Two UK-based consultants working for Accenture in New York remain unaccounted for as firms began to come to terms with the World Trade Centre horror. ...
View articleIan Buckley, Tenon chief executive, has said he is happy with the progress of the UK-quoted accountancy consolidator, after it announced a small pre-t...
View articleUK companies must ensure that their accounting support staff are trained in wider business skills if they are to meet critical shortages in the indust...
View articleAdministrators from PricewaterhouseCoopers have sold part of women-only health club chain Lady in Leisure for more than £3m. Read More...
View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers has been appointed administrator to ailing Aussie airline Ansett, and is set to ground its entire fleet. Read More...
View articleKPMG is to be the new auditor for embattled property developer Wiggins, replacing mid-tier firm HLB Kidsons. Read More...
View articleUK's Avon ladies are carefully watching their colleagues in Canada this week after they announced they would be selling accountancy advice in addition...
View articleLess than one in ten leading public companies have prepared for the new UK pensions standard, according to new research. Read More...
View articleThe sour outlook for the economy was this week confirmed by UK finance chiefs as more than one in five revealed that their company had a recruitment f...
View articleThe ICAEW is not alone in spending its members' money on overseas junkets, but other institutes appear to be more frugal with their cash. Read More...
View articlePhillip Sykes, senior corporate recovery partner at mid-tier firm Moore Stephens, has today been appointed trustee in bankruptcy for Michael Bright, f...
View articleDeloitte & Touche's main New York office has been destroyed following the collapse of the World Trade Center. Read More...
View articleThe Scottish accountants campaigning for legislation to outlaw so-called 'cowboy' accountants are hoping to meet with the Inland Revenue to discuss th...
View articleA provisional rule on accounting for share options could be issued as early as next year, it has emerged. Read More...
View articleMany of the FTSE-350 companies challenged to begin producing environmental reports by October this year will fail to do so, according to experts. Read...
View articleAll organisations large and small should have up-to-date disaster recovery plans and they should be regularly tested, says a Deloitte & Touche partner...
View articleAs the London Stock Exchange opened for trading this morning, analysts and the media are predicting that a US recession is now unavoidable following t...
View articleThe downturn in the global economy has resulted in a slowdown in outsourcing, according to the head of the Outsourcing Research Council. Read More...
View articleWyevale Garden Centres has had to wipe £821,000 off the value of its fixed assets for 2000 in a restatement forced by the UK's financial reporting wat...
View articleErnst & Young's resignation as liquidators of Barings Bank was prompted by pressure from US bond holders, according to the Big Five partner who le...
View articleDisclosures about risk management in annual reports will have an increased importance for the City's perception of companies, according to the project...
View articleIn an eleventh-hour move, Ernst & Young partners have stepped down as liquidators in the multi-billion pound Barings case due to reach the High Co...
View articleTroubled high-speed internet access company Excite@Home has been dealt another blow following the resignation of chief financial officer Mark McEachen...
View articleThe London Stock Exchange and offices at Canary Wharf have been evacuated in the wake of massive terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New Yor...
View articleManaging travel expenses properly and enforcing company policy could save businesses hundreds of thousands of pounds of indirect costs, according to a...
View articleCompanies should begin laying the groundwork for adopting international accounting standards now, a senior partner at Deloitte & Touche has warned...
View articleTrade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has hinted at government action to stop directors of failing companies getting big salary increases or hu...
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