Show me the money
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Show me the money

23y Accountancy Age

Show me the money

Flying in the face of the comparatively depressed state of the economy, salary expectations for 2002 are still riding extremely high. Read More...

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CIPFA goes global.
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CIPFA goes global.

23y Philip Smith.

CIPFA goes global.

CIPFA is taking its first tentative steps overseas in a deal that could see the institute offering its qualification to other countries. Read More...

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Training - Learning to work together
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Training - Learning to work together

23y Accountancy Age

Training - Learning to work together

Working with people from other cultures can be enriching - but it can also be frustrating. Mary Huntington reports on a course that teaches the princi...

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Lessons from the leaders
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Lessons from the leaders

23y Liesbeth Evers

Lessons from the leaders

Often ignored by the board, IT managers are now being given responsibility for staff - a daunting prospect for some. Liesbeth Evers reports on a confe...

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Contractors to get full employment rights
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Contractors to get full employment rights

23y Accountancy Age

Contractors to get full employment rights

The EU Plans to give IT contractors the same rights as permanent staff, according to a draft directive leaked to the Financial Times. Read More...

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Massive pay hike expected
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Massive pay hike expected

23y Damian Wild

Massive pay hike expected

Average salaries for accountants now top £40,000 a year - but expectations continue to run high with many expecting a 9% pay rise in 2002, writes Dami...

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£40k-a-year accountants expect more in 2002
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£40k-a-year accountants expect more in 2002

23y Damian Wild

£40k-a-year accountants expect more in 2002

Average salaries for accountants now top £40,000 a year - but expectations continue to run high with many expecting a 9% pay rise in 2002. Read More...

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Shaping up for the recession
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Shaping up for the recession

23y Accountancy Age

Shaping up for the recession

Consultancies have closed offices, laid off staff and put graduate recruitment on hold. But training is not something to cut back on if they are to wi...

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Fat cat pay-offs rise despite failures
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Fat cat pay-offs rise despite failures

23y Accountancy Age

Fat cat pay-offs rise despite failures

Golden 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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US throws out global qualification
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US throws out global qualification

23y Philip Smith.

US throws out global qualification

The death knell has been sounded for Cognitor, the proposed new global accounting qualification, after members of the AICPA in the US voted two to one...

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Graduates: Consult carefully on jobs
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Graduates: Consult carefully on jobs

23y Accountancy Age

Graduates: Consult carefully on jobs

As firms rescind job offers and cut back on recruitment quotas, students must find alternative career paths. But will the big freeze have other reperc...

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Go chase that dream to win
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Go chase that dream to win

23y Accountancy Age

Go chase that dream to win

We all desire success at work. How to achieve it is the challenge. Read More...

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No Christmas cheer among drunk staff
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No Christmas cheer among drunk staff

23y Liz Loxton

No Christmas cheer among drunk staff

Far from promoting fellow feeling among colleagues, seasonal drinking is causing rowdy and even violent behaviour in UK plc, according to a survey fro...

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Study looks to change accounting image
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Study looks to change accounting image

23y Larry Schlesinger

Study looks to change accounting image

A study has launched to find out how the traditional image and delivery of accounting education can be transformed into an attractive proposition to n...

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AccountancyAge.com opens careers centre
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AccountancyAge.com opens careers centre

23y AccountancyAge.com

AccountancyAge.com opens careers centre

AccountancyAge.com this week launches a new careers centre featuring one of the most comprehensive databases of financial jobs available anywhere. Rea...

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UK accountants world's top earners
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UK accountants world's top earners

23y Michelle Perry

UK accountants world's top earners

Britain's accountants are the world's highest earners with an average annual income of Pounds 83,142, new research has revealed. Read More...

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Careers: Partnerships - Take your partners please
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Careers: Partnerships - Take your partners please

23y Accountancy Age

Careers: Partnerships - Take your partners please

Many of the big firms are weaving their way towards public ownership, but while an IPO can produce significant benefits for the partners, what does it...

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Treasury to probe 'false employment'
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Treasury to probe 'false employment'

23y our parliamentary staff

Treasury to probe 'false employment'

Self-employed subcontractors are bracing themselves for a new tax crackdown when the Treasury completes a review of employment status to be released e...

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News: Salary soundings survey
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News: Salary soundings survey

23y Accountancy Age

News: Salary soundings survey

Although salary negotiations are an area of much concern and confusion, a recent survey by Robert Half International Consulting (RHI Consulting) disco...

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Careers: public sector - Working in the public eye
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Careers: public sector - Working in the public eye

23y Accountancy Age

Careers: public sector - Working in the public eye

The Government's commitment to public services means the sector can be seen as a safe haven for consultants. But it is not immune to recessionary-or b...

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The charmed lives of Oxford & Cambridge
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The charmed lives of Oxford & Cambridge

23y Accountancy Age

The charmed lives of Oxford & Cambridge

Like public schools, colleges at Oxford and Cambridge have led charmed lives. Inquiries have come and gone but on they sail, bastions of privilege - a...

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Key issues in involuntary dismissals
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Key issues in involuntary dismissals

23y AccountancyAge.com

Key issues in involuntary dismissals

This summary is designed to highlight the key legal issues and to flag up a few warning signs that a well-advised employer or employee should watch ou...

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Are FD pay rises obscene?
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Are FD pay rises obscene?

23y Accountancy Age

Are FD pay rises obscene?

Publication of the latest salary survey from our sister title Financial Director will provoke the usual round of outrage about fat cat pay tempered by...

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Handling of ILAs a 'catastophe'
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Handling of ILAs a 'catastophe'

23y Accountancy Age

Handling of ILAs a 'catastophe'

Conservative education spokesman Damian Green has repeated calls for the ongoing Individual Learning Account (ILA) crisis to be investigated by the Pu...

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Six FDs make it into £1m big league
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Six FDs make it into £1m big league

23y Andrew Sawers

Six FDs make it into £1m big league

Big bonuses have taken six FTSE-100 FDs into the million-pound-a-year bracket, according to the fifth annual pay survey by Financial Director magazine...

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CAs to help growth in Wales
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CAs to help growth in Wales

23y Michelle Perry

CAs to help growth in Wales

Ongoing inward investment and organic growth in Wales will form the basis for a 'fruitful partnership' between Welsh businesses and accountants, a gat...

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Chancellor to encourage IT training
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Chancellor to encourage IT training

23y Accountancy Age

Chancellor to encourage IT training

The chancellor has announced that he will introduce tax breaks for employers that provide training, with IT skills being recognised as crucial to Brit...

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