News in brief.
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News in brief.

24y rumo , Writer

News in brief.

– The Inland Revenue faces widespread criticism from the IT industry over its bid to outsource its IT functions for #4bn. Peter Sommer, a comput...

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Byers risks E&Y challenge.
Accounting Firms

Byers risks E&Y challenge.

24y Philip Smith.

Byers risks E&Y challenge.

Railtrack administrator Ernst & Young believes a way remains open to challenge any final decision on the future of the failed infrastructure compa...

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OPINION - Why PwC needs to adopt its own principles first.
Accounting Firms

OPINION - Why PwC needs to adopt its own principles first.

24y rumo , Writer

OPINION - Why PwC needs to adopt its own principle...

Providing relevant and timely information for shareholders only becomes more important in a downturn. It’s in no-one’s interest to sit on ...

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LETTERS - Take things seriously.
Accounting Firms

LETTERS - Take things seriously.

24y Accountancy Age

LETTERS - Take things seriously.

Due to an error in the editing process, a key phrase was omitted from Jeffrey Lampert’s letter published last week. We publish it in full below:...

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LETTERS - Potential conflict.
Accounting Firms

LETTERS - Potential conflict.

24y Accountancy Age

LETTERS - Potential conflict.

Re: Between the Covers, Taking Stock, 1 November.[QQ] I bought the book on the Boo.com collapse. Interesting stuff. I note the contract supply of a KP...

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LETTERS - Double vision.
Accounting Firms

LETTERS - Double vision.

24y Accountancy Age

LETTERS - Double vision.

Re: A benchmark of excellence (page 10, 8 November), I agree with most of your sentiments but one thing caught my eye. You wrote ‘It is a concep...

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Opinion
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Opinion

24y rumo , Writer

Opinion

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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Queen's quest for new royal accountant
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Queen's quest for new royal accountant

24y Alex Miller.

Queen's quest for new royal accountant

The Queen could poach a Big Five partner after announcing she is searching for a new keeper of the Privy Purse to replace Sir Michael Peat. Read More...

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KPMG gives Red Cross appeal all clear
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KPMG gives Red Cross appeal all clear

24y Philip Smith.

KPMG gives Red Cross appeal all clear

The firm has found no evidence of fraud or misappropriation in the Simple Truth appeal, a British Red Cross campaign, publicly led by disgraced peer L...

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Byers risks E&Y challenge
Accounting Firms

Byers risks E&Y challenge

24y Philip Smith.

Byers risks E&Y challenge

Railtrack administrator Ernst & Young believes a way remains open to challenge any final decision on the future of the failed infrastructure compa...

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Why PwC needs to adopt its own principles first
Accounting Firms

Why PwC needs to adopt its own principles first

24y Accountancy Age

Why PwC needs to adopt its own principles first

Providing relevant and timely information for shareholders only becomes more important in a downturn. It's in no-one's interest to sit on bad news: th...

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E&Y growth dips but still tops 15%
Accounting Firms

E&Y growth dips but still tops 15%

24y Liz Loxton

E&Y growth dips but still tops 15%

Ernst & Young released its first results as a limited liability partnership today and recorded a 15% growth in fee income for the year to June 2001. R...

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'Differing views' threaten transparency
Accounting Firms

'Differing views' threaten transparency

24y Michelle Perry

'Differing views' threaten transparency

PricewaterhouseCoopers is facing a growing internal struggle over whether to publish detailed financial reports even as it attempts to demonstrate to ...

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Firms may face tough new DTI powers
Accounting Firms

Firms may face tough new DTI powers

24y our parliamentary staff

Firms may face tough new DTI powers

Tough new powers requiring accountants to co-operate in company investigations are being considered as part of a further shake up of company law being...

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Lehman Brothers appoints ex-E&Y man
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Lehman Brothers appoints ex-E&Y man

24y Adriana Zea

Lehman Brothers appoints ex-E&Y man

Global investment banking firm Lehman Brothers has appointed former Ernst & Young audit partner Kevin Hayes as its chief financial officer for Europe ...

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SMG in talks with Deloittes
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SMG in talks with Deloittes

24y Adriana Zea

SMG in talks with Deloittes

Media group SMG is in discussions with Deloitte & Touche which could result in the Big Five firm advising the company on finances and cost-cutting mea...

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Millionaires shun accountants' advice
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Millionaires shun accountants' advice

24y Adriana Zea

Millionaires shun accountants' advice

Only 23% of millionaires turn to their accountants for investment tips preferring the services of newspapers to those of financial advisers. Read More...

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OPINION
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OPINION

24y rumo , Writer

OPINION

A shaky foundation We learn this week the new accountancy watchdog, the Foundation, will be fully operational by January. Wasn’t that January 20...

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Appointments - Practice.
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Appointments - Practice.

24y rumo , Writer

Appointments - Practice.

Holborn firm Collyer-Bristow has boosted its insolvency practice with the appointment of partner Gilly Locke. She joins from the Rosling Partnership, ...

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PwC calls for corporate transparency
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PwC calls for corporate transparency

24y Michelle Perry

PwC calls for corporate transparency

'The market cannot value what it cannot see' is the message Big Five firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has put out to directors in a bid to encourage more t...

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E&Y uses arts as 'business tool'
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E&Y uses arts as 'business tool'

24y Larry Schlesinger

E&Y uses arts as 'business tool'

Big Five firm Ernst & Young says it sponsorship of next year's MatissePicasso exhibition at the Modern Tate will be used a 'business tool' to host cli...

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Will Project Darwin evolve?
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Will Project Darwin evolve?

24y Accountancy Age

Will Project Darwin evolve?

Ever since the bulk of the Big Five began moves to divest themselves of their consulting arms, accounting firms have run the risk of seeing themselves...

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Deloittes shows drop in revenue growth
Accounting Firms

Deloittes shows drop in revenue growth

24y Michelle Perry

Deloittes shows drop in revenue growth

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu joined the growing chorus of firms to announce a substantial slowdown in revenue growth, reporting an almost 4% drop for the ...

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KPMG in £16m reinvention drive
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KPMG in £16m reinvention drive

24y Philip Smith.

KPMG in £16m reinvention drive

KPMG is to spend £16m a year in a bid to reinvent itself once it has hived off its management consultancy practice. Read More...

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Accountants need accurate client information
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Accountants need accurate client information

24y Accountancy Age

Accountants need accurate client information

Accountants are dealing with an increasing number of requests to provide information about their clients. Read More...

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Accountancy watchdog delayed
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Accountancy watchdog delayed

24y Michelle Perry

Accountancy watchdog delayed

A row over whether the new accountancy watchdog should be allowed to undertake tasks such as 'ethnic monitoring' is helping delay its launch until ear...

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Brown eyes Big Five for anti-terror leader
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Brown eyes Big Five for anti-terror leader

24y Gavin Hinks

Brown eyes Big Five for anti-terror leader

Gordon Brown has launched a search for a Big Five partner to take on the job of leading the war against terrorist finance in the UK. Read More...

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