Land Rover wins ruling against KPMG
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Land Rover wins ruling against KPMG

22y Michelle Perry , Writer

Land Rover wins ruling against KPMG

Land Rover has won an High Court injunction forcing KPMG, receivers for UPF-Thompson, the collapsed chassis supplier, to maintain delivery of parts. R...

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Enron: could it happen here?
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Enron: could it happen here?

22y Michelle Perry , Writer

Enron: could it happen here?

Just as accounting firms across the world thought it was safe to begin rebuilding their consultancy divisions, the US energy giant Enron crumbled amid...

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Enron vice chairman found dead
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Enron vice chairman found dead

22y Gavin Hinks , Writer

Enron vice chairman found dead

A former vice chairman of Enron, the collapsed US energy giant, has been found dead. Read More...

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Land Rover row with KPMG rumbles on
Business Recovery

Land Rover row with KPMG rumbles on

22y Philip Smith.

Land Rover row with KPMG rumbles on

Land Rover has returned to court in a bid to extend its injunction preventing UPF receivers KPMG from halting supplies of chassis for its Discovery ca...

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Sluggish UK growth may create £3bn hole
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Sluggish UK growth may create £3bn hole

22y Adriana Zea , Contributor

Sluggish UK growth may create £3bn hole

A continued slowdown in UK growth in 2002 could result in £3bhn hole in public finances, accountancy consolidator Tenon has warned. Read More...

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Accountancy-related stocks dive
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Accountancy-related stocks dive

22y Adriana Zea , Contributor

Accountancy-related stocks dive

Accountancy-related stocks plunged this week prompted by negative company news and an increase in UK unemployment. Read More...

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PwC insolvency team kept busy over Enron
Business Recovery

PwC insolvency team kept busy over Enron

22y Adriana Zea , Contributor

PwC insolvency team kept busy over Enron

The Big Five firm was appointed administrator to seven legal entities and liquidators to five in November and now has to find buyers for thousands of ...

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Enron Europe faces $1bn in liabilities
Business Recovery

Enron Europe faces $1bn in liabilities

22y Michelle Perry , Writer

Enron Europe faces $1bn in liabilities

PricewaterhouseCoopers has estimated that gross liabilities of the energy trading arm of Enron's London-based European operations will be in excess of...

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For & Against: What should insolvency figures reflect?
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For & Against: What should insolvency figures reflect?

22y Accountancy Age

For & Against: What should insolvency figures ...

Should insolvency figures reflect the position of a single company or a group of companies? Fred Satow says a better system can be devised. Jeremy Wil...

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Keep gloom at bay
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Keep gloom at bay

22y Accountancy Age

Keep gloom at bay

We reveal this week that consultant Accenture is recruiting 500 new heads in 2002 as the Big Five - a club of which, as Andersen Consulting, it was co...

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Jonty Bloom...The corridors of power
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Jonty Bloom...The corridors of power

22y Accountancy Age

Jonty Bloom...The corridors of power

In the last week I have visited both the Netherlands and Spain.[QQ] I was able to take some cash out of an ATM in Tilburg, near Eindhoven and spend th...

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The drugs don't hurt at AstraZeneca
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The drugs don't hurt at AstraZeneca

22y Adriana Zea , Contributor

The drugs don't hurt at AstraZeneca

Holding 60% of the pharmaceutical market, drugs giant AstraZeneca is expecting to confirm its position as the European number one when it announces it...

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Jonty Bloom - The corridors of power ...
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Jonty Bloom - The corridors of power ...

22y Accountancy Age

Jonty Bloom - The corridors of power ...

In the last week I have visited both the Netherlands and Spain.[QQ] I was able to take some cash out of an ATM in Tilburg, near Eindhoven and spend th...

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IPs lambaste government over pay
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IPs lambaste government over pay

22y Adriana Zea , Contributor

IPs lambaste government over pay

Insolvency practitioners have bitterly complained they are not getting paid the rates they demand for their work for the Department of Trade and Indus...

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R3 backs KPMG in Land Rover conflict
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R3 backs KPMG in Land Rover conflict

22y Adriana Zea , Contributor

R3 backs KPMG in Land Rover conflict

R3, the association of business recovery professionals, has attacked the misuse of power by big business against small suppliers and backed KPMG in it...

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Financial watchdog warns on post services
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Financial watchdog warns on post services

22y Philip Smith.

Financial watchdog warns on post services

Powerful financial watchdog the National Audit Office has warned postal competition could fail if current proposals go ahead. Read More...

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Marconi dismisses Mayo revelations
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Marconi dismisses Mayo revelations

22y Philip Smith.

Marconi dismisses Mayo revelations

Marconi, the troubled technology group, has dismissed revelations made by its former financial director and deputy chief executive as only referring t...

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Enron HQ raided by FBI
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Enron HQ raided by FBI

22y Alex Miller.

Enron HQ raided by FBI

The Enron shredding scandal re-emerged today after FBI agents stormed Enron's headquarters in an attempt to find out whether new allegations of docume...

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Andersen and KPMG missed error at Kvaerner
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Andersen and KPMG missed error at Kvaerner

22y Adriana Zea , Contributor

Andersen and KPMG missed error at Kvaerner

Big five firms Andersen and KPMG failed to spot a NOK 230m (£18m) error in the accounts of struggling engineering company Kvaerner, which they both au...

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Kvaerner writes off £18m due to accounting error
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Kvaerner writes off £18m due to accounting error

22y Adriana Zea , Contributor

Kvaerner writes off £18m due to accounting error

Anglo-Norwegian engineering group Kvaerner has announced it is writing off 230m Norwegian Kroner (£18m) after discovering an error in its accounts. Re...

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Wickes finance man was ex-Andersen
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Wickes finance man was ex-Andersen

22y Philip Smith.

Wickes finance man was ex-Andersen

The close relationship between Wickes and its auditor fell under the spotlight yesterday after it was revealed that one of the five former executives ...

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Tyco break-up follows Enron accounting debacle
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Tyco break-up follows Enron accounting debacle

22y Michelle Perry , Writer

Tyco break-up follows Enron accounting debacle

Giant global conglomerate Tyco International has announced plans to divide up its empire into four separate companies, in the wake of Enron's use of a...

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US rocked by Kmart bankruptcy
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US rocked by Kmart bankruptcy

22y Larry Schlesinger , Writer

US rocked by Kmart bankruptcy

The US economy, still reeling from the collapse of energy giant Enron, has been dealt another heavy blow after its second biggest discount retailer Km...

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Lloyd's to change accounting system
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Lloyd's to change accounting system

22y Alex Miller.

Lloyd's to change accounting system

A package of radical reforms designed to modernise the Lloyd's of London insurance market, will include its current three-year accounting system being...

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Massive hole in government finances
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Massive hole in government finances

22y Adriana Zea , Contributor

Massive hole in government finances

Public finances have been pushed into the red by the biggest amount in almost six years due to increased public spending and lower returns from tax. R...

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FTSE-100 to offer vote on directors' pay
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FTSE-100 to offer vote on directors' pay

22y Michelle Perry , Writer

FTSE-100 to offer vote on directors' pay

More than a third of FTSE-100 companies plan to offer shareholders a vote on directors' pay this year, according to new research. Read More...

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Profile: British Library FD Ian Millar
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Profile: British Library FD Ian Millar

22y Liz Loxton

Profile: British Library FD Ian Millar

Problems ranging from funding the development of an innovative website to the storage and cataloguing 100,000 new books yearly are part of the fun for...

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