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View articleR3, the association of Business Recovery Specialists is to stage a series of roadshows in 2003 designed to help business leaders avoid going bust. Rea...
View articleStruggling Swiss-listed medical company Jomed, which has twice been forced to restate its accounts in the last week, has lost its chief executive. Rea...
View articleThe GMB union has revealed a deficit in its pension provision amounting to £19m as a result of the controversial accounting standard FRS 17. Read More...
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