scottish tax system Read More...

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FSA cites tax and accounting in Barclays concern
Accounting Standards

FSA cites tax and accounting in Barclays concern

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

FSA cites tax and accounting in Barclays concern

Lord Adair Turner wrote to Barclays chairman Marcus Agius about general concerns over the bank's approach to regulation, citing tax and accounting exa...

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Colin: No joke for Barclays
Business Regulation

Colin: No joke for Barclays

12y Accountancy Age

Colin: No joke for Barclays

Banks can't see the funny side Read More

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BIS strengthens reporting framework for directors’ pay
Business Regulation

BIS strengthens reporting framework for directors’ pay

12y Richard Crump , Writer

BIS strengthens reporting framework for directors’...

Draft regulations proposes splitting directors' remuneration into two separate parts Read More...

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Regulators “up the ante” on internal audit in banks
Audit

Regulators “up the ante” on internal audit in banks

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Regulators “up the ante” on internal audit in bank...

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision publish rules that will force banks to listen to their internal auditors Read More...

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Where NatWest / RBS may have gone wrong – by a former RBS IT manager
Business Regulation

Where NatWest / RBS may have gone wrong – by a former RBS IT manager

12y Accountancy Age

Where NatWest / RBS may have gone wrong – by a for...

A former senior IT manager at RBS lifts the lid on some lax internal processes and ill-considered outsourcing that may have helped bring RBS IT system...

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HMRC issues auto-enrolment salary sacrifice guidance
Business Regulation

HMRC issues auto-enrolment salary sacrifice guidance

12y Jonathan Stapleton

HMRC issues auto-enrolment salary sacrifice guidan...

HMRC has issued guidance confirming salary sacrifice pension schemes will be able to meet automatic enrolment requirements Read More...

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CBI: Green reports could duplicate workload
Business Regulation

CBI: Green reports could duplicate workload

12y Rachael Singh

CBI: Green reports could duplicate workload

Businesses and accountants could see workload duplicated, and may be unprepared for assurance on reports Read More...

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What's in a name: The value of a brand
Business Regulation

What's in a name: The value of a brand

12y Stuart Whitwell

What's in a name: The value of a brand

Stuart Whitwell explains that accountants should ignore brand valuation at their peril Read More...

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Coalition confirms introduction of mandatory carbon reporting
Business Regulation

Coalition confirms introduction of mandatory carbon reporting

12y James Murray

Coalition confirms introduction of mandatory carbo...

Nick Clegg confirms companies listed on the London Stock Exchange will be required to report on their carbon emissions from next year Read More...

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RSM Tenon shifts listing to speed up deal-making
Accounting Firms

RSM Tenon shifts listing to speed up deal-making

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

RSM Tenon shifts listing to speed up deal-making

RSM Tenon heads for less red tape to undertake transactions without shareholder apporval Read More...

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NAPF bemoans ‘unnecessary’ reporting disclosures
Business Regulation

NAPF bemoans ‘unnecessary’ reporting disclosures

12y Accountancy Age

NAPF bemoans ‘unnecessary’ reporting disclosures

Changes to financial reporting standards could impose “unjustified level of disclosure” on schemes, warns National Association of Pension Funds Read M...

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Barnier says Solvency II delay for UK pension schemes
Business Regulation

Barnier says Solvency II delay for UK pension schemes

12y Accountancy Age

Barnier says Solvency II delay for UK pension sche...

European Commissioner Michel Barnier has announced a delay to the timetable to apply Solvency II rules to UK pension schemes, but “insisted” they will...

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Accountancy should follow lawyers on social mobility
Accounting Standards

Accountancy should follow lawyers on social mobility

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Accountancy should follow lawyers on social mobili...

Accountancy is commended for efforts to improve social mobility, but the legal profession is cited as leading the way Read More...

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Leader: Cool-off needed to stop hot pasty tax repeat
Business Regulation

Leader: Cool-off needed to stop hot pasty tax repeat

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Leader: Cool-off needed to stop hot pasty tax repe...

Think before legislating. It's worked OK so far on the tax front, says Accountancy Age Read More...

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Worthington Nicholls FD stripped of license in tribunal
Business Regulation

Worthington Nicholls FD stripped of license in tribunal

12y Rachael Singh

Worthington Nicholls FD stripped of license in tri...

Accountancy's regulator excludes former Worthington Nicholls FD Timothy Hunt from the ICAEW for six years Read More...

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AADB sanctions will prompt wistful thinking
Accounting Standards

AADB sanctions will prompt wistful thinking

12y Richard Crump , Writer

AADB sanctions will prompt wistful thinking

The Big Four may look back wistfully at the days when a record fine could be represented by the paltry sum of £1.4m Read More...

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