Taking Stock - The Dome is just an oversized tent.
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Taking Stock - The Dome is just an oversized tent.

25y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock - The Dome is just an oversized tent.

Overheard outside Committee Room 15 just before the witnesses were summoned to give evidence in front of the Public Accounts Committee on the Dome. Wi...

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'Big Five will still split'.
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'Big Five will still split'.

25y rumo , Writer

'Big Five will still split'.

Big Five firms will still need to split their audit and consultancy Read More...

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FD's pay tops £1m.
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FD's pay tops £1m.

25y Andrew Sawers

FD's pay tops £1m.

Financial directors’ pay broke through the £1m barrier for the first time last year as AMVESCAP FD Robert McCullough took home £1,071,000 in sal...

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Appointment at Peter Hewett.
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Appointment at Peter Hewett.

25y Tewksbury

Appointment at Peter Hewett.

Following the recent relocation of Wilfred Green, a Portsmouth based firm of chartered certified accountants, Peter Hewett has been appointed as partn...

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FDs split over clean-up bills.
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FDs split over clean-up bills.

25y Accountancy Age

FDs split over clean-up bills.

Big Question: Should businesses pay to clean the environment? Read More...

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Taking Stock - Get off your train and drink your cocktails.
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Taking Stock - Get off your train and drink your cocktails.

25y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock - Get off your train and drink your c...

High Noon-loving former Railtrack chief Gerald Corbett threw his hard hat into the boardroom last week and was finally given the nod to alight. Charte...

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On Cima's code of ethics - CIMA and a question of ethics.
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On Cima's code of ethics - CIMA and a question of ethics.

25y Accountancy Age

On Cima's code of ethics - CIMA and a question of ...

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 ...

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Win champagne and a palmtop computer.
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Win champagne and a palmtop computer.

25y rumo , Writer

Win champagne and a palmtop computer.

Accountancy Age has teamed up with Business Direct, The Co-operative Bank’s internet and telephone banking service for SMEs to offer readers the...

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This week on accountancyage.com.
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This week on accountancyage.com.

25y rumo , Writer

This week on accountancyage.com.

Search for a domain name[QQ] You can now secure your domain names for five or ten years, giving you peace of mind against the cybersquatters. By using...

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Taking Stock - ACCA members believe in miracles.
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Taking Stock - ACCA members believe in miracles.

25y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock - ACCA members believe in miracles.

We at TS believe members of ACCA should be expecting their institute to perform miracles, following the revelation that it shares its name with a seve...

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JDS launches investigation of ICAS members at shipbuilders.
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JDS launches investigation of ICAS members at shipbuilders.

25y Larry Schlesinger

JDS launches investigation of ICAS members at ship...

The accountants’ Joint Disciplinary Scheme is to examine the role of Scots ICA members and firms associated with shipbuilder Semple Cochrane aft...

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Accountancyage.com examines whistleblowing act.
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Accountancyage.com examines whistleblowing act.

25y rumo , Writer

Accountancyage.com examines whistleblowing act.

The introduction of the Public Interest Disclosure Act was intended Read More...

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Taking Stock - Thorny issue of Rose's departure.
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Taking Stock - Thorny issue of Rose's departure.

25y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock - Thorny issue of Rose's departure.

Rumours that ACCA chief executive Anthea Rose will be staying on beyond the end of next year are unfounded, TS hears. There had been suggestions that ...

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Appointment at the Accountancy Foundation's Review Board.
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Appointment at the Accountancy Foundation's Review Board.

25y rumo , Writer

Appointment at the Accountancy Foundation's Review...

Sir John Bourn, chairman of the Accountancy Foundation’s review board has announced that Colin Reeves is to become director of the review board....

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Minimum wage fears.
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Minimum wage fears.

25y rumo , Writer

Minimum wage fears.

Increasing the national minimum wage to as much as #5 per hour as proposed by the Trades Union Congress will force many small businesses to close down...

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Brussels acts on audit quality.
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Brussels acts on audit quality.

25y rumo , Writer

Brussels acts on audit quality.

The European Commission has sent a formal recommendation to European Union member states aimed at improving the quality of statutory audits, by settin...

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Investors are doing it for themselves.
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Investors are doing it for themselves.

25y Accountancy Age

Investors are doing it for themselves.

There is a new investment craze sweeping the nation and this time Read More...

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Taking Stock - Have I got really old news for you.
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Taking Stock - Have I got really old news for you.

25y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock - Have I got really old news for you.

There’s nothing like a bit of timeliness and unfortunately recent comments from the Chartered Institute of Taxation have arrived with nothing re...

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Taking Stock - Westropp bids us so long, and thanks for all the fish.
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Taking Stock - Westropp bids us so long, and thanks for all the fish.

25y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock - Westropp bids us so long, and thank...

A sad day for accountancy PR. George Westropp, chief spin doctor for Deloitte & Touche, has announced he is to retire at the end of this year, af...

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Denial over NAO report 'checks'.
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Denial over NAO report 'checks'.

25y rumo , Writer

Denial over NAO report 'checks'.

The government has denied claims that senior officials and ministers can interfere with the preparation of National Audit Office reports, write our pa...

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Appointment at Raw Communications.
Consulting

Appointment at Raw Communications.

25y Tewksbury

Appointment at Raw Communications.

Andy Collins has been promoted to the position of CFO at Raw Communications, as it prepares for a stock market flotation next year. Read More...

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Taking Stock - Mysteries of Treasury are impossible to solve.
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Taking Stock - Mysteries of Treasury are impossible to solve.

25y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock - Mysteries of Treasury are impossibl...

Like the pyramids, the mysteries of the Treasury are not easily explained. Any attempt to dissect the language of mandarins usually proves futile R...

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Tax winner named.
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Tax winner named.

25y rumo , Writer

Tax winner named.

David Fletcher of Ashton Hart David Lee has won an Accountancy Age competition celebrating Ernst & Young tax partner Anne Redston’s victory ...

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PwC sues Indicii Salus.
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PwC sues Indicii Salus.

25y rumo , Writer

PwC sues Indicii Salus.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is suing software developers Indicii Salus for refusing to pay for a potential stock market flotation report. PwC claims the co...

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Appointment at GibsonHewitt.
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Appointment at GibsonHewitt.

25y rumo , Writer

Appointment at GibsonHewitt.

GibsonHewitt, the Surrey-based accountancy practice, has appointed Steven Gill as manager of InsideOut, its financial outsourcing division. The South ...

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Taking Stock - Since when was USA a part of Europe?
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Taking Stock - Since when was USA a part of Europe?

25y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock - Since when was USA a part of Europe...

Job advertisements published in several continental European newspapers on behalf of the European Central Bank have been brought to the attention of T...

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Praise for EC reform.
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Praise for EC reform.

25y rumo , Writer

Praise for EC reform.

The English ICA this week backed European Commission reforms to internal audit. Speaking to the Internal Audit Service of the European Commission, Gra...

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