The latest investment scandal in banking poses the vital question more forcibly than ever: can auditors of the financial services sector any longer be...
View articleUnfortunately, in trying to show that the audit is more than just ?a statutory necessity? for owner-managed companies, Jo Holden (Features, 20 Februar...
View articleIn a #28m PFI project, the Post Office has joined the Contributions Agency and ICL-Fujitsu to install an IT network linking its 19,500 branches by 199...
View articleAccountancy firms could win large amounts of valuable audit work under a major shake-up of the accounting framework for local authority social service...
View articleWhat will be the big business issue of the next decade? Asked that question last week, KPMG’s senior partner Colin Sharman responded: ‘Res...
View articleEU member states are letting VAT fraud on cross-border trade flourish by failing to make full use of a computer network, claims a European Commission ...
View articleTotal money raised by companies on the Alternative Investment Market, AIM, has reached #1bn with the flotation of Birmingham City Football Club. AIM n...
View articleA conference organiser who ‘bought’ packages of facilities from hotel venues, including room hire, audio visual hire and newspapers, was n...
View articleThe International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) is still three years away from completing its set of core international accounting standards, ...
View articleThe Bank of England has strengthened its investigations team in the wake of the Barings collapse with the appointment of Martin Foster, KPMG’s h...
View articleDebtor control remains a surprisingly low priority for too manypractices. Mike Sturgess reports. Read More...
View articleRegulatory bodies are protecting the audit profession at the expenseof public interest. Read More...
View articleMarch is turning into a busy month for Sage, the Newcastle-based developer of PC-based accounting packages. At the beginning of the month, Sage announ...
View articleAIM-quoted train operator Prism Rail has recruited Robert Holmes as its FD. Holmes was FD at Stena Line UK. Read More...
View articleThe Government’s ‘basic pensions plus’ proposals, described by Prime Minister John Major as ‘a new revolution for the new gene...
View articleThe Personal Investment Authority has been criticised for delays in winning compensation for the victims of missold personal pensions. PIA chief Colle...
View articleConfusion reigns as to whether the introduction of the single European currency will harm or help UK business – and the Government is providing ...
View articleBig Six auditors fear that hundreds of their clients are failing to overhaul essential computer systems in readiness for the millennium date change, w...
View articleFebruary insolvency appointments were the lowest recorded in the last eight years according to a survey by Deloitte & Touche. Last month 173 inso...
View articleA north London accountant faces a prison sentence if he fails to pay more than #29,000 in fines and costs imposed following his conviction for failing...
View articleInternational law firm Pinsent Curtis has appointed a partner from Price Waterhouse as FD. Stephen Hancock will join from 1 May. He will use his skill...
View articleFour chartered accountants had their Investment Business Authorisation withdrawn by the English ICA’s Financial Services Authorisation Committee...
View articleA 3i survey found independent businesses ‘happy’ with advice from their accountants, but critical of management consultants. Read More...
View articleThe English ICA has slammed Government proposals to create a new class of NICs. The institute says class 1B contributions contradict Government policy...
View articleCreditForce+, an on-line credit control and collections management system, is now available in the UK from Rochester-based Innovation Software. Credit...
View articleUnsustainable social security costs and an ageing population areforcing society to rethink its pension provisions strategy. John Hancockexamines the o...
View articleThe Government's promise of a pot of gold for everyone at the end ofthe pensions rainbow is a dangerous illusion. Richard Murphy explains why. Read Mo...
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