Financial reports 'must tell story'
Business Regulation

Financial reports 'must tell story'

13y Rose Orlik

Financial reports 'must tell story'

Financial report preparers should focus on telling their business story and not see the job as a regulatory burden Read More...

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Embankment's bird of prey
Accounting Firms

Embankment's bird of prey

13y Taking Stock

Embankment's bird of prey

Kite flying taken to a whole new level Read More

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BIS: Simpler reports for better business
Corporate Finance

BIS: Simpler reports for better business

13y Rose Orlik

BIS: Simpler reports for better business

The Department for Business says simpler company reports will support investors and the economy Read More...

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Integrated reporting for cheaper capital, says KPMG
Corporate Finance

Integrated reporting for cheaper capital, says KPMG

13y Rose Orlik

Integrated reporting for cheaper capital, says KPM...

Integrated reporting could help companies secure cheap finance through improved relationships with capital markets, KPMG has posited Read More...

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BDO: Annual report users question value
Corporate Finance

BDO: Annual report users question value

13y Rose Orlik

BDO: Annual report users question value

Users of annual reports fear the documents are not reliable performance indicators, but rely on them nonetheless Read More...

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Economic recovery 'jeopardised' by simpler SME reporting
Business Regulation

Economic recovery 'jeopardised' by simpler SME reporting

13y Rose Orlik

Economic recovery 'jeopardised' by simpler SME rep...

Plans to simplify financial reporting for small business could harm Britain's economic recovery, credit managers warn Read More...

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Firms should speculate to accumulate
Accounting Firms

Firms should speculate to accumulate

13y Accountancy Age

Firms should speculate to accumulate

No short-term change to the difficult outlook for business, but this will reveal opportunities for enterprising advisors willing to take a chance, say...

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Colin: Cause for celebration
Corporate Finance

Colin: Cause for celebration

13y Taking Stock

Colin: Cause for celebration

Colin's take on other reasons Libyan rebels are cheerful Read More...

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New tax-beneficial business zones launched
Company News

New tax-beneficial business zones launched

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

New tax-beneficial business zones launched

More enterprise zones launched by the government Read More...

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Harlow hives off from Smith Cooper
Accounting Firms

Harlow hives off from Smith Cooper

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Harlow hives off from Smith Cooper

John Harlow sets up independent insolvency practice Read More...

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Groupon rejigs accounting prior to $20bn IPO
Company News

Groupon rejigs accounting prior to $20bn IPO

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Groupon rejigs accounting prior to $20bn IPO

Online deal business reconsiders how it presents marketing and subscriber-acquisition costs Read More...

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Wolseley FD hails "innovative" £820m refinancing
Company News

Wolseley FD hails "innovative" £820m refinancing

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Wolseley FD hails "innovative" £820m refinancing

Two credit facilites for one, as Wolseley renegotiates to deals simultaneuously Read More...

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Xchanging buoyed by refinancing deal
Corporate Finance

Xchanging buoyed by refinancing deal

13y Rose Orlik

Xchanging buoyed by refinancing deal

Xchanging has a four-year financing deal and new CEO Ken Lever said it is making progress after accusations of "aggressive" accounting Read More...

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Advisors take backseat in quest for SME finance
Accounting Firms

Advisors take backseat in quest for SME finance

13y Accountancy Age

Advisors take backseat in quest for SME finance

Age and risk profile of a business key factors in the decision-making progress - advisors play a limited role in securing funds Read More...

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CFA: Don't skewer long-term investors
Corporate Finance

CFA: Don't skewer long-term investors

13y Rose Orlik

CFA: Don't skewer long-term investors

Investor spokesman Will Goodhart has defended short-term investors, saying there is no ideal holding period Read More...

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ICAS: 30% of financial reports must go
Business Regulation

ICAS: 30% of financial reports must go

13y Rose Orlik

ICAS: 30% of financial reports must go

ICAS and New Zealand peer NZICA said financial reports should shed 30% to improve communication with users Read More...

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Will advisors rise to the SME challenge?
Accounting Firms

Will advisors rise to the SME challenge?

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Will advisors rise to the SME challenge?

Helping SMEs consolidate and grow is vital to the UK economy. Do accountants realise their place in all this? Read More...

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Accounting insight 'more valuable' than cost counting
Accounting Software

Accounting insight 'more valuable' than cost counting

13y Rose Orlik

Accounting insight 'more valuable' than cost count...

Accounting insight and strategy add more value than old-fashioned cost counting, a new CIMA report has suggested Read More...

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Has Cable done enough to increase SME lending?
Corporate Finance

Has Cable done enough to increase SME lending?

13y Accountancy Age

Has Cable done enough to increase SME lending?

Matt Forrest asks if Vince Cable's pledge to increase pressure on banks to lend to SMEs goes far enough Read More...

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PwC: Analysts crave more timely assurance, less boilerplate audit
Audit

PwC: Analysts crave more timely assurance, less boilerplate audit

13y Rose Orlik

PwC: Analysts crave more timely assurance, less bo...

PwC finds investors and analysts want to swap boilerplate reporting for more narrative and timely assurance Read More...

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Government agency faces bonus ban over late payments
Corporate Finance

Government agency faces bonus ban over late payments

13y our parliamentary corresponden...

Government agency faces bonus ban over late paymen...

Commons committee wants Rural Payments Agency to hand over subsisides much more speedily to farmers Read More...

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Deloitte appoints new partner to corporate finance team
Corporate Finance

Deloitte appoints new partner to corporate finance team

13y Thomas Metcalf

Deloitte appoints new partner to corporate finance...

Deloitte promotes Joel Greenwood to partner in its technology, media and telecoms corporate finance team. Read More...

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Service charges accounting in focus
Accounting Standards

Service charges accounting in focus

13y Rose Orlik

Service charges accounting in focus

Rics and academics from Kingston University are considering whether greater regulation is needed in service charge accounting Read More...

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RBS ignores accusations of accounting shortfall
Accounting Standards

RBS ignores accusations of accounting shortfall

13y Rose Orlik

RBS ignores accusations of accounting shortfall

RBS declined to respond to a letter warning poor accounting was distorting its profits Read More...

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Colin: Eastern promise
Corporate Finance

Colin: Eastern promise

13y Accountancy Age

Colin: Eastern promise

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Ireland's central bank 'likely to move on loan loss reporting'
Accounting Standards

Ireland's central bank 'likely to move on loan loss reporting'

13y Rose Orlik

Ireland's central bank 'likely to move on loan los...

Ireland's Central Bank may further its plans to force banks to report expected as well as incurred loss Read More...

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Dawn in the East: Islamic finance in focus
Corporate Finance

Dawn in the East: Islamic finance in focus

13y Rose Orlik

Dawn in the East: Islamic finance in focus

International firms may look to Islamic finance as economic recovery remains patchy and clients keep their options open Read More...

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