Premiership rejects administration penalty
Business Recovery

Premiership rejects administration penalty

22y Paul Grant

Premiership rejects administration penalty

The Premiership has rejected proposals that would have seen its clubs face similar penalties to Nationwide League sides if they fall into administrati...

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Weekly stock market review
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Weekly stock market review

22y Accountancy Age

Weekly stock market review

Investors have been gnashing their teeth all week at the prospect of James Murdoch becoming chief executive of BSkyB. The youngest son of Rupert Murdo...

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Employees likely to be left disappointed this year
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Employees likely to be left disappointed this year

22y Accountancy Age

Employees likely to be left disappointed this year

Employees should not expect a bumper pay rise this year, despite an anticipated increase in profits for UK businesses of 4.1%, a new survey has reveal...

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ICAEW: Interest rate rise threatens SMEs
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ICAEW: Interest rate rise threatens SMEs

22y Accountancy Age

ICAEW: Interest rate rise threatens SMEs

The Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates to 3.75% could threaten the 'growth plans' of SMEs, the ICAEW has claimed. Read More...

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Decrease in insolvencies points to recovery
Business Recovery

Decrease in insolvencies points to recovery

22y Larry Schlesinger

Decrease in insolvencies points to recovery

The latest statistics from the Department of Trade & Industry show a more than 10% reduction in companies going insolvent in the UK, quarter-on-quarte...

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Howard ascends the Tory throne
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Howard ascends the Tory throne

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Howard ascends the Tory throne

Michael Howard has been chosen as Tory Party leader but the battle to succeed him as shadow chancellor has only just begun. Read More...

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BA profits from aggressive cost cutting
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BA profits from aggressive cost cutting

22y Liz Loxton

BA profits from aggressive cost cutting

As British Airways CFO John Rishton prepares to release interim results on 10 November, he may find some comfort in the fact that the last full-year r...

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Lies, damn lies and statistics...
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Lies, damn lies and statistics...

22y Accountancy Age

Lies, damn lies and statistics...

John Hawksworth, my fellow columnist, referred recently to the revisions to UK economic growth announced by the Office for National Statistics on 30 S...

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Reining in the awkward squad.
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Reining in the awkward squad.

22y Accountancy Age

Reining in the awkward squad.

Managers who have to deal with difficult team members will often find the same stereotypes keep cropping up. Richard Wilkes suggests how to get the mo...

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On the frontline: Frenchman Jean-Claude Trichet, European Central Bank
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On the frontline: Frenchman Jean-Claude Trichet, European Central Bank

22y Accountancy Age

On the frontline: Frenchman Jean-Claude Trichet, E...

The name Jean-Claude Trichet may not mean much at the moment, but it soon will. Read More...

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Wilkins Kennedy booms
Corporate Finance

Wilkins Kennedy booms

22y Accountancy Age

Wilkins Kennedy booms

The London office of Wilkins Kennedy has merged with WH Payne & Co to form a team in the capital. Read More...

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US fortunes bode well for UK
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US fortunes bode well for UK

22y Accountancy Age

US fortunes bode well for UK

Bull market-style confidence has returned to the US with a vengeance. Read More...

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Integrity checks halt M&A deals
Corporate Finance

Integrity checks halt M&A deals

22y Accountancy Age

Integrity checks halt M&A deals

More mergers and acquisitions are being derailed before completion, while those that go through are being completed at a slower rate. Read More...

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Damaging rift opens between Blair and Brown
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Damaging rift opens between Blair and Brown

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Damaging rift opens between Blair and Brown

A damaging rift has opened up at the top of the Labour government between chancellor Gordon Brown and prime minister Tony Blair over European tax harm...

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TransTec: A sorry, sorry tale
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TransTec: A sorry, sorry tale

22y AccountancyAge.com

TransTec: A sorry, sorry tale

At the end of October, the Department of Trade & Industry released its much-anticipated report on the demise of engineering group TransTec, which ...

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TransTec: Will things ever be the same again?
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TransTec: Will things ever be the same again?

22y Gavin Hinks

TransTec: Will things ever be the same again?

Just when auditors felt they could afford to relax a little bit, someone else has decided to add their opinions to the growing list of proposals for r...

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Insider - Profile: Richard Worthington, coffeeheaven founder
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Insider - Profile: Richard Worthington, coffeeheaven founder

22y Liz Loxton

Insider - Profile: Richard Worthington, coffeeheav...

Having spotted a gap in the market in Poland, Richard Worthington has used the Alternative Investment Market to raise capital to expand the coffeeheav...

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Non-execs strapped for time
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Non-execs strapped for time

22y Paul Grant

Non-execs strapped for time

A major change is required in the way non-executives carry out their roles and how management treats them if companies are to comply with the letter, ...

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TransTec decision due in a fortnight
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TransTec decision due in a fortnight

22y Gavin Hinks

TransTec decision due in a fortnight

Former auditors and directors of TransTec will know within the next 14 days whether they face disciplinary action from accountancy's main watchdog. Re...

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Former SSL finance chiefs charged with fraud
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Former SSL finance chiefs charged with fraud

22y AccountancyAge.com

Former SSL finance chiefs charged with fraud

Five former executives, including the group finance director and UK finance director at condom-maker SSL International, have been charged with fraud o...

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Accountant to chair postal regulator
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Accountant to chair postal regulator

22y Larry Schlesinger

Accountant to chair postal regulator

Nigel Stapleton, former chief financial officer of publishing group Reed Elsevier, has been appointed to head up the postal regulator, Postcomm. Read ...

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Marshall joins board at Queens Moat
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Marshall joins board at Queens Moat

22y Larry Schlesinger

Marshall joins board at Queens Moat

Hotel group, Queens Moat, has appointed Steve Marshall, an accountant and former chief executive of Railtrack, as its new chairman, as part of number ...

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Reckless companies to face maximum penalty
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Reckless companies to face maximum penalty

22y AccountancyAge.com

Reckless companies to face maximum penalty

Companies that endanger the lives of their employees should face penalties the equal of fines handed out for breaching financial rules, the Health &am...

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Little benefit expected from pre-Budget
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Little benefit expected from pre-Budget

22y Liz Loxton

Little benefit expected from pre-Budget

The forthcoming pre-Budget report is likely to be a damp squib for enterprise, a corporate tax specialist has warned. Read More...

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Freight group strikes restructuring deal
Business Recovery

Freight group strikes restructuring deal

22y Paul Grant

Freight group strikes restructuring deal

Creditors of the European freight ferry shipping group Cenargo have approved proposals for a company voluntary arrangement put together by its adminis...

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Receivers cut 600 jobs at Endeva
Business Recovery

Receivers cut 600 jobs at Endeva

22y Gavin Hinks

Receivers cut 600 jobs at Endeva

Administrative receivers from PricewaterhouseCoopers have announced a package of 600 redundancies to help turn around the Endeva group of companies. R...

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Howard lines up Hague for Brown showdown
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Howard lines up Hague for Brown showdown

22y our parliamentary staff

Howard lines up Hague for Brown showdown

It is understood that Michael Howard, Tory party leader-in-waiting, will draft in former Tory leader William Hague, in a front bench role, as a 'big h...

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