Headstart: Management - A Week In The Life.
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Headstart: Management - A Week In The Life.

22y Accountancy Age

Headstart: Management - A Week In The Life.

Neil Quarendon is director of finance and operations at Alexander Lloyd, one of the South East’s leading independent accountancy and insurance r...

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EC to debate tax breaks for training
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EC to debate tax breaks for training

22y Accountancy Age

EC to debate tax breaks for training

The proposals for tax incentives are one of six proposals that the EC has made for improving training across Europe. Read More...

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Ten hot tips for Excel users
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Ten hot tips for Excel users

22y AccountancyAge.com

Ten hot tips for Excel users

Excel is one of those office tools that appears to have endless mathematical functions which you don't imagine you'll ever get to use. It is however a...

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For & Against: The great waving wages debate
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For & Against: The great waving wages debate

23y Accountancy Age

For & Against: The great waving wages debate

Were the FD and CEO at Regus right to waive their wages during troubled times? Neil Chisman says they have sent out the right message, but Peter Willi...

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Profession undervalues fairer sex
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Profession undervalues fairer sex

23y Adriana Zea

Profession undervalues fairer sex

Top female accountants are paid one third less than their male counterparts, according to a recent study by the wealth management arm of Barclays. Rea...

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Future bosses prefer to stay at home
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Future bosses prefer to stay at home

23y Larry Schlesinger

Future bosses prefer to stay at home

Four-fifths of 'affluentials', those individuals destined to command UK businesses in the future, would give it all up tomorrow if they could afford t...

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ACCA to launch MBA in January
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ACCA to launch MBA in January

23y Adriana Zea

ACCA to launch MBA in January

ACCA is currently developing an MBA programme with Oxford Brookes University which will be open to qualified accountants from January. Read More...

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LETTERS - Speculation over NTOs is misleading.
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LETTERS - Speculation over NTOs is misleading.

23y Accountancy Age

LETTERS - Speculation over NTOs is misleading.

Speculative comments have been made in certain parts of the media about Accountancy National Training Organisation’s future, following recent ev...

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FDs' emphatic 'no' to domestic perks
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FDs' emphatic 'no' to domestic perks

23y Adriana Zea

FDs' emphatic 'no' to domestic perks

Most finance directors firmly deny companies should provide their staff with special perks according to this week's Accountancy Age/Reed Accountancy P...

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CIPFA enjoys strong student growth
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CIPFA enjoys strong student growth

23y Philip Smith.

CIPFA enjoys strong student growth

Audit Scotland's decision to use CIPFA as its preferred trainer of students has helped the public sector accountancy institute hit its student targets...

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Whitehall threat to training body.
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Whitehall threat to training body.

23y Michelle Perry

Whitehall threat to training body.

Government plans to overhaul the flagship National Training Organisations could result in the demise of the accountancy arm, Accountancy Age has learn...

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FDs back idea of tax credit for training.
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FDs back idea of tax credit for training.

23y Accountancy Age

FDs back idea of tax credit for training.

Tax incentives to encourage more spending on training would be given a warm welcome by the vast majority of finance directors, according to this week&...

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Headstart: Management - Where are the 'people' people?
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Headstart: Management - Where are the 'people' people?

23y Accountancy Age

Headstart: Management - Where are the 'people' peo...

‘I pay tribute to all our employees without whose dedication and loyalty … blah, blah.’ Just another dose of typical boilerplate fro...

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Keep learning, directors told.
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Keep learning, directors told.

23y Liz Loxton

Keep learning, directors told.

Senior managers who admit they have things to learn will improve the learning culture in their companies, according to speakers at the Chartered Insti...

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Letters - Teaching is much harder.
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Letters - Teaching is much harder.

23y Accountancy Age

Letters - Teaching is much harder.

I could not believe the words of recent correspondents who have begrudged teachers a loan for the paltry sum of #6,000. Do they have no concept of the...

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Headstart: Careers - The right skills for the shortage.
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Headstart: Careers - The right skills for the shortage.

23y Accountancy Age

Headstart: Careers - The right skills for the shor...

Not so long ago it was ‘not enough good calibre people for corporate finance’. Now, staff at all levels are being made redundant. This is ...

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Headstart: Careers - Christmas is coming.
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Headstart: Careers - Christmas is coming.

23y Michelle Perry

Headstart: Careers - Christmas is coming.

If you are planning an office party this year log on to ensure a good time is had by all Read More...

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Headstart: Careers - A week in the life ...
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Headstart: Careers - A week in the life ...

23y rumo , Writer

Headstart: Careers - A week in the life ...

Angus Farr is the national training and HR manager at HLB Kidsons. He joined the firm as a trainee in 1994, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 19...

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Investors get say on pay.
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Investors get say on pay.

23y Philip Smith.

Investors get say on pay.

Plans to give shareholders more influence over directors'remuneration given thumbs up Read More...

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E-learning: the next killer app
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E-learning: the next killer app

23y Accountancy Age

E-learning: the next killer app

'The next big killer application for the internet is going to be education. It's going to be so big it's going to make email look like a rounding erro...

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Accountancy graduates fare best
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Accountancy graduates fare best

23y Michelle Perry

Accountancy graduates fare best

Accountancy graduates have the highest graduate employment rate, faring better than IT and business and management graduates, according to new researc...

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Whitehall threat to training body
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Whitehall threat to training body

23y Michelle Perry

Whitehall threat to training body

Government plans to overhaul the flagship National Training Organisations could result in the demise of the accountancy arm, Accountancy Age has learn...

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Regret at ICAS exit from training body
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Regret at ICAS exit from training body

23y Gavin Hinks

Regret at ICAS exit from training body

A national accountancy training body has said it regrets ICAS's withdrawal from its funding group. Read More...

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FDs back idea of tax credit for training
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FDs back idea of tax credit for training

23y Accountancy Age

FDs back idea of tax credit for training

Tax incentives to encourage more spending on training would be given a warm welcome by the vast majority of finance directors, according to this week'...

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Reward staff with dinner out
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Reward staff with dinner out

23y Gavin Hinks

Reward staff with dinner out

Bosses should be holding a cash float to treat staff to dinner out, according to an expert in workforce relations. Read More...

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Insight: Management - Considering all options.
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Insight: Management - Considering all options.

23y Michelle Perry

Insight: Management - Considering all options.

Tax and lifestyle changes mean employee incentive packages are as likely to include share options as they are company cars Read More...

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Headstart: Management - Managing bonuses in a downturn.
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Headstart: Management - Managing bonuses in a downturn.

23y Accountancy Age

Headstart: Management - Managing bonuses in a down...

We are facing low inflation, low interest rates, low unemployment and a nervous stock market. Investment decisions and discretionary spend are under r...

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