Charity FDs appeal against red tape
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Charity FDs appeal against red tape

24y Larry Schlesinger

Charity FDs appeal against red tape

The Charity Finance Directors' Group has joined the growing appeal against red tape, calling on the government to avoid imposing a 'heavy regulatory r...

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Team selected to enforce global rules
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Team selected to enforce global rules

24y Michelle Perry

Team selected to enforce global rules

Trustees of the International Accounting Standards Board have announced appointments to the revamped 12-member Interpretations Committee to ensure con...

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UK charter airline grounded
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UK charter airline grounded

24y Larry Schlesinger

UK charter airline grounded

The airline industry has suffered another casualty after British World Airlines, the charter airline business, confirmed today it had gone into receiv...

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Stock dips at ARM after FD switch
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Stock dips at ARM after FD switch

24y Michelle Perry

Stock dips at ARM after FD switch

Shares in ARM Holdings have dropped for a third successive day after the chip designer announced the departure of its respected finance director. Read...

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Railtrack report good news for E&Y
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Railtrack report good news for E&Y

24y Philip Smith.

Railtrack report good news for E&Y

Ernst & Young, Railtrack's administrator, will receive welcome news this week when a report reveals safety has improved on the network since it took c...

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Enron collapse is IAS weapon
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Enron collapse is IAS weapon

24y Michelle Perry

Enron collapse is IAS weapon

Enron's multibillion dollar collapse is set to become the weapon the global accounting standard-setter has been looking for in its battle to convince ...

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Profits turn into loss for Huntingdon
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Profits turn into loss for Huntingdon

24y Adriana Zea

Profits turn into loss for Huntingdon

Differences in accounting standards have turned profit into loss for Huntington Life Sciences. Read More...

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UK plc success impossible to compare
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UK plc success impossible to compare

24y Adriana Zea

UK plc success impossible to compare

Differences in accounting standards have made it impossible to compare the performance of UK companies against competitors in the US and Japan on the ...

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PwC sells further Enron company
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PwC sells further Enron company

24y AccountancyAge.com

PwC sells further Enron company

Enron administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers has secured a further sale of the energy giant's London-based subsidiary to American AEP Energy Services. R...

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Financial reporting evolves, or does it?
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Financial reporting evolves, or does it?

24y Michelle Perry

Financial reporting evolves, or does it?

Financial reporting is on the precipice of evolving, but there remain two vastly differing fields of thought on whether non-financial data should feat...

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For & Against: Disclosing non-financial data
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For & Against: Disclosing non-financial data

24y Accountancy Age

For & Against: Disclosing non-financial data

What information should companies be disclosing in their financial reports? Timothy Copnell says investors want key non-financial indicators. Peter Wi...

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Hewitt faces grilling from MPs
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Hewitt faces grilling from MPs

24y Philip Smith.

Hewitt faces grilling from MPs

Trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt is to be quizzed today by MPs about restructuring plans for her department. Read More...

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Accountants important for SME scheme
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Accountants important for SME scheme

24y AccountancyAge.com

Accountants important for SME scheme

The ICAEW says chartered accountants can play an important role in shaping future investment support schemes available to SMEs. Read More...

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EU set to change merger laws
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EU set to change merger laws

24y Adriana Zea

EU set to change merger laws

The European Union may transform existing competition laws concerning mergers and acquisitions to bring them in line with legislation in the United St...

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Raft FD faces first year loss
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Raft FD faces first year loss

24y Gavin Hinks

Raft FD faces first year loss

It can't be a pleasant experience. You join a new company as finance director and one of your first big tasks is to help the business out of the mire....

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Small business minister in new probe
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Small business minister in new probe

24y our parliamentary staff

Small business minister in new probe

Pressure on small business minister Nigel Griffiths was mounting today after he became the latest senior Scottish politician to be caught up in a rent...

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Dome man in bid for Railtrack
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Dome man in bid for Railtrack

24y Philip Smith.

Dome man in bid for Railtrack

David James, the company doctor brought in to sort out the Millenium Dome fiasco, has been drafted in to head up a 'dream team' to take over Railtrack...

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EU ministers match up banking fees
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EU ministers match up banking fees

24y Keith Nuthall

EU ministers match up banking fees

Bank fees for moving money from one eurozone country to another will match those for making payments within a single EU member state in the future, if...

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No mercy shown for failed directors
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No mercy shown for failed directors

24y Adriana Zea

No mercy shown for failed directors

Unforgiving creditors would prefer to get 'revenge' on debtors than push for potentially greater returns, a sentiment which flies in the face of the g...

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Lords push Anti-Terror Bill amendments
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Lords push Anti-Terror Bill amendments

24y our parliamentary staff

Lords push Anti-Terror Bill amendments

The government is fighting amendments put forward by Tory, Liberal and rebel Labour peers aimed at limiting the ability of the Inland Revenue, Customs...

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Public accountants told to be vigilant
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Public accountants told to be vigilant

24y our parliamentary staff

Public accountants told to be vigilant

Government accounting officers have been urged to be 'more vigilant' in ensuring proposed building projects are not deliberately under-estimated in or...

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Big Five jockey for Railtrack position
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Big Five jockey for Railtrack position

24y AccountancyAge.com

Big Five jockey for Railtrack position

PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG are aiding leading banks in a bid to become the first financial adviser of the new railways structure. Read More...

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Railtrack chief slams 'accountants'
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Railtrack chief slams 'accountants'

24y Philip Smith.

Railtrack chief slams 'accountants'

Steve Marshall, the embattled chief executive of Railtrack, has launched a blistering attack on the company's administrators, Ernst & Young. Read More...

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Falling capex puts UK plc at risk
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Falling capex puts UK plc at risk

24y Adriana Zea

Falling capex puts UK plc at risk

UK companies risk falling behind their international competitors as they reduce their capital expenditure on equipment, and research and development. ...

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PAC blasts failed Post Office scheme
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PAC blasts failed Post Office scheme

24y our parliamentary staff

PAC blasts failed Post Office scheme

The Post Office and the former Department of Social Security have been condemned for one of the biggest ever government IT failures - the doomed Benef...

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CIMA unearths finance problems
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CIMA unearths finance problems

24y Alex Miller.

CIMA unearths finance problems

Half of companies quizzed in recent research by CIMA, have revealed 'major' deficiencies in the finance function, particularly with integrating inform...

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UK plc upbeat in face of terror threat
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UK plc upbeat in face of terror threat

24y Michelle Perry

UK plc upbeat in face of terror threat

UK business leaders remain more upbeat than their European counterparts in the wake of the economic impact of the 11 September, new research has shown...

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