PW sticks to its standards
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PW sticks to its standards

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PW sticks to its standards

Price Waterhouse’s tough stance demanding that audit client Burn Stewart should apply accounting standards, even though it could lead to the fir...

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E&Y appoints head of tax investigations
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E&Y appoints head of tax investigations

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E&Y appoints head of tax investigations

Ernst & Young has significantly boosted its tax practice by recruiting a senior Inland Revenue compliance officer as national director of tax inve...

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MSc course boost for compliance regulators
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MSc course boost for compliance regulators

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MSc course boost for compliance regulators

Compliance staff working in the City can look forward to raising their status after the launch last week of a Master of Science course in Financial Se...

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District Audit's new FD
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District Audit's new FD

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District Audit's new FD

The District Audit has appointed chartered accountant Andrew Emmett as finance director. Emmett, 39, joins from Thorn EMI, where he was responsible fo...

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PW takes over as Wickes auditor
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PW takes over as Wickes auditor

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PW takes over as Wickes auditor

Price Waterhouse is to take over from Arthur Andersen as auditors to beleaguered DIY retailer Wickes. Andersens resigned the audit last week. A formal...

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The skills factor
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The skills factor

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The skills factor

In his career advice column this week, Alan Naylor stresses theimportance of acquiring skills Read More...

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Baker Tilly in Dublin move
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Baker Tilly in Dublin move

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Baker Tilly in Dublin move

Baker Tilly has teamed up with a firm of Irish chartered accountants to set up a new practice in Dublin in an attempt to take advantage of Irish growt...

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The Morse code
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The Morse code

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The Morse code

Today's brilliant young accountants are missing something. RobbieCowan rediscovers the lost skills of old-style client management. Read More...

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Acquiring the aura of leadership
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Acquiring the aura of leadership

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Acquiring the aura of leadership

Tomorrow's partners will have to acquire and demostrate a variety ofskills if they are to prove invaluable to their firms Read More...

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FTSE-100 companies move onto Internet
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FTSE-100 companies move onto Internet

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FTSE-100 companies move onto Internet

More and more FTSE-100 companies are putting detailed financial information out on the Internet, according to a report in the monthly accounts analysi...

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Removing obstacles to single market success
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Removing obstacles to single market success

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Removing obstacles to single market success

Making the European single market work to the UK's advantage shouldbe a Government priority Read More...

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Oil industry chairman
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Oil industry chairman

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Oil industry chairman

British Gas international FD Steve Lucas has been appointed chairman of the Oil Industry Accounting Committee (OIAC). OIAC is responsible for co-ordin...

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Ruling backs Customs
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Ruling backs Customs

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Ruling backs Customs

A European Court of Justice ruling has confirmed Customs & Excise’s position that share dealing by charities is outside the scope of VAT. Ta...

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Firms
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Firms

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Firms

Ward Hadaway is to establish its new headquarters at the Newcastle Quayside development. The firm will start the new year at Sandgate House at the gat...

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World party
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World party

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World party

Change is afoot in international accounting as attempts are made toregulate the world's stock markets. Harriot Lane Fox previews the Coopers &Lybr...

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US GAAP gains support in global standards race
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US GAAP gains support in global standards race

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US GAAP gains support in global standards race

The International Accounting Standards Committee’s race to achieve a core set of global accounting standards by early 1998 could be undermined b...

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English ICA members speak out against JMU discipline
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English ICA members speak out against JMU discipline

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English ICA members speak out against JMU discipli...

Over-zealous disciplinary measures and excessive punishment handed out by the Joint Monitoring Unit have angered chartered accountants in the South Ea...

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ACCAs win chartered status
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ACCAs win chartered status

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ACCAs win chartered status

ACCA members have won the right to call themselves ‘chartered’ after the Privy Council confirmed a decision made at the association’...

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Winners' haul
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Winners' haul

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Winners' haul

Proud prize winners at last week’s Accountancy Age annual awards for excellence staged at the London Hilton Hotel. From left: Denis Waxman, mana...

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Self-assessment prompts R&D race
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Self-assessment prompts R&D race

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Self-assessment prompts R&D race

Self-assessment has spurred the tax software industry into action and, if the number of new products on show last week at the Accountants and Financia...

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News briefs
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News briefs

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News briefs

Enterprise applications vendor SAP UK has launched SAP Focus, an implementation methodology that will make its R/3 software a more viable proposition ...

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Coping with information overload
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Coping with information overload

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Coping with information overload

A high-flying City executive recently made history after claiming compensation for a nervous breakdown brought on by information overload. There can b...

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Clarke pledges reform of PFI bidding process
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Clarke pledges reform of PFI bidding process

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Clarke pledges reform of PFI bidding process

The Government attempted to head off private sector criticism of the private finance initiative this week with a set of measures designed to cut red t...

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ICA insolvency regulation to be reduced
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ICA insolvency regulation to be reduced

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ICA insolvency regulation to be reduced

The English ICA is braced for trouble over proposals to halve the number of regulatory and oversight visits it makes to licensed insolvency practition...

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Call for improved standards in local government
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Call for improved standards in local government

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Call for improved standards in local government

Corporate governance performance standards in local government must be improved, claims the Institute of Internal Auditors. The IIA’s response t...

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If it stands up for itself, the Review Board will work
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If it stands up for itself, the Review Board will work

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If it stands up for itself, the Review Board will ...

If the accountancy profession’s proposed Review Board is to succeed in its aim of ensuring the public interest always prevails, it must possess ...

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External reports impotent
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External reports impotent

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External reports impotent

External reporting procedures are a ‘necessary evil’ and have no direct influence on management decisions, a CIMA survey claims. Mancheste...

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