Schroders shakeout sees CFO ousted
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Schroders shakeout sees CFO ousted

24y Philip Smith.

Schroders shakeout sees CFO ousted

Nick MacAndrew, one of the highest paid FDs in the UK, has lost out in a boardroom shakeout at Schroders, the listed fund manager, following the arriv...

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High Court refuses two Barings claims
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High Court refuses two Barings claims

24y Philip Smith.

High Court refuses two Barings claims

The High Court today ruled that two former Barings companies were unable to make a claim against Deloitte & Touch Singapore. Read More...

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Peat leaves Queen for Charles
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Peat leaves Queen for Charles

24y Philip Smith.

Peat leaves Queen for Charles

By Philip SmithSir Michael Peat, the Queen's accountant, is to become the next private secretary to the Prince of Wales, Buckingham Palace has finally...

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BASDA to launch 'practical' euro guide
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BASDA to launch 'practical' euro guide

24y Alex Miller.

BASDA to launch 'practical' euro guide

The Business Application Software Developers' Association is launching a free booklet aimed at helping UK businesses deal with the practical issues ar...

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FDs say they would work for free
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FDs say they would work for free

24y Adriana Zea

FDs say they would work for free

A huge number of finance directors this week said they would work without pay, providing support to the finance director at Regus who last week suspen...

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CBI pushes for director protection
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CBI pushes for director protection

24y AccountancyAge.com

CBI pushes for director protection

The Confederation of British Industry today urged the government to keep home addresses of all company directors secret to safeguard them against pers...

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The upside of FRS 17
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The upside of FRS 17

24y Accountancy Age

The upside of FRS 17

Make no mistake: FRS 17 has never been popular with British business. Only a fortnight ago a study by banker HSBC warned the new standard requiring co...

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Firms to benefit from Treasury demand
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Firms to benefit from Treasury demand

24y Philip Smith.

Firms to benefit from Treasury demand

Accountancy firms could pick up lucrative work from a Treasury demand that government departments include a sustainability report in the next spending...

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Where next on company reporting?
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Where next on company reporting?

24y Accountancy Age

Where next on company reporting?

UK financial reporting faces a dilemma over the reporting of intangibles. The more we move towards a service and technology-based economy, the higher ...

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Business leaders to get DTI roles
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Business leaders to get DTI roles

24y Adriana Zea

Business leaders to get DTI roles

The Department of Trade and Industry will name three leading business people to its new strategy board designed to make the government ministry more f...

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Fair value needs more thought
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Fair value needs more thought

24y Michelle Perry

Fair value needs more thought

Extensive field-testing must be carried out on proposals to make companies measure all financial instruments at fair value, says PricewaterhouseCooper...

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KPMG attacks European Central Bank
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KPMG attacks European Central Bank

24y Philip Smith.

KPMG attacks European Central Bank

Big Five firm KPMG has launched an attack on the European Central Bank, accusing it of creating market confusion and shrouding its decisions in secrec...

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Forensic accounting still lucrative
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Forensic accounting still lucrative

24y Adriana Zea

Forensic accounting still lucrative

The majority of expert witnesses still believe new rules governing fees earned in court claims have not seriously affected their income, proving that ...

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New FD appointed at British Land
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New FD appointed at British Land

24y Adriana Zea

New FD appointed at British Land

Real estate company British Land has announced that its finance director of 28 years, John Weston Smith, is stepping aside for a former Andersen partn...

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UK tops 'bad trading' league
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UK tops 'bad trading' league

24y Larry Schlesinger

UK tops 'bad trading' league

Britain's oft-cited 'red tape' burden is making it the worst country in the European Union to trade with, according to a survey carried out by the Eur...

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Home Office firms up bribery laws
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Home Office firms up bribery laws

24y AccountancyAge.com

Home Office firms up bribery laws

The Home Office is rushing through a change in the law to crack down on international corruption in its Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill. Read ...

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Bioglan told adjust accounts
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Bioglan told adjust accounts

24y Adriana Zea

Bioglan told adjust accounts

Pharmaceutical company Bioglan Pharma has been asked by KPMG to adjust the accounts in its interim results. Read More...

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Green reporting should be opposed
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Green reporting should be opposed

24y Gavin Hinks

Green reporting should be opposed

Publishing social and environmental reports as part of annual report and accounts creates burdens and costs that support a view that they should be op...

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KPMG warns of money laundering upsurge
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KPMG warns of money laundering upsurge

24y Philip Smith.

KPMG warns of money laundering upsurge

KPMG Forensic Accounting has warned of increased money laundering as terrorists try to fund their activities by increasing drug trafficking. Read More...

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

24y Accountancy Age

Jonty Bloom - The corridors of power...

Last year I spent a lot of time reporting on issues such as eurocreep, the idea that the euro would begin to spread into the transactions of British c...

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Appointments - Business.
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Appointments - Business.

24y rumo , Writer

Appointments - Business.

Jez Maiden FCMA has recently been appointed director of finance for Britannia Building Society. Maiden joined Britannia from Hickson International, wh...

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A WEEK IN THE LIFE...
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A WEEK IN THE LIFE...

24y Accountancy Age

A WEEK IN THE LIFE...

Ian Little, a chartered accountant, is the financial director of Access Accounting. He moved from KPMG in 1997 where he was a manager in the corporate...

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Sainsbury's unscathed in customer battle
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Sainsbury's unscathed in customer battle

24y Adriana Zea

Sainsbury's unscathed in customer battle

Competition in the food market has led to a vicious price war but J Sainsbury, about to release its half-year results, claims to be unscathed in the b...

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MP to fight City business vote
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MP to fight City business vote

24y Larry Schlesinger

MP to fight City business vote

John McDonnell, the Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, says he will fight legislation giving City businesses more voting power in Corporation of Lond...

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Investors abandon hi-tech FDs
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Investors abandon hi-tech FDs

24y Adriana Zea

Investors abandon hi-tech FDs

Finance directors of technology companies face being abandoned by investors if they continue failing to communicate their risk management strategies f...

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BAA posts surplus despite new standard
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BAA posts surplus despite new standard

24y Michelle Perry

BAA posts surplus despite new standard

BAA, the international airport group, has reported an operating profit of £355m under the new controversial accounting standard, FRS 17. Read More...

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Business attacks NAO report
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Business attacks NAO report

24y Philip Smith.

Business attacks NAO report

Business leaders have hit out at a long-awaited report on the burdens of regulation by parliament's financial watchdog, the National Audit Office. Rea...

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