A quarter of the UK workforce intend to look for a new job in January and six out of 10 respondents to the Fish4Jobs survey said they had taken a 'sic...
View articleKenneth Lay, chairman and chief executive of bankrupt energy trader Enron until its collapse, has left the board of Compaq after 14 years. Read More...
View articleRetail outlets that take euro notes and coins will be subject to the crackdown on terrorist and drug trade financing, economic secretary Ruth Kelly ha...
View articleFollowing threats of legal action from US car giant Ford, KPMG said today it still wanted to negotiate with Land Rover to secure an engineering compan...
View articleThe government is claiming to have made 'significant progress' with the 'Think Small First' strategy being pushed by the Small Business Service, trade...
View articleUK entrepreneurs are increasingly frustrated by the government's lack of initiative to foster an entrepreneurial culture, according to new research. R...
View articleKPMG is facing the might of US car giant Ford in a legal fight that could see 1,400 job losses at Land Rover's production plant in the Midlands. Read ...
View articleLord Wakeham, the former Energy secretary and chartered accountant, has been ordered to appear before a US Senate committee to explain his role in the...
View articleA 24% rise in banned company directors may not be the result of Insolvency Act fast-track. Read More...
View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers has been appointed interim administrators to bookshop chain James Thin, proving that the downturn is still biting despite posit...
View articleShares in Enron, the embattled US energy company, have been suspended from trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Read More...
View articleThe DTI has been accused of delaying the appointment of professional advisers and failing to exercise adequate oversight in the Post Office's acquisit...
View articleSupermarket chain Somerfield faces a testing time as it announces its interim results today. Tough competition and difficult trading conditions have s...
View articleThe waiting is over and while the UK, Denmark and Sweden sit on the euro fence, things are looking good for the fledgling currency. Read More...
View articleThe downturn in the mobile phone industry has claimed its latest victim with The Wap Store Ltd going into receivership. Read More...
View articleAndersen has told the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the US Department of Justice and the congressional committees and other agencies investig...
View articleAn emphatic 61% of finance directors have demanded a referendum on UK entry to the euro within the next 12 months following the smooth new year launch...
View articleVolatility in the balance sheet, highlighted by a new pension accounting standard, can be lessened by rethinking investment strategies, says Aon Consu...
View articleTurnaround company Resurge has completed its first deal by helping to resurrect Somerset-based Moorgate Paper. Read More...
View articleHotel giant Six Continents estimates it has lost £17.7m as a direct result of 11 September attacks. Read More...
View articleComplex legislation is not the solution to ethical reporting which would force business to comply with the 'letter of the law rather than the spirit',...
View articleWill legislation improve ethical standards? Sheena Carmichael argues it will result in businesses doing the minimum required, while Peter Williams sta...
View articleAuditor independence will be the top priority for the profession's new watchdog, the Accountancy Foundation, creating heightened scrutiny for UK audit...
View articleRudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, has revealed he is to team up with Ernst & Young to help struggling businesses in the Big Apple. Rea...
View articleChildren's entertainment rights company Just Group, owners of notorious cartoon characters Butt-Ugly Martians, have come crashing to earth following t...
View articleAOL TimeWarner, the media and internet giant, will be forced to record a charge of around $60bn (£41bn) in the first quarter of 2002 due to a new acco...
View articleGolden handshakes for company executives are on the up, despite a parallel rise in the number of business failures in the UK. Read More...
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