Kidsons partner honoured with MBE
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Kidsons partner honoured with MBE

22y Alex Miller.

Kidsons partner honoured with MBE

HLB Kidsons' head of charities and education group, James Aston, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year Honours list for 'services to educati...

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Expert witnesses face new guidance
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Expert witnesses face new guidance

22y Michelle Perry

Expert witnesses face new guidance

Forensic accountants who act as expert witnesses will have to abide by a new code of guidance launched this week, or have their evidence will be exclu...

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MELTDOWN - Review 2001
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MELTDOWN - Review 2001

22y Michelle Perry

MELTDOWN - Review 2001

LLPs, IR35 and mid-tier consolidation. These are just some of the topics that made the headlines in 2001. Accountancy Age staff take a look back at th...

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KPMG records 9% growth in global fees
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KPMG records 9% growth in global fees

22y Philip Smith.

KPMG records 9% growth in global fees

Despite persistent market difficulties, KPMG International has announced a 9% hike in fee income, reporting revenues of $11.7bn (Pounds 8bn) for 2001....

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PwC growth slows
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PwC growth slows

22y Michelle Perry

PwC growth slows

PricewaterhouseCoopers today reported a 7.6% increase in global fee income over last year, a weaker growth rate compared to its rivals but larger in d...

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Grant Thornton faces Heritage writ
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Grant Thornton faces Heritage writ

22y Accountancy Age

Grant Thornton faces Heritage writ

Legal action against Grant Thornton, which could involve a multimillion pound claim for damages, has begun with the lodging of a writ at the High Cour...

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DiPiazza named as PwC CEO
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DiPiazza named as PwC CEO

22y Michelle Perry

DiPiazza named as PwC CEO

PricewaterhouseCoopers partners have endorsed the selection of Sam DiPiazza as the firm's new global chief executive officer. Read More...

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Firms shun owner-occupation in City
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Firms shun owner-occupation in City

22y AccountancyAge.com

Firms shun owner-occupation in City

Business and professional services firms occupy around one-fifth of total office space in the City, according to analysis of office ownership and occu...

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Fidelity buys 8% stake in Tenon
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Fidelity buys 8% stake in Tenon

22y Michelle Perry

Fidelity buys 8% stake in Tenon

Fidelity International, a US fund manager, has bought one million share in Tenon, the UK's largest accountancy consolidator, as the shares hit a recor...

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KPMG's weblink row backfires
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KPMG's weblink row backfires

22y Philip Smith.

KPMG's weblink row backfires

KPMG, which styles itself as a 'leading' service provider 'in the internet age', has ordered a website that gently mocks its corporate anthem to drop ...

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Tenon shares hit new low
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Tenon shares hit new low

22y Alex Miller.

Tenon shares hit new low

Shares in Tenon, the UK's largest accountancy consolidator plunged to a record low this week, after the group suffered its first major setback since f...

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KPMG figures up
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KPMG figures up

22y Philip Smith.

KPMG figures up

Rapid growth in corporate recovery services helped boost fee income at KPMG by 18% to £1,372m in 2001 the firm revealed today. Read More...

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Government failing SMEs
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Government failing SMEs

22y Alex Miller.

Government failing SMEs

A massive 86% of SMEs and owner-manager businesses believe the government is not helping small businesses as much as it could, according to a recent s...

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PwC's Schiro moves to Zurich
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PwC's Schiro moves to Zurich

22y Michelle Perry

PwC's Schiro moves to Zurich

Jim Schiro, outgoing chief executive of PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been appointed as chief operating officer at Zurich Financial Services. Read More...

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PwC gets new global CEO
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PwC gets new global CEO

22y AccountancyAge.com

PwC gets new global CEO

PricewaterhouseCoopers is set to confirm the appointment of Sam DiPiazza, senior partner and chairman of the board of PwC's US practice, as the firm's...

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Tenon shares continue to slide
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Tenon shares continue to slide

22y Alex Miller.

Tenon shares continue to slide

Shares in Tenon, the UK's largest accountancy consolidator, have this morning slipped to a new record low of 82.5p, after it issuing a profits warning...

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KLegal swoops on Scots firm
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KLegal swoops on Scots firm

22y Philip Smith.

KLegal swoops on Scots firm

McGrigor Donald, one of the largest Scottish law firms, is to merge with KLegal, the legal wing of big five firm KPMG, it was revealed today. Read Mor...

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Tenon issues profits warning
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Tenon issues profits warning

22y Michelle Perry

Tenon issues profits warning

Tenon, the UK's largest accountancy consolidator group, today issued a profits warning, stating it was paying the 'price of rapid expansion.' Read Mor...

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KPMG numbers out mid-week
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KPMG numbers out mid-week

22y Philip Smith.

KPMG numbers out mid-week

KPMG has announced it will release its financial results for 2001 in the middle of this week. Read More...

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BDO set to lose Southampton office
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BDO set to lose Southampton office

22y Alex Miller.

BDO set to lose Southampton office

BDO Stoy Hayward this week revealed its Southampton office has been and will continue to participate in discussions with outside parties with a view t...

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Big Five stand up to critics
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Big Five stand up to critics

22y Michelle Perry

Big Five stand up to critics

In a rare turn of events Andersen and its Big Five rivals have banded together in a pledge to address financial reporting issues laid bare by the Enro...

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Go-ahead for ICAEW global city groups
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Go-ahead for ICAEW global city groups

22y Philip Smith.

Go-ahead for ICAEW global city groups

Building on its close ties with Australia, the ICAEW has given the go-ahead to launch a city group in Sydney, an idea that could be copied around the ...

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PwC announces new East Midlands site
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PwC announces new East Midlands site

22y Alex Miller.

PwC announces new East Midlands site

PricewaterhouseCoopers today announced the site of its new East Midlands office, following its decision earlier this year to shut offices in the regio...

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E&Y backs HSE over Railtrack
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E&Y backs HSE over Railtrack

22y Philip Smith.

E&Y backs HSE over Railtrack

Ernst & Young, the Railtrack administrator, says it would not block a Health & Safety prosecution of the rail company over the Paddington rail crash. ...

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BDO downgrades growth prospects
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BDO downgrades growth prospects

22y Adriana Zea

BDO downgrades growth prospects

Economic growth in the first quarter of 2002 could be considerably less than predicted in the chancellor's optimistic pre-Budget report, says mid-tie ...

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Professional services output falls
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Professional services output falls

22y Michelle Perry

Professional services output falls

On the back of a drop in business activity, output in the professional service sector has fallen in the last quarter with expectations of worse to com...

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Value-billing analysis - Hours not the reason why.
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Value-billing analysis - Hours not the reason why.

22y Accountancy Age

Value-billing analysis - Hours not the reason why.

Are consultants ready to trash their hourly rates and embrace value-billing? Despite common sense and client opinion the timesheet remains the industr...

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