As the Inland Revenue prepares to rake in millions of pounds from unfortunate individuals who either filed their tax returns late or were let down by ...
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View articleWe all expect pensions to keep us secure in our old age. But, Richard Murphy warns, in the first of a two-part series, the reality could be very diffe...
View articleFortune appears to be shining on hotels, pubs and brewing-giant Bass. The extended millennium celebrations are sure to have boosted income, while Sout...
View articleGovernment plans to allow accountants and other professions limited exemption from direct supervision by the Financial Services Authority have been ch...
View articleThe education system leading to qualification as a member of the Scots ICA is not going through a process of radical change. It has evolved since 1988...
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View articleOne of the great debates within the accountancy profession continues to centre on the precise role of the auditor and to what extent they may, or shou...
View articleThe news that a senior UK partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers has been forced to resign from his job following a clash with the US Securities and Exchan...
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View articleThe thing that really got tongues wagging about Arthur Andersen's new brand image last week is news that men at the firm will no longer have to wear s...
View articleThe way the government is proceeding with the Private Finance Initiative risks financial impropriety or worse, the Conservative party has warned. Spok...
View articleAn accountant at a solicitors' firm has been thrown out of the English ICA and ordered to pay £6,327 costs after admitting he failed to prevent seriou...
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View articleSeems like a trend of romance in the accounts department is slowly setting in. Only a few weeks ago TS reported that the great love of Schultz, the cr...
View article3 Thursday[QQ] Bass brewery is due to hold its agm (see Newswatch). IT trainer and Skillsgroup is expected to reveal pre-tax profits of £16.3m in its ...
View articleYou have got to feel sorry for Mo Mowlam. She's on the verge of bringing peace to Northern Ireland, then she's ordered back to Whitehall and told she ...
View articleWho would have thought climate would have a bearing on fraud, corruption and all manner of money wasting at the European Commission. Anthony Steen MP,...
View articleThe Automobile Association has slammed as ‘unwelcome and unjustified’ a preliminary judgement by the European Court that the UK is in brea...
View articleGone are the days when the home help was a middle-aged woman in a pinny with a fag hanging out of her mouth. The professionals are moving in. Accordin...
View articleThe news that a senior UK partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers has been forced to resign from his job following a clash with the US Securities and Exchan...
View articleAlarm bells are ringing at the big firms this week at the 'forced' resignation of a British PricewaterhouseCoopers partner by US regulators - an issue...
View articleScotch whisky producer Burn Stewart Distilleries Plc has announced the appointment of Steve Campbell as its new finance director. Read More...
View articleAdvisers at KPMG Consulting have been described as 'the best people for the job' after the firm was named project manager for the high profile attempt...
View articleProblems recruiting key staff and preventing them from jumping ship once they have been hired are causing major problems for family and owner-managed ...
View articleA massive 94% of senior finance professionals experience frustrations with their organisations' budgeting process with two thirds specifying time as t...
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