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View articleNews that Volkswagen is abandon its harsh German accounting standards will be a boost to the concept of comparable worldwide standards. But which stan...
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View articleGordon Brown was on the road last week extolling the virtues of the e-business revolution. This week Number 10 launched its new website. Read More...
View articlePrudential finance director Les Cullen has resigned his post with the UK's largest life assurer only five months after joining the company and just da...
View articleA review of Companies House looking at its status, the services it provides and whether there is any scope for improved performance has been announced...
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View articleThe US Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a release which marks the first step in the acceptance of international accounting standards in A...
View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers has taken a swipe at its Big Five rivals by claiming proposals to split the firm would make it unique as an 'independent' globa...
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View articlePremier Asset Management today announced that Neil Macpherson has been appointed to its board as finance director and company secretary with immediate...
View articleTension rose in the ACCA council chamber yesterday during the extraordinary general meeting as members took the stand to offer their thoughts on the p...
View articleFactoring companies are providing small businesses with more working capital than five years ago. But are they reliable sources of cash? Read More...
View articleThe Big Five insist that they are world class brands - and yet we have seen their audit delivery differ from region to region. Elizabeth MacKay argues...
View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers managing partner Peter Hazell has hinted the current partnership structure of the firm could disappear following its landmark d...
View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers today confirmed it is splitting into two or more separate businesses, throwing into jeopardy its position as the world's larges...
View articleIncoming English ICA vice-president Peter Wyman is on a mission to modernise. Read More...
View articleCompanies House could soon provide annual reports on a website and allow electronic incorporation if proposals put forward by the government go ahead....
View articleIt should come as no great surprise that PwC has decided to wrench apart its two main components. The question one should ask is why it hasn't happene...
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View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers' decision to split into three marks nothing less than a watershed for the profession. Read More...
View articleACCA's long-awaited extraordinary meeting this morning saw a motion by rebel member Anthony Thomas to initiate an investigation into the association's...
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