Since its inception as the profession's main watchdog in 1993, the Joint Disciplinary Scheme has undertaken independent investigations into the work a...
View articleOil companies must be forced to report more fully and transparently about their oil and gas reserves within annual reports and financial statements, a...
View articleApplying ethics to business behaviour isn't easy, and many find their morals slipping. Read More...
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View articleIn an article on AccountancyAge.com dated 18 January we ran an article headlined 'SFO to drop charges against former SSL chief'. In that piece we wrot...
View articleThe issue of reputation has fuelled the drive for ever-increasing governance of our business conduct. Recent events have left little doubt of the need...
View articleI was shocked to see the ICAEW's corporate finance magazine carry an irritating piece entitled Spin City: How PRs such as Rurik Ingram at Brunswick he...
View articleWith IFRS biting, the compliance burden escalating, and talented staff thin in the ground, the technology that underpins the accountancy business will...
View articleAsk your colleagues and you'll probably find several definitions of what a whistleblower really is. Some of them will identify honest and heroic behav...
View articleFees for ICAEW members will rocket in the New Year as the cost of tougher regulation begins to kick-in. It is predicted that practising certificate fe...
View articleTo merge or not to merge? That is the question that could soon be facing CIPFA's 13,500 members. Read More...
View articleI wonder if anyone's taking bets on the latest merger round succeeding? I wouldn't put money on it. Eric Anstee, the institute's jet-setting chief exe...
View articleI've always felt a little sorry for John Gunn. He was one of those larger-than-life eighties figures who went from hero to zero when British & Commonw...
View articleMeeting fellow chartered accountants from around the world in New York recently, it struck me that our history, pride and success were largely down to...
View articleThe chief executives of the three institutes considering the creation of an accountancy super-institute have released a statement ahead of the first v...
View articleAn embarrassing clash between the ICAEW and the Financial Reporting Council has been narrowly averted after the institute again ducked out of making a...
View articleFollowing the glittering awards ceremony in Battersea Park on 10 November, here is a selection of photos from the night, including pictures of all the...
View articleThe Queen's Speech didn't mention audit liability - but there was plenty of interest for the profession. Read More...
View articlePeter Mandelson may be our highest-profile EU commissioner - but UK accountants will need to get to know his colleagues. After a stumbling start expec...
View articlePlans to create an accountancy super-institute will face their first major test on Thursday when CIPFA's council decides whether to give its members t...
View articleThe Financial Reporting Council has started its first consultation on reviewing the Turnbull guidance on internal control. Read More...
View articleThe Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland has appointed David Wood as its new executive director. Read More...
View articleAll those eulogies to the late, great Lord Hanson put me in a philosophical mood. I never met him face to face, but I did observe him in action at one...
View articleOne of the early campaigners for corporate governance, Accountancy Age helped stigmatise 'creative accounting'. Read More...
View articleA confident generation of prosperous partners ruled the roost, prepared to push the limits of accounting. Read More...
View articleIn the 1970s, inflation and political uncertainty put pressure on the accountancy profession to shape up its act - and fast. Read More...
View articleSince Accountancy Age was launched, the profession has continued to battle over many of the same issues. We take a look back. Read More...
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