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Links - Other accountancy organisations

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District Societies quarrel intensifies
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District Societies quarrel intensifies

25y Philip Smith.

District Societies quarrel intensifies

The row over the future of the English ICA's 22 district societies intensified this week as it emerged two members were seeking to call a special meet...

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Boards must look forward to better information
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Boards must look forward to better information

25y Peter Williams

Boards must look forward to better information

Dot.com start-ups are no more than the sum of their business plans and the money they have convinced investors to hand over. Read More...

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Ernst & Young audit row hits Equitable
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Ernst & Young audit row hits Equitable

25y Gavin Hinks

Ernst & Young audit row hits Equitable

Policyholders of collapsed life assurance group Equitable Life want to see the role of its auditor, Ernst & Young, put under the microscope. Read ...

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PwC partner named ASB chairman
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PwC partner named ASB chairman

25y Michelle Perry

PwC partner named ASB chairman

Mary Keegan, senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been named as the new chairman of the Accounting Standards Board, the Financial Reporting C...

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FSA proposes new risk-based strategy
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FSA proposes new risk-based strategy

25y Larry Schlesinger

FSA proposes new risk-based strategy

The Financial Services Authority is to adopt a new framework for regulating the 11,000 organisations under its control to ensure it that it meets its ...

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Green code launched by ACBE
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Green code launched by ACBE

25y AccountancyAge.com

Green code launched by ACBE

Company directors are to be sent a checklist to help them assess their company's attitude to sustainability. Read More...

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Oracle joins firm for e-business launch
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Oracle joins firm for e-business launch

25y Alex Miller.

Oracle joins firm for e-business launch

Mid-tier firm BDO Stoy Hayward and computer giant Oracle are set to join forces to launch an advisory and risk management service for e-business inves...

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Confidence in services industry tumbles
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Confidence in services industry tumbles

25y Larry Schlesinger

Confidence in services industry tumbles

The results of a quarterly survey published today by the Confederation of British Industry and Deloitte & Touche shows the largest fall in optimism am...

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Looking to a bright future
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Looking to a bright future

25y Accountancy Age

Looking to a bright future

This is the time of the year when people look backwards and look forwards. How has their particular bit of the world done in the last twelve months? A...

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PwC to conduct 'special' Takefuji audit
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PwC to conduct 'special' Takefuji audit

25y AccountancyAge.com

PwC to conduct 'special' Takefuji audit

London-listed Takefuji, Japan's largest consumer finance company, is hoping a Big Five accounting firm to investigate its operations can halt a massiv...

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Commission investigates 255 charities
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Commission investigates 255 charities

25y Accountancy Age

Commission investigates 255 charities

The Charity Commission has launched 255 formal inquiries into charities on its register over the last year, according to the regulator's annual report...

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SEC seeks to probe non-US audit papers
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SEC seeks to probe non-US audit papers

25y AccountancyAge.com

SEC seeks to probe non-US audit papers

The US Securities and Exchange Commission this week said it would push for better access to the audit papers of non-US companies, and those affiliated...

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TS: No pressure, but resign, or else
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TS: No pressure, but resign, or else

25y Accountancy Age

TS: No pressure, but resign, or else

There's nothing more likely to land an employee in hot water with the boss than a smidgen of bare-faced cheek. Read More...

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FDs want a sober workplace
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FDs want a sober workplace

25y Accountancy Age

FDs want a sober workplace

Booze has no place in the modern workplace, a sober three out of five finance chiefs told this week's Accountancy Age / Reed Accountancy Personnel Big...

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Crime laws will hit client confidentiality
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Crime laws will hit client confidentiality

25y Michelle Perry

Crime laws will hit client confidentiality

The Home Office has admitted accountants' client confidentiality will have to be compromised as a result of anti-fraud legislation due to be announced...

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Taking Stock: Gong for worst song
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Taking Stock: Gong for worst song

25y Accountancy Age

Taking Stock: Gong for worst song

What is the worst song ever written? Up until this week, staff at Accountancy Age thought it was PricewaterhouseCoopers' guitar rock drone 'Your World...

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BDO partner wins business adviser award
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BDO partner wins business adviser award

25y Larry Schlesinger

BDO partner wins business adviser award

Bill Henbrey, a partner at mid-tier firm BDO Stoy Hayward, yesterday won the 'best business advisor' for 2000 at the CBI/Real Business Growing Busines...

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ASB ends year with more revised rules
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ASB ends year with more revised rules

25y Michelle Perry

ASB ends year with more revised rules

Accounting Standards Board chairman Sir David Tweedie has this week set the stage to go out with a bang with the publication of two updated accounting...

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Rail chaos hits Xmas online profits
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Rail chaos hits Xmas online profits

25y Accountancy Age

Rail chaos hits Xmas online profits

Christmas postal delays and rail chaos are threatening to cause havoc to web retailer deliveries and return new online customers to the high street, A...

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New APB bulletin aims to guide auditors
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New APB bulletin aims to guide auditors

25y AccountancyAge.com

New APB bulletin aims to guide auditors

The Auditing Practices Board today announced the publication of Bulletin 2000/3 'Departure from Statements of Recommended Practice for the Preparation...

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CIMA and a question of ethics
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CIMA and a question of ethics

25y Accountancy Age

CIMA and a question of ethics

Colin Fisher and Alan Lovell's report has usefully contributed to the debate on ethics in CIMA. The institute is revising its code of ethics to take i...

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Why Christmas has come early
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Why Christmas has come early

25y Peter Williams

Why Christmas has come early

The latest pronouncement from the European Commission on auditor independence was due to be published prior to Christmas. This revised recommendation ...

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News Analysis - 'Tis the season to be cautious.
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News Analysis - 'Tis the season to be cautious.

25y rumo , Writer

News Analysis - 'Tis the season to be cautious.

If you think your Christmas party could go with a bang this year Read More...

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Bull named as Railtrack FD.
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Bull named as Railtrack FD.

25y rumo , Writer

Bull named as Railtrack FD.

Sebastian Bull has taken over from Steven Marshall as FD at Railtrack, who stepped up to chief executive following the resignation of Gerald Corbett l...

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Profile - The boy done good.
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Profile - The boy done good.

25y rumo , Writer

Profile - The boy done good.

It's not often a financial controller can truly claim to have the job of their dreams - a job where their work is completely embroiled in their favour...

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Taking Stock - Where on earth? Oh no, it's back!
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Taking Stock - Where on earth? Oh no, it's back!

25y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock - Where on earth? Oh no, it's back!

Honestly, the lengths people will go to. Readers might remember that for a while TS published pictures of accountants reading the Age in daft places a...

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