Following John Malthouse's expose of the lesser evils of JMU visits inMarch, another would-be victim reluctantly admits that his biggest fearsturned o...
View articleIf we needed reminding, and who does, of the island mentality of the British then all we have to do is take a look at how the attitudes to internation...
View articleTetra, touted by its management as ‘Britain’s answer to SAP, Baan and PeopleSoft’, is launching the latest upgrade of its CS/3 appli...
View articleCity regulator IMRO is set to expand the role played by auditors inCity regulator IMRO is set to expand the role played by auditors in the unit trust ...
View articlePeopleSoft stage managed the announcement of its next softwarerelease to coincide with its European user conference in Edinburgh lastweek. John Stokdy...
View articleAt first sight the cost of #7bn estimated to solve the computermillennium problem (CMP) for the public sector looks exaggerated. WhenRobin Guenier, he...
View articleBritish Airways has won ACCA’s environmental reporting award for the second time. Its report on environmental issues affecting worldwide aviatio...
View articleSelf-assessment has encouraged US-style tax return shops to set up inthe UK. Jon Bunn asks if British taxpayers will take to them. Read More...
View articleCity watchdog IMRO will scrutinise the role played by advisers to the asset management arm of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG), including auditor KPMG, ...
View articleThe Dutch software house Baan is likely to gain a higher profile inthe UK following the announcement last week of a joint development andmarketing agr...
View articleBinder Hamlyn is the leading charity auditor in terms of total income audited, the Baring Asset Management Top 3000 Charities 1997 reveals. Binders au...
View articleThe ICA has set up a new faculty to reassert the role of charteredaccountants in corporate finance. John Hustler looks at what the new bodyhopes to ac...
View articleIn response to R K Godwin’s letter (17 April) on last year’s ACCA egm, I would like to put a number of matters on the public record. Since...
View articleA Dun & Bradstreet study reveals up to 25% of companies’ credit decisions are based on meaningless data on non-limited companies, partnersh...
View articleDeloitte & Touche has merged its personal tax, trusts and personal financial planning operations to form a single company, Deloitte & Touche P...
View articleAccountants often don't realise how well placed they are to providefinancial planning advice to their clients. Eric Stables looks at what thewise prac...
View articleOne-third of small business owners say they don’t know what Labour’s policies are, compared with 12% who plead ignorance of Conservative p...
View articleThe fight against international fraud is being hampered by differences in national laws, the existence of financial safe-havens, and a failure on the ...
View articleHertfordshire electronic engineering group Symonds has called in Arthur Andersen to investigate ‘breaches of internal controls’, believed ...
View articleUK companies which use financial instruments will be forced to state their Treasury operations’ strategy in annual reports under proposals publi...
View articleThe Treasury has prevented a potential #2bn annual loss after the European Court of Justice’s advocate general ruled that tobacco agencies canno...
View articleNatWest has extended its BankLine electronic banking service with Payment Master, a payment module that can cope with both sterling and foreign curren...
View articleRegulations dealing with issues raised by the globalisation of pensionfunds have been in operation since last June. John Watson looks at thebenefits f...
View articleIn an ideal world there would still be insolvencies but they would behandled much better than they are now. Gordon Stewart has a dream. Read More...
View articleA scheme designed to facilitate the donation of small shareholdings tocharity has taken off. Claire Mackintosh explains the attractions. Read More...
View articleACCA has rejected an appeal by Jaffer Manek, of Totteridge, London, against a disciplinary committee ruling that he wrote unprofessional correspondenc...
View articleDevelopers of corporate accounting systems Oracle and Systems Union last week announced their strategies for coping with European monetary union. At a...
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