For and against: Struggle to change attitudes
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For and against: Struggle to change attitudes

24y Peter Williams

For and against: Struggle to change attitudes

Who would be in charge of education and training at the ICAEW? Step forward Brian Chiplin, the man lucky enough to be sitting in one of the hottest ho...

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A chance to vote and win
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A chance to vote and win

24y AccountancyAge.com

A chance to vote and win

Vote now for Personality of the Year in this year's Accountancy Age Awards for Excellence and you could win £100 of Oddbins gift vouchers. Read More...

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Regulators warning over lack of action
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Regulators warning over lack of action

24y Philip Smith.

Regulators warning over lack of action

Accountancy firms have until the end of October to decide whether they want to 'opt in' to investment business regulation with the Financial Services ...

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Ex-PwC man steps up at Wolves
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Ex-PwC man steps up at Wolves

24y AccountancyAge.com

Ex-PwC man steps up at Wolves

Independent brewing and pub retailing business Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries has appointed Jim Taylor to the role of group finance director with im...

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Lathams managing partner quits Tenon
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Lathams managing partner quits Tenon

24y Gavin Hinks

Lathams managing partner quits Tenon

Tenon, the UK's first listed accountancy-based business services group, this week welcomed its first set of trainees as it prepared to part with one o...

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President's trip abroad costs £13,500
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President's trip abroad costs £13,500

24y Philip Smith.

President's trip abroad costs £13,500

The ICAEW has spent more than £1,000 a day to send its president, Michael Groom, on a tour of four South American countries promoting international ac...

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Firms claim downturn not hurting
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Firms claim downturn not hurting

24y Adriana Zea

Firms claim downturn not hurting

Accountancy firms claim they remain unscathed by the pessimism in the service sector despite signs a slowdown has hit. Read More...

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Old Mutual denies resignation rumours
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Old Mutual denies resignation rumours

24y Adriana Zea

Old Mutual denies resignation rumours

Old Mutual, the financial services company, has denied allegations that former finance director Eric Anstee resigned because he was passed over for th...

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Creditors worried over Hamilton case
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Creditors worried over Hamilton case

24y Gavin Hinks

Creditors worried over Hamilton case

Concerns have emerged among the creditors of disgraced former MP Neil Hamilton after he pledged to donate any money he won from an impending libel tri...

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PwC rebrands its 'best-kept secret'
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PwC rebrands its 'best-kept secret'

24y Matthew Gerry

PwC rebrands its 'best-kept secret'

PricewaterhouseCoopers has renamed its client training practice in an effort to raise the profile of what the firm calls one of its 'best-kept secrets...

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Economic gloom hits services sector
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Economic gloom hits services sector

24y Larry Schlesinger

Economic gloom hits services sector

As profitability continues to fall, pessimism over future economic prospects continues to grow in the professional services sector, a report has found...

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Accountants should be more suspicious
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Accountants should be more suspicious

24y Michelle Perry

Accountants should be more suspicious

The number of accountants reporting suspicious transactions has dropped despite a surge in economic crime, new research has shown. Read More...

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Beware: Plummeting share price
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Beware: Plummeting share price

24y Andrew Sawers

Beware: Plummeting share price

Marconi's share price has been plunging since last summer when it hit £12.50. Even now, at 38p, there is no guarantee the freefall is over. One of the...

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Marconi bosses quit and jobs axed
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Marconi bosses quit and jobs axed

24y AccountancyAge.com

Marconi bosses quit and jobs axed

The chairman and chief executive of troubled telecoms group Marconi have resigned following the company's second profit warning in two months. Read Mo...

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Bob the Builder adopts US GAAP
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Bob the Builder adopts US GAAP

24y AccountancyAge.com

Bob the Builder adopts US GAAP

HIT Entertainment, maker of Bob the Builder and Barney the Dinosaur, expects the headline figures in its results for the past year to be affected by t...

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Coopers set for JDS challenge
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Coopers set for JDS challenge

24y Michelle Perry

Coopers set for JDS challenge

Coopers & Lybrand is to face an appeal tribunal next week against the findings of the accountancy profession's senior watchdog over its role in th...

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BDO issues upbeat economic forecast
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BDO issues upbeat economic forecast

24y AccountancyAge.com

BDO issues upbeat economic forecast

Mid-tier firm BDO Stoy Hayward today issued an upbeat assessment of the UK economy saying the majority of business surveys did not point to an all-out...

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Money laundering fight goes online
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Money laundering fight goes online

24y Larry Schlesinger

Money laundering fight goes online

Accountants will be one of the business groups to benefit from an online money laundering prevention program to be launched by the British Bankers' As...

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Wiggins' humble pie.
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Wiggins' humble pie.

24y rumo , Writer

Wiggins' humble pie.

Humble pie has become a regular dish for directors over at property developer Wiggins. Its newly published annual report contains yet more apologies o...

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Out of the frying pan, and straight onto the C-list.
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Out of the frying pan, and straight onto the C-list.

24y rumo , Writer

Out of the frying pan, and straight onto the C-lis...

TS takes its hat off to Michelle Kenington, currently doing battle in the latest TV survival show, BBC Scotland’s The Heat is On. The London-bas...

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Honest, hard-working and dedicated ... well maybe.
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Honest, hard-working and dedicated ... well maybe.

24y rumo , Writer

Honest, hard-working and dedicated ... well maybe.

Recent findings on fraud have given TS some sleepless nights. The incidence of fraud, coupled with the recent findings of the TUC that we’re all...

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Good art and sound advice from the host with the most.
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Good art and sound advice from the host with the most.

24y rumo , Writer

Good art and sound advice from the host with the m...

TS is, of course, always grateful to accepts invitations to the odd corporate event, and so it was that we found ourselves recently crammed in a lift ...

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Keeping cool
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Keeping cool

24y rumo , Writer

Keeping cool

TS has heard whisper of a novel way in which the staffers at Ernst &Young are keeping their cool during these hot, muggy times. Apparently when t...

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Red Cross backs Archer probe.
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Red Cross backs Archer probe.

24y Philip Smith.

Red Cross backs Archer probe.

Forensic accountants have been called in as the British Red Cross opens its books to help clear up questions raised by Liberal Democrat peer Baroness ...

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Jubilee scam alert.
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Jubilee scam alert.

24y rumo , Writer

Jubilee scam alert.

Charities warned over bogus advertising. Read More

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Public Sector Finance
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Public Sector Finance

24y Accountancy Age

Public Sector Finance

The Auditing Practices Board has recently issued a number of practice notes which provide guidance for auditors when carrying out specialised audits, ...

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News in brief.
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News in brief.

24y rumo , Writer

News in brief.

Gerry Acher, senior London partner at KPMG, has been appointed honorary treasurer for the Queen’s golden jubilee celebrations next year. A steer...

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