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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View articleMichael 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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View articleJohn 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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View articleAt 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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View articleFormer 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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View articleNigel Stapleton, former chief financial officer of publishing group Reed Elsevier, has been appointed to head up the postal regulator, Postcomm. Read ...
View articleHotel group, Queens Moat, has appointed Steve Marshall, an accountant and former chief executive of Railtrack, as its new chairman, as part of number ...
View articleCompanies that endanger the lives of their employees should face penalties the equal of fines handed out for breaching financial rules, the Health &am...
View articleThe forthcoming pre-Budget report is likely to be a damp squib for enterprise, a corporate tax specialist has warned. Read More...
View articleCreditors of the European freight ferry shipping group Cenargo have approved proposals for a company voluntary arrangement put together by its adminis...
View articleAdministrative receivers from PricewaterhouseCoopers have announced a package of 600 redundancies to help turn around the Endeva group of companies. R...
View articleIt 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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