Concerns voiced over Stagecoach finance director appointment
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Concerns voiced over Stagecoach finance director appointment

25y Michelle Perry

Concerns voiced over Stagecoach finance director a...

Stagecoach's appointment of an internal candidate as its new finance director yesterday has sparked some concerns from analysts who say an external ca...

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Why size matters
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Why size matters

25y Accountancy Age

Why size matters

Remember when the idea of streamlined qualifications meant nothing more than mergers between UK-based institutes? Read More...

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Personal finance: What should you do when share prices head south ?
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Personal finance: What should you do when share prices head south ?

25y Accountancy Age

Personal finance: What should you do when share pr...

What should you do when the world's stockmarkets go pear-shaped? This, not to put too fine a point on it, is the worry for millions of investors in th...

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Rocky start for new UK phone codes
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Rocky start for new UK phone codes

25y Accountancy Age

Rocky start for new UK phone codes

Chaos accompanied the introduction of new telephone numbers across the UK on Saturday as many businesses and consumers were caught unprepared for the ...

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New finance chief for troubled travel giant
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New finance chief for troubled travel giant

25y AccountancyAge.com

New finance chief for troubled travel giant

Stagecoach, Britain's largest train and bus operator, has today appointed a new finance director. Read More...

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Ex-KPMG peer to lead government audit probe
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Ex-KPMG peer to lead government audit probe

25y AccountancyAge.com

Ex-KPMG peer to lead government audit probe

A former senior partner at KPMG has been appointed to lead a review of arrangements for audit and accountability for central government. Read More...

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Levy Gee divisions given firm's name
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Levy Gee divisions given firm's name

25y AccountancyAge.com

Levy Gee divisions given firm's name

Levy Gee has renamed its financial services and general insurance divisions. Read More...

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Four new partners at top ten firm
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Four new partners at top ten firm

25y AccountancyAge.com

Four new partners at top ten firm

Horwath Clark Whitehill has appointed four new partners bringing its total number in the UK to 93. Read More...

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BDO goes on the road for online campaign
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BDO goes on the road for online campaign

25y Accountancy Age

BDO goes on the road for online campaign

BDO Stoy Hayward has joined forces with e-commerce giant Oracle to arrest a widespread failure among SMEs to grasp the internet revolution. Read More...

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Accountant joins management team at Millennium Point
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Accountant joins management team at Millennium Point

25y AccountancyAge.com

Accountant joins management team at Millennium Poi...

Millennium Point, the Birmingham millennium project, has appointed a chartered accountant as its assistant chief executive. Read More...

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'Corporate responsibility' minister to set out plans
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'Corporate responsibility' minister to set out plans

25y our parliamentary staff

'Corporate responsibility' minister to set out pla...

Consumer affairs ministers Kim Howells will next month set out how he plans to discharge his role in monitoring corporate and social responsibility am...

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National Accountancy Exhibition, NEC Birmingham, June 6th-8th, 2000
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National Accountancy Exhibition, NEC Birmingham, June 6th-8th, 2000

25y AccountancyAge.com

National Accountancy Exhibition, NEC Birmingham, J...

The National Accountancy Exhibition is the UK's leading accountancy exhibition covering all aspects of products and services for the modern accountant...

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Stock Exchange confirms merger talks
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Stock Exchange confirms merger talks

25y AccountancyAge.com

Stock Exchange confirms merger talks

The London Stock Exchange has confirmed it is in merger talks with its Frankfurt rival. Read More...

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Government pushes on company director 'trustworthiness'
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Government pushes on company director 'trustworthiness'

25y AccountancyAge.com

Government pushes on company director 'trustworthi...

Insolvency minister Kim Howells has reaffirmed the government's commitment to ensuring company directors are 'competent and trustworthy'. Read More...

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Youngest-ever partner in Big Five firm wins £1m court case
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Youngest-ever partner in Big Five firm wins £1m court case

25y Accountancy Age

Youngest-ever partner in Big Five firm wins £1m co...

A high-flying accountant, awarded more than a million pounds damages for devastating injuries suffered in a road smash, today fought off an Appeal Cou...

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Government rethinks FSA registration exemption rules
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Government rethinks FSA registration exemption rules

25y our parliamentary staff

Government rethinks FSA registration exemption rul...

The government is to reconsider the extent to which criminal sanctions can be used against professional firms in breach of the exemption from registra...

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Universities courses will 'complement' not replace AAT
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Universities courses will 'complement' not replace AAT

25y Michelle Perry

Universities courses will 'complement' not replace...

The English ICA's decision to expand accountancy courses in to higher education institutions will not jeopardise the future of the Association of Acco...

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Only £5m to be recoverable from Versailles collapse, PwC to tell creditors
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Only £5m to be recoverable from Versailles collapse, PwC to tell creditors

25y AccountancyAge.com

Only £5m to be recoverable from Versailles collaps...

An investigation by PricewaterhouseCoopers is believed to have discovered that Versailles, the trade finance company that collapsed this year, booked ...

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BMW to benefit from stamp duty loopholes
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BMW to benefit from stamp duty loopholes

25y Ben Griffiths

BMW to benefit from stamp duty loopholes

German car-maker BMW is set to benefit by up to £70m from UK stamp duty loopholes when it offloads Land Rover in its controversial break-up of the Rov...

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Ex-SFO chief slates anti-fraud policies
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Ex-SFO chief slates anti-fraud policies

25y Michelle Perry

Ex-SFO chief slates anti-fraud policies

The former director of the Serious Fraud Office has slammed attempts by government and business to combat fraud as pure and simple procrastination. Re...

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Ernst & Young's Pegg leaves for BDO
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Ernst & Young's Pegg leaves for BDO

25y Michelle Perry

Ernst & Young's Pegg leaves for BDO

BDO Stoy Hayward, sixth largest accountancy firm, has clinched the appointment of Ernst & Young's David Pegg as new director of its VAT team. Read Mor...

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Facing Up to US GAAP
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Facing Up to US GAAP

25y Accountancy Age

Facing Up to US GAAP

Global financial reporting practices are converging. Seminars on comparative accounting ten years ago were interesting because profits under US GAAP, ...

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Get out of jail - free
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Get out of jail - free

25y Accountancy Age

Get out of jail - free

The new bankruptcy consultation document recommends that a government department be given the power to decide who is honest and who isn't - a dubious ...

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Exclusive: Global CAs set for 2003
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Exclusive: Global CAs set for 2003

25y Michelle Perry

Exclusive: Global CAs set for 2003

A global chartered accountancy qualification is likely to be launched within the next three years in the wake of talks between by eight international ...

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Accountancy Age wins major award
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Accountancy Age wins major award

25y Michelle Perry

Accountancy Age wins major award

Accountancy Age has been named 'one of the world's most valuable English language management papers', seeing off international competition from the Ha...

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AccountancyAge.com weekly news focus: Practice
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AccountancyAge.com weekly news focus: Practice

25y Chris Quick

AccountancyAge.com weekly news focus: Practice

A fire in the toilets forced staff to flee the English ICA's headquarter's last week. Double tax changes in the Budget have led Allied Zurich to quit ...

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AAT announces record growth
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AAT announces record growth

25y Michelle Perry

AAT announces record growth

The Association of Accounting Technicians has announced an increase in membership and student figures bringing its combined total to over 100,000. Rea...

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