Revealed: The British Accountancy Awards 2015 shortlist
Accounting Firms

Revealed: The British Accountancy Awards 2015 shortlist

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Revealed: The British Accountancy Awards 2015 shor...

Competitive and widely entered, the British Accountancy Awards reveals shortlists containing the breadth of top accounting firms and professionals Rea...

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EY hires Rawal as new financial services transaction partner
People Business

EY hires Rawal as new financial services transaction partner

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

EY hires Rawal as new financial services transacti...

Rawal joins the Big Four firm from Alvarez & Marsal, where he was a partner in the European financial industry advisory services group Read More...

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Earnings manipulation key to accounting success
People Business

Earnings manipulation key to accounting success

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Earnings manipulation key to accounting success

The most successful corporate accountants are those most willing to manage earnings, study finds Read More...

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Cox checks out at Morrisons as Richards takes up audit chair
Audit

Cox checks out at Morrisons as Richards takes up audit chair

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Cox checks out at Morrisons as Richards takes up a...

Richards is currently senior independent director of Grainger, where she also chairs the audit and remuneration committees Read More...

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Fraudster Woodbridge banned from profession for 10 years
People Business

Fraudster Woodbridge banned from profession for 10 years

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Fraudster Woodbridge banned from profession for 10...

Punishment meted out to former Torex accountant Mark Woodridge, following a disciplinary hearing led by FRC Read More...

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Gabelle snaps up Howard Kenton business
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Gabelle snaps up Howard Kenton business

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Gabelle snaps up Howard Kenton business

Gabelle made its first acquisition with Matthew Hutton's tax practice in September 2013 Read More...

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#SummerBudget Chancellor hits buy-to-let property investors
People Business

#SummerBudget Chancellor hits buy-to-let property investors

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

#SummerBudget Chancellor hits buy-to-let property ...

Budget announcements are a "significant hit to the larger buy-to-let landlords" Read More...

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Internal audit code helps drive behavioural shift in boardroom, survey finds
Accounting Standards

Internal audit code helps drive behavioural shift in boardroom, survey find...

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Internal audit code helps drive behavioural shift ...

Among the bigger shifts in corporate behaviour was access to the board Read More...

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Finance and life insurance experts join FRC board
People Business

Finance and life insurance experts join FRC board

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Finance and life insurance experts join FRC board

Former bosses of BUPA and Swiss Re appointed to accounting watchdog board Read More...

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Colin: Fantasy finance for Disney CFO
People Business

Colin: Fantasy finance for Disney CFO

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Fantasy finance for Disney CFO

Colin wonders whether Disney's first female CFO Christine McCarthy will find the job any different to other finance posts Read More...

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Ex-Aero Inventory FD struck off and fined by FRC
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Ex-Aero Inventory FD struck off and fined by FRC

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Ex-Aero Inventory FD struck off and fined by FRC

FRC bans former Aero Inventory finance director Hugh Bevan from practicing for three years and slaps him with a £170,000 fine Read More...

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Haddrill appointed new chair of global RICS Regulatory Board
People Business

Haddrill appointed new chair of global RICS Regulatory Board

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Haddrill appointed new chair of global RICS Regula...

The RICS regulatory board oversees the regulatory framework for more than 120,000 chartered surveyors, globally Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: 'Posh' accountants; The CFO Agenda 2015
People Business

Friday Afternoon Live: 'Posh' accountants; The CFO Agenda 2015

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: 'Posh' accountants; The CFO...

Accountants and lawyers are obsessed with hiring grads from 'posh' schools; and inspirational lessons learned from the CFO Agenda 2015, are discussed ...

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Best Practice: BHP's John Warner
Accounting Firms

Best Practice: BHP's John Warner

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Best Practice: BHP's John Warner

After four decades in the profession, Warner cites technological advancement and increasing sophistication of clients as the biggest changes Read More...

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Jailed Torex fraudster to face FRC tribunal
People Business

Jailed Torex fraudster to face FRC tribunal

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Jailed Torex fraudster to face FRC tribunal

Mark Woodbridge, jailed for three years and ten months, was the former group financial accountant of Torex Retail Read More...

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UK200 Group accountant slams government over auto enrolment
People Business

UK200 Group accountant slams government over auto enrolment

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

UK200 Group accountant slams government over auto ...

Under the Government's auto-enrolment legislation which kicked in on 01 June, more than 1.2m employers with less than 30 staff have yet to begin compl...

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Ship renovator jailed following £1.7m VAT fraud
Corporate Tax

Ship renovator jailed following £1.7m VAT fraud

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Ship renovator jailed following £1.7m VAT fraud

Southampton ship renovator continued to submit VAT repayment claims years after his company ceased trading Read More...

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Quarter of practices to up fees over next year, survey says
Accounting Firms

Quarter of practices to up fees over next year, survey says

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Quarter of practices to up fees over next year, su...

Study finds number of firms poised to increase fees is up by two fifths in last 12 months Read More...

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blur group finance chief leaves to face bankruptcy hearing
Legal

blur group finance chief leaves to face bankruptcy hearing

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

blur group finance chief leaves to face bankruptcy...

Stephen Harvey's departure marks a triple whammy for the Exeter-based business, which has now lost its third finance chief in two years Read More...

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KPMG puts some fizz into its customer management offering
Accounting Firms

KPMG puts some fizz into its customer management offering

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

KPMG puts some fizz into its customer management o...

Acquisition enables KPMG to offer a full-service customer management programme to its clients, from mapping the client journey to measuring ongoing fe...

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Gauke reappointed as financial secretary to the Treasury
People Business

Gauke reappointed as financial secretary to the Treasury

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Gauke reappointed as financial secretary to the Tr...

David Gauke is to remain as financial secretary to the Treasury in David Cameron's first all-Conservative government Read More...

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Man handed three-year sentence for VAT fraud
People Business

Man handed three-year sentence for VAT fraud

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Man handed three-year sentence for VAT fraud

Willesden businessman Neil Lesfrance forged documents in order to claim VAT repayments that were not due Read More...

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Passion into profit - new GT boss explains her shared enterprise vision
Accounting Firms

Passion into profit - new GT boss explains her shared enterprise vision

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Passion into profit - new GT boss explains her sha...

Sacha Romanovitch focused on turning Grant Thornton into the "go-to firm for growth, building on our position to help influence and shape a vibrant ec...

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Grant Thornton partners vote to boldly become shared enterprise firm
Accounting Firms

Grant Thornton partners vote to boldly become shared enterprise firm

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Grant Thornton partners vote to boldly become shar...

In a radical departure from the traditional partner owned and run structure - which dominates the professional services model - a shared enterprise st...

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BHP merger with Clough propels it into Top 50
Accounting Firms

BHP merger with Clough propels it into Top 50

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

BHP merger with Clough propels it into Top 50

The merger coincides with the planned retirement from Clough & Company of partners Steven Gash and Nigel Westman, who will remain as consultants R...

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UK hiring intentions upbeat but productivity stagnant, BDO report reveals
People Business

UK hiring intentions upbeat but productivity stagnant, BDO report reveals

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

UK hiring intentions upbeat but productivity stagn...

Despite backdrop of enhanced optimism, significant areas of concern remain as UK continues failure to increase productivity Read More...

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Ex-PwC FS head replaces Rosemary Thorne as Santander UK audit chair
People Business

Ex-PwC FS head replaces Rosemary Thorne as Santander UK audit chair

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Ex-PwC FS head replaces Rosemary Thorne as Santand...

Chris Jones to serve as Santander UK audit committee chairman Read More...

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