Goodwill fudged
Consulting

Goodwill fudged

27y John Stokdyk

Goodwill fudged

Cadbury's applies true and fair override to bypass company law conflict with FRS 10. Read More...

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Audit ban on secretive clients
Consulting

Audit ban on secretive clients

27y John Stokdyk

Audit ban on secretive clients

Auditing Practices Board steps in to prevent accountants taking on or retaining directors who try to limit the scope of their audit. Read More...

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Ex-Pub FD sues over profits warning
Consulting

Ex-Pub FD sues over profits warning

27y John Stokdyk

Ex-Pub FD sues over profits warning

The former finance director of the Old English Pub Company is suing the company for libel over a Stock Exchange profit warning which he says wrongly i...

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Link-up fuels scorecard race
Management

Link-up fuels scorecard race

27y John Stokdyk

Link-up fuels scorecard race

Arthur Andersen has teamed up with balanced-scorecard software house Gentia to create a new performance management application, intensifying the curre...

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Institutes - CIMA shrugs off rejections
Management

Institutes - CIMA shrugs off rejections

27y John Stokdyk

Institutes - CIMA shrugs off rejections

CIMA has signalled its determination to pursue closer links with competing accountancy institutes, despite approaches to ACCA and CIPFA being snubbed ...

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Spotlight - Lifting finance trade barriers
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Spotlight - Lifting finance trade barriers

27y John Stokdyk

Spotlight - Lifting finance trade barriers

In the spotlight: British Invisibles is fighting to open global markets for firms and PwC's Roger Davis is in the front line. Read More...

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IT News in Brief - 8 April
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IT News in Brief - 8 April

27y John Stokdyk

IT News in Brief - 8 April

ICA and CSM advice booklet The English ICA and taxation software house CSM have teamed up to produce a booklet called: ‘Questions you might want...

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Letters - 8 April
Consulting

Letters - 8 April

27y John Stokdyk

Letters - 8 April

IASC’s draft standards Your report (28 March) on the IASC’s discussions on investment properties is misleading in terms of both current UK...

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Woolf bites at firms' fees
Consulting

Woolf bites at firms' fees

27y John Stokdyk

Woolf bites at firms' fees

Law reforms will slice expert-witness revenue, encourage litigation and open door to 'no win, no fee' code. Read More...

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ERP - Oracle goes FastForward
Management

ERP - Oracle goes FastForward

27y John Stokdyk

ERP - Oracle goes FastForward

US database and ERP vendor Oracle has unleased the first wave of its FastForward rapid implementation service to counteract the threat from rival sche...

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Business - Andersen auditors hold key to CSG bid
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Business - Andersen auditors hold key to CSG bid

27y John Stokdyk

Business - Andersen auditors hold key to CSG bid

Conservative party treasurer Michael Ashcroft’s bid for troubled recruitment company Corporate Services Group hinges on the 1998 accounts receiv...

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Personal Finance - The price of life just got higher
Consulting

Personal Finance - The price of life just got higher

27y John Stokdyk

Personal Finance - The price of life just got high...

Our life expectancy has risen by six years since 1960, but has financial planning kept pace? And if we can all expect to live longer, will those annui...

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Business - Irregularities behind SEP suspension
Management

Business - Irregularities behind SEP suspension

27y John Stokdyk

Business - Irregularities behind SEP suspension

Accounting irregularities have been blamed for the suspension of SEP Industrial Holdings’ shares last week. Trading in the Surrey-based manufact...

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Practice Management - Add value, add profits
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Practice Management - Add value, add profits

27y John Stokdyk

Practice Management - Add value, add profits

For some practices the future means 'fun breaks', 'huddles' and email incentives. But as Peter Bartram reports, sound advice and solid service still h...

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View from the House - Jim Cousins
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View from the House - Jim Cousins

27y John Stokdyk

View from the House - Jim Cousins

Pinochet will make his mark on our professional regulation yet. Recently, the Law Lords had to consider Lord Hoffman’s involvement in the origin...

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Spotlight - Tempus targets global markets
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Spotlight - Tempus targets global markets

27y John Stokdyk

Spotlight - Tempus targets global markets

New goodwill standard holds no fears for Ashley Martin, FD of media consultants Tempus Group. Read More...

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Gates boosts online tax offering
Management

Gates boosts online tax offering

27y John Stokdyk

Gates boosts online tax offering

As Microsoft and the Revenue get closer to supporting online personal self-assessment, TaxSaver99 threatens niche tax specialists. Read More...

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Legal - Court battle for Maxwell funds
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Legal - Court battle for Maxwell funds

27y John Stokdyk

Legal - Court battle for Maxwell funds

A last-ditch attempt to prevent the estate of dead media tycoon Robert Maxwell being consumed entirely by professional fees was launched this week in ...

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Big Five - Goddard rejects Deloittes offer
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Big Five - Goddard rejects Deloittes offer

27y John Stokdyk

Big Five - Goddard rejects Deloittes offer

Ken Goddard, the IT consultant pursuing a claim for wrongful dismissal against Deloitte & Touche, this week rejected an offer from the firm’...

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IT News in Brief - 1 April
Management

IT News in Brief - 1 April

27y John Stokdyk

IT News in Brief - 1 April

Reuters takes stake in ‘if’ News agency Reuters has acquired a stake in Interactive Forecasting, the London-based developer of if … ...

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View from the House - David Walker
Management

View from the House - David Walker

27y John Stokdyk

View from the House - David Walker

If you were an angry trucker and had a choice of government department outside which to park your diesel-powered 16-wheeled monster, where would you c...

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Comment - IFAC raises the global standard
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Comment - IFAC raises the global standard

27y John Stokdyk

Comment - IFAC raises the global standard

Frank Harding welcomes the growing acceptance of IFAC international standards, and calls on more countries, including Britain, to move towards complet...

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Resource accounts tested in Balkans
Management

Resource accounts tested in Balkans

27y John Stokdyk

Resource accounts tested in Balkans

Military operations in Kosovo are being studied to see how the government’s new resource accounting and budgeting system will operate also when ...

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Institutes - ICA hires US gurus
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Institutes - ICA hires US gurus

27y John Stokdyk

Institutes - ICA hires US gurus

New branding strategy for institute will be developed by international agency. Read More...

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Big Five - KPMG escapes Andersens' net
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Big Five - KPMG escapes Andersens' net

27y John Stokdyk

Big Five - KPMG escapes Andersens' net

After weeks of intensive high-level negotiations, Arthur Andersen has abandoned its clandestine bid to poach KPMG’s Canadian practice, amid fear...

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Undervalued assets outcry
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Undervalued assets outcry

27y John Stokdyk

Undervalued assets outcry

Accountants and MPs warn #33m balance sheet uplift in Devonport and Rosyth docks sale could double ship costs. Read More...

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News in Brief - 8 April
Consulting

News in Brief - 8 April

27y John Stokdyk

News in Brief - 8 April

Benefit fraud needs action Local authorities and the social security department have made significant progress in the fight against housing benefit fr...

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