Ex-PW man to join NPI as chief executive
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Ex-PW man to join NPI as chief executive

27y John Stylianou

Ex-PW man to join NPI as chief executive

Former Price Waterhouse man Alistair Lyons is to succeed Kevin McBrien as chief executive of life assurance group NPI in June. Lyons is a former finan...

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Big Six exploit internal audit boom
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Big Six exploit internal audit boom

27y John Stylianou

Big Six exploit internal audit boom

A bonanza of outsourcing and partnering deals saw Big Six firms more than double their income from internal audit work last year. Price Waterhouse sai...

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Experts argue over cost of Year 2000 compliance
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Experts argue over cost of Year 2000 compliance

27y michael laydon

Experts argue over cost of Year 2000 compliance

UK businesses can be forgiven for squirming at estimates of fixing the millennium computer problem. After all, the billions of pounds we are told they...

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ICA punishes wrongdoers
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ICA punishes wrongdoers

27y michael laydon

ICA punishes wrongdoers

The English ICA has severely reprimanded Momcilo Novakovic, of Mill Street, Bedford, and fined him u3,000 with u4,665 costs for failing to carry out a...

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Accounting standards in an age of international markets
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Accounting standards in an age of international markets

27y michael laydon

Accounting standards in an age of international ma...

The harmonisation of accounting standards globally will havefar-reaching implications, not least for the UK, says Robert Langford. Read More...

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Second thoughts
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Second thoughts

27y michael laydon

Second thoughts

Secondhand car values can be a real gamble, and no one has a harderjob than fleet managers who have to budget for resale prices. Steve Dunnreports. Re...

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Access lures users with free trials
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Access lures users with free trials

27y michael laydon

Access lures users with free trials

Access Accounting is offering accountants in practice a free six-month trial for a budgeting and forecasting application. Access Executive Planner is ...

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Europe: crossing the great divide
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Europe: crossing the great divide

27y michael laydon

Europe: crossing the great divide

Expanding into Europe can throw up multiple problems for car leasing.Whose cars do you lease, how do you standardise and how much will it costyou? Pet...

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News briefs
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News briefs

27y michael laydon

News briefs

HM Land Registry has awarded a u650,000 contract to outsource its payroll functions to Axis Resources of Harlow. Erskine Management Consultancy helped...

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LETTERS
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LETTERS

27y michael laydon

LETTERS

All letters should be sent to: The Editor, Accountancy Age, VNUHouse, 32-34 Broadwick Street, London W1A 2HG. They may be faxed to0171-316 9250, or pu...

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Beware consultancy
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Beware consultancy

27y michael laydon

Beware consultancy

In response to last month's feature on the future of audit, DavidHatherly warns firms against the rise of the consultancy ethos. Read More...

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Sage nudges Sovereign towards Windows
Management

Sage nudges Sovereign towards Windows

27y michael laydon

Sage nudges Sovereign towards Windows

With the latest release of the modular Sovereign range, Sage hasstrengthened its portfolio for medium-sized companies looking forWindows-based systems...

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ASB denies plans for discounting standard
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ASB denies plans for discounting standard

27y michael laydon

ASB denies plans for discounting standard

The Accounting Standards Board has admitted its latest working paper on discounting, published this week, will not automatically trigger an accounting...

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OpenAccounts has introduced a new version of its Financials suite
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OpenAccounts has introduced a new version of its Financials suite

27y michael laydon

OpenAccounts has introduced a new version of its F...

A client/server application family for Unix and Windows NT servers, OpenAccounts can be accessed from desktop PC client systems running either Windows...

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Key advice from Industry Forum
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Key advice from Industry Forum

27y michael laydon

Key advice from Industry Forum

Behind Labour’s overt wooing of business lies a group of 250 top industrialists and business leaders. The Industry Forum is a central pillar of ...

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Labour plans independent regulation for accountants
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Labour plans independent regulation for accountants

27y michael laydon

Labour plans independent regulation for accountant...

Labour’s business manifesto promises to introduce independent regulation of the accountancy profession and to review the law on joint and severa...

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Boom time
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Boom time

27y michael laydon

Boom time

The demand for accountants shows no signs of abating with the bankingand finance sector leading the way once again. Read More...

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Blair supports future of PFI projects in the NHS
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Blair supports future of PFI projects in the NHS

27y michael laydon

Blair supports future of PFI projects in the NHS

A Labour government will honour the backlog of Private Finance Initiative agreements signed by NHS trusts, but will subject new partnership projects t...

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Is Labour the party of business? Not yet
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Is Labour the party of business? Not yet

27y michael laydon

Is Labour the party of business? Not yet

Getting Granada chairman Gerry Robinson to take part in the launch of Labour’s business manifesto and its party election broadcast was a stroke ...

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FDs opt for raised taxes
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FDs opt for raised taxes

27y michael laydon

FDs opt for raised taxes

The next Government should raise taxes to pay for improvements to education, the health service, and law and order say 54% of finance directors. Only ...

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PAC condemns health authority payments
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PAC condemns health authority payments

27y michael laydon

PAC condemns health authority payments

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have added to criticism of leading public sector accountancy figures involved in irregular payments to senior man...

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TRIPLE ALLIANCE
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TRIPLE ALLIANCE

27y michael laydon

TRIPLE ALLIANCE

The triumvirate of banker, accountant and small business client is adynamic force that is all too rarely harnessed, argues John Spence. Read More...

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National Savings to raise quota of accountants
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National Savings to raise quota of accountants

27y michael laydon

National Savings to raise quota of accountants

The National Savings Agency is to double its staff of qualified accountants following damning criticism from MPs. The House of Commons Public Accounts...

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SOFT ASSETS
Management

SOFT ASSETS

27y michael laydon

SOFT ASSETS

In the search for reliable financing, the value of intellectualproperty is being neglected. Mark Bezant reports on the price ofintangibles. Read More...

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Pay hike of 21% for Smithkline Beecham's FD
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Pay hike of 21% for Smithkline Beecham's FD

27y michael laydon

Pay hike of 21% for Smithkline Beecham's FD

Smithkline Beecham’s finance chief, Hugh Collum FCA, saw his total pay rise 21% last year to #756,000, according to the company’s annual r...

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ACCA proposes new disciplinary scheme
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ACCA proposes new disciplinary scheme

27y michael laydon

ACCA proposes new disciplinary scheme

More than a year after its acrimonious withdrawal from the Joint Disciplinary Scheme, ACCA is to ask its members’ permission at its agm on 8 May...

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FRSSE must be 'self-contained' says ACCA
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FRSSE must be 'self-contained' says ACCA

27y michael laydon

FRSSE must be 'self-contained' says ACCA

ACCA has accused the Accounting Standards Board of undermining its own Financial Reporting Standard for Small Entities (FRSSE) by requiring ‘exp...

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