Predictions of a mid-tier feeding frenzy looked to be coming true this week as Smith & Williamson confirmed it is to acquire North London firm Her...
View articleIn the spotlight: Despite a profit boost from new accounting standards, the giant insurer sees #250m fall in profits. Read More...
View articleMore than one in three finance directors believe statutory accounts are not worth the cost of producing them. The findings of this week’s Accoun...
View articlePlans to radically revamp the accountancy profession’s regulatory process could be held back by the sudden illness of trade minister Ian McCartn...
View articleCan the profession make our children more numerate? Lucinda Kemeny reports. Read More...
View articleDivisions emerged in the banking industry this week as it entered the row over claims that ‘trigger-happy’ accountants are forcing trouble...
View articleDisagreements over whether to allow current market valuations on balance sheets prevented the International Accounting Standards Committee board from ...
View articleThe DTI has begun its sweeping review of the insolvency industry by launching a new individual insolvency register this week and revealing details of ...
View articleY2K Pass! hardware Millennium compliance specialist Y2K Pass! now offers a hardware-based solution to the year-2000 problem. An expansion card plugged...
View articleWebTrust launch The English, Scots and Irish ICAs have combined to launch WebTrust, an electronic commerce assurance service pioneered by the US and C...
View articleScrap merger plans and co-operate more closely, says institute. Read More...
View articleThis article suggests some changes to CGT that, for varied reasons, I would hope to see in the Budget – though admittedly not all with much conf...
View articleRevenue faces more criticism over personal self-assessment as it issues corporate rules. Read More...
View articleTreasury select committee launches inquiry into initiative's capital allocation rules. Read More...
View articleThe European Commission official for financial reporting will be told today that unless Brussels recruits and trains more auditors, its new fraud-bust...
View articleThe English ICA will not proceed in any disciplinary action against Grant Thornton over its involvement in the collapse of housewares distributor Heri...
View articleAccountants are increasingly recognising the benefits of acquiring a second qualification in marketing, writes William Hutchings. Read More...
View articleThe threat of legal action in Malaysia has forced ACCA to include a contingent liability worth a staggering #32m in its annual results, released this ...
View articleRover is to delay publication of its 1998 results compiled under UK accounting rules until at least October, but the figures are expected to be much h...
View articleUntil deregulation came along, electricity giants had it easy, writes Nick Huber. Read More...
View articleWhile we’re laying blame The fines imposed on Coopers & Lybrand by the Joint Disciplinary Scheme have attracted a lot of comment. The JDS cr...
View articleLocal services in London have improved enormously but are still poorer on average than other cities, the Audit Commission will reveal later today, wri...
View articleArthur Andersen auditors have come under fire from the City after it emerged that IT recruitment company Corporate Services Group would have to write ...
View articleTrade secretary Stephen Byers will today be urged to back calls for the expulsion of Rentokil Initial from the government-sponsored Better Payment Pra...
View articleIt is the habitual entrepreneur, with his multiple-business experience, who stands the best chance of kickstarting a new venture, writes Chris Christo...
View articleLondon’s emerging regional development agency is lacking the technical expertise of a trained accountant to take it forward into the next centur...
View articleWith PwC announcing 80 job cuts in its insolvency department last week, Lucinda Kemeny asks is this a sign of things to come in the corporate recovery...
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