Massive pay hike expected

People Business Massive pay hike expected

22y Damian Wild, Reporter

Massive pay hike expected

Average salaries for accountants now top £40,000 a year - but expectations continue to run high with many expecting a 9% pay rise in 2002, writes Dami...

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£40k-a-year accountants expect more in 2002

People Business £40k-a-year accountants expect more in 2002

22y Damian Wild, Reporter

£40k-a-year accountants expect more in 2002

Average salaries for accountants now top £40,000 a year - but expectations continue to run high with many expecting a 9% pay rise in 2002. Read More...

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Shaping up for the recession

People Business Shaping up for the recession

22y Mary Huntington

Shaping up for the recession

Consultancies have closed offices, laid off staff and put graduate recruitment on hold. But training is not something to cut back on if they are to wi...

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Fat cat pay-offs rise despite failures

People Business Fat cat pay-offs rise despite failures

22y Rachel Fielding

Fat cat pay-offs rise despite failures

Golden handshakes for company executives are on the up, despite a parallel rise in the number of business failures in the UK. Read More...

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US throws out global qualification

People Business US throws out global qualification

22y Philip Smith.

US throws out global qualification

The death knell has been sounded for Cognitor, the proposed new global accounting qualification, after members of the AICPA in the US voted two to one...

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Graduates: Consult carefully on jobs

People Business Graduates: Consult carefully on jobs

22y Mary Huntington

Graduates: Consult carefully on jobs

As firms rescind job offers and cut back on recruitment quotas, students must find alternative career paths. But will the big freeze have other reperc...

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Go chase that dream to win

People Business Go chase that dream to win

22y Ros Taylor

Go chase that dream to win

We all desire success at work. How to achieve it is the challenge. Read More...

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No Christmas cheer among drunk staff

People Business No Christmas cheer among drunk staff

22y Liz Loxton

No Christmas cheer among drunk staff

Far from promoting fellow feeling among colleagues, seasonal drinking is causing rowdy and even violent behaviour in UK plc, according to a survey fro...

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Study looks to change accounting image

People Business Study looks to change accounting image

22y Larry Schlesinger, Writer

Study looks to change accounting image

A study has launched to find out how the traditional image and delivery of accounting education can be transformed into an attractive proposition to n...

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AccountancyAge.com opens careers centre

People Business AccountancyAge.com opens careers centre

22y AccountancyAge.com

AccountancyAge.com opens careers centre

AccountancyAge.com this week launches a new careers centre featuring one of the most comprehensive databases of financial jobs available anywhere. Rea...

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UK accountants world's top earners

People Business UK accountants world's top earners

22y Michelle Perry, Writer

UK accountants world's top earners

Britain's accountants are the world's highest earners with an average annual income of Pounds 83,142, new research has revealed. Read More...

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Careers: Partnerships - Take your partners please

People Business Careers: Partnerships - Take your partners please

22y Mary Huntington

Careers: Partnerships - Take your partners please

Many of the big firms are weaving their way towards public ownership, but while an IPO can produce significant benefits for the partners, what does it...

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Treasury to probe 'false employment'

People Business Treasury to probe 'false employment'

22y our parliamentary staff

Treasury to probe 'false employment'

Self-employed subcontractors are bracing themselves for a new tax crackdown when the Treasury completes a review of employment status to be released e...

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News: Salary soundings survey

People Business News: Salary soundings survey

22y Marc Brenner

News: Salary soundings survey

Although salary negotiations are an area of much concern and confusion, a recent survey by Robert Half International Consulting (RHI Consulting) disco...

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Careers: public sector - Working in the public eye

People Business Careers: public sector - Working in the public eye

22y Mary Huntington

Careers: public sector - Working in the public eye

The Government's commitment to public services means the sector can be seen as a safe haven for consultants. But it is not immune to recessionary-or b...

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Are FD pay rises obscene?

People Business Are FD pay rises obscene?

22y An Accountancy Age leader

Are FD pay rises obscene?

Publication of the latest salary survey from our sister title Financial Director will provoke the usual round of outrage about fat cat pay tempered by...

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The charmed lives of Oxford & Cambridge

People Business The charmed lives of Oxford & Cambridge

22y David Walker

The charmed lives of Oxford & Cambridge

Like public schools, colleges at Oxford and Cambridge have led charmed lives. Inquiries have come and gone but on they sail, bastions of privilege - a...

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Key issues in involuntary dismissals

People Business Key issues in involuntary dismissals

22y AccountancyAge.com

Key issues in involuntary dismissals

This summary is designed to highlight the key legal issues and to flag up a few warning signs that a well-advised employer or employee should watch ou...

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Handling of ILAs a 'catastophe'

People Business Handling of ILAs a 'catastophe'

22y Rachel Fielding

Handling of ILAs a 'catastophe'

Conservative education spokesman Damian Green has repeated calls for the ongoing Individual Learning Account (ILA) crisis to be investigated by the Pu...

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Chancellor to encourage IT training

People Business Chancellor to encourage IT training

22y Gareth Morgan

Chancellor to encourage IT training

The chancellor has announced that he will introduce tax breaks for employers that provide training, with IT skills being recognised as crucial to Brit...

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CAs to help growth in Wales

People Business CAs to help growth in Wales

22y Michelle Perry, Writer

CAs to help growth in Wales

Ongoing inward investment and organic growth in Wales will form the basis for a 'fruitful partnership' between Welsh businesses and accountants, a gat...

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Six FDs make it into £1m big league

People Business Six FDs make it into £1m big league

22y Andrew Sawers, Reporter

Six FDs make it into £1m big league

Big bonuses have taken six FTSE-100 FDs into the million-pound-a-year bracket, according to the fifth annual pay survey by Financial Director magazine...

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Headstart: Management - Lights, camera, action.

People Business Headstart: Management - Lights, camera, action.

22y Philip Smith.

Headstart: Management - Lights, camera, action.

As a crop of blockbusters head for our cinemas, Philip Smith checks the web for Harry, Frodo and friends Read More...

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Headstart: Management - A Week In The Life.

People Business Headstart: Management - A Week In The Life.

22y Neil Quarendon

Headstart: Management - A Week In The Life.

Neil Quarendon is director of finance and operations at Alexander Lloyd, one of the South East’s leading independent accountancy and insurance r...

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EC to debate tax breaks for training

People Business EC to debate tax breaks for training

22y Gareth Morgan

EC to debate tax breaks for training

The proposals for tax incentives are one of six proposals that the EC has made for improving training across Europe. Read More...

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Ten hot tips for Excel users

People Business Ten hot tips for Excel users

22y AccountancyAge.com

Ten hot tips for Excel users

Excel is one of those office tools that appears to have endless mathematical functions which you don't imagine you'll ever get to use. It is however a...

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For & Against: The great waving wages debate

People Business For & Against: The great waving wages debate

22y Neil Chisman

For & Against: The great waving wages debate

Were the FD and CEO at Regus right to waive their wages during troubled times? Neil Chisman says they have sent out the right message, but Peter Willi...

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