FRS 17 harmful to UK companies
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FRS 17 harmful to UK companies

22y Adriana Zea , Contributor

FRS 17 harmful to UK companies

FRS 17 could be harmful to some of Britain's largest companies according to a recent study by banker HSBC. Read More...

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The airline industry is like the weather
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The airline industry is like the weather

22y Accountancy Age

The airline industry is like the weather

The airline industry is like the weather - everybody talks about it and has a view, although at the moment, those views are varied and muddled. Read M...

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Companies take eye off euro ball
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Companies take eye off euro ball

22y Alex Miller.

Companies take eye off euro ball

Many of the UK's top stores, businesses and tourist attractions are in danger of being left behind when the euro comes into circulation at the beginni...

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Boots may have to swallow bitter pill
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Boots may have to swallow bitter pill

22y Adriana Zea , Contributor

Boots may have to swallow bitter pill

Investors in Boots Company will see this week whether lower consumer confidence has affected their results, as the retail giant publishes figures for ...

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Search launched for terror accountant
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Search launched for terror accountant

22y Gavin Hinks , Writer

Search launched for terror accountant

A recruitment drive is to be launched by the Treasury to find the accountant who will head up the new anti money laundering and terrorist finance unit...

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Montagu tops sparkling awards night
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Montagu tops sparkling awards night

22y AccountancyAge.com

Montagu tops sparkling awards night

In a dazzling ceremony held at the Natural History Museum, the chairman of the Revenue was presented with his award by writer and actress Meera Syal, ...

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IoD warns WEEED bad for business
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IoD warns WEEED bad for business

22y Accountancy Age

IoD warns WEEED bad for business

Restrictions on the disposal of IT equipment could cost British businesses up to £2bn per year, the Institute of Directors has warned. Read More...

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New rules, but UK plc behind times
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New rules, but UK plc behind times

22y Michelle Perry , Writer

New rules, but UK plc behind times

The head of the International Accounting Standards Board yesterday announced the onset of a raft of new global accounting rules as UK plc was urged to...

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Versailles FD told to pay £11m
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Versailles FD told to pay £11m

22y Philip Smith.

Versailles FD told to pay £11m

The former finance director of failed trade finance group Versailles has been ordered to pay £11.3m to the company's receiver PricewaterhouseCoopers. ...

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When Cupid fires his corporate arrow.
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When Cupid fires his corporate arrow.

22y Accountancy Age

When Cupid fires his corporate arrow.

When the honeymoon ends for Compaq and Hewlett Packard, will the larget merger in IT history continue in webbed bliss or hit the corporate rocks? Read...

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Letters - Pro-euro view short sighted.
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Letters - Pro-euro view short sighted.

22y Accountancy Age

Letters - Pro-euro view short sighted.

Chris Moncrieff attempts to perpetuate the myth that the Conservative Party has been ‘split down the middle’ over Europe and the euro sinc...

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Ex-Allied chief carpeted over accounts
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Ex-Allied chief carpeted over accounts

22y Chris Quick

Ex-Allied chief carpeted over accounts

The former managing director of Allied Carpets has been disqualified as a director for seven years over accounting irregularities which over-inflated ...

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BT to lose FD by year-end
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BT to lose FD by year-end

22y Ian Lynch

BT to lose FD by year-end

BT is to lose a third top executive at the end of the year, with its highly rated finance director Philip Hampton set to quit. Read More...

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Don't force out our best executives
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Don't force out our best executives

22y Accountancy Age

Don't force out our best executives

Journalists have always been at the forefront of the attack on excessive boardroom pay. The power to single out those who appear to be profiting from ...

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More shareholders power is a shot in the arm for agms
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More shareholders power is a shot in the arm for agms

22y Accountancy Age

More shareholders power is a shot in the arm for a...

The fat cats are under attack again. John Davies thinks government thinks government plans to give shareholders more power will be a shot in the arm f...

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Retail sales back lower rates
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Retail sales back lower rates

22y Larry Schlesinger , Writer

Retail sales back lower rates

The Confederation of British Industry says the slowdown in retail sales volumes in 2001 justifies its call for a 'meaningful' reduction in interest ra...

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FD profile: Simon Laffin
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FD profile: Simon Laffin

22y Tom Berry , Writer

FD profile: Simon Laffin

Simon Laffin is a finance man, not a retailer. But he learned a lot when his boss told him to spend four months managing his local Safeway. Even now h...

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Boots defends switch to bonds
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Boots defends switch to bonds

22y Michelle Perry , Writer

Boots defends switch to bonds

Boots, the UK's largest high street chemist, has denied industry claims that it switched its pension funds into bonds to avoid a hit to profits caused...

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DTI review to rationalise grants
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DTI review to rationalise grants

22y AccountancyAge.com

DTI review to rationalise grants

Hundreds of government business support schemes could be merged into five or six strategic pots as part of the DTI's ongoing review of business suppor...

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Brave new world for FDs
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Brave new world for FDs

22y Peter Bartram , Contributor

Brave new world for FDs

On 11 September so much was destroyed that business is still trying to pick up the pieces. It is clear now that the way companies used to work has gon...

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FDs vital in troubled times
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FDs vital in troubled times

22y Michelle Perry , Writer

FDs vital in troubled times

An overwhelming eight out of ten finance directors this week said the role of FD becomes more vital at times of economic slowdown, reaffirming the imp...

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Directors suffer sleepless nights
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Directors suffer sleepless nights

22y Philip Smith.

Directors suffer sleepless nights

One in three directors have sleepless nights worrying about their company's finances, but many more are fundamentally ignorant of their responsibiliti...

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Lloyd's FD attacks doubters
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Lloyd's FD attacks doubters

22y Chris Quick

Lloyd's FD attacks doubters

The finance chief of Lloyd's of London has hit out at those who have expressed doubts about the ability of Lloyd's of London to trade forward in the w...

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Healthcare index brought to life
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Healthcare index brought to life

22y Adriana Zea , Contributor

Healthcare index brought to life

The London Stock Exchange has today launched the techMARK mediscience index for emerging international healthcare companies. Read More...

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Slowdown wipes out internet recovery
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Slowdown wipes out internet recovery

23y Damian Wild , Reporter

Slowdown wipes out internet recovery

The worldwide economic slowdown has wiped out signs of recovery in Europe's beleaguered internet sector, with up to 30% of dot.coms at risk of running...

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BT's Bonfield quits early
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BT's Bonfield quits early

23y James Middleton

BT's Bonfield quits early

BT chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield will be stepping down from the position in January, a year early, with a golden handshake of £1.5m, the telco sa...

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Son of Railtrack delayed
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Son of Railtrack delayed

23y Michelle Perry , Writer

Son of Railtrack delayed

There will be no successor to Railtrack in place within the next six months nor will any private money be raised to fund its new structure, the beleag...

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