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View articleJonathan Orchard of accountants Sayer Vincent is spending six months with Save the Children Fund, travelling the world as a volunteer auditor. He will...
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View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers has reaffirmed its commitment to doing business in the regions, after the takeover of KPMG’s Norwich office by Grant Thor...
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View articleSaffery Champness has opened a new office in Manchester. The office will serve clients in Cheshire and North Wales, as well as in the city itself. Rea...
View articleOpen Business Solutions has made two appointments to its management consultancy service. Carol McCarthy joins from Christian Salvesen as a senior cons...
View articleFormer paymaster general Geoffrey Robinson has welcomed a police investigation into TransTec but dismissed allegations of wrongdoing as grudges by emb...
View articleDLA Consulting has appointed HR consultants Graham Phillips and Mike de Coverly. Phillips has spent 25 years in HR, with firms including Ford and Free...
View articleThe US Financial Accounting Standards Board has released its first concepts statement that provides a framework for using future cash flows and presen...
View articleTiger Woods is the winner of the inaugural Andersen Consulting Medal, awarded to the player who earns the most aggregate money in the World Golf Champ...
View articlePub company Clarinbridge has appointed Russell Armstrong as its new director of finance, based at the Altrincham head office. He joins from Kidsons Im...
View articleAccording to the Bank of England, the UK is the largest factoring market in the world accounting for nearly 20% of factoring business (see diagram 1)....
View articleGeoff Bewsey is joining the procurement services team at Mouchel as a senior disputes manager. He moves from Michael J Gallagher Contractors. Read Mor...
View articleCoutts, the Queen’s Bank, has claimed victory over the Inland Revenue following discussions over one of its tax shelter schemes. The bank, which...
View articleBritish business has urged the government to drop plans which would give local authorities power over charging for car parking spaces at work. The Bri...
View articleThe threat of health authorities’ accounts being qualified as a result of the generic drugs crisis seems to have been averted, Accountancy Age u...
View articleACCA has announced an 8% increase in membership figures for the period ended 1999, with women now accounting for the majority of new members aged unde...
View articleExpiran has recruited John Walker to fill the position of lead information security specialist. He will supply internal IT security to the company. Wa...
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