Shiny Happy PeopleSoft
Management

Shiny Happy PeopleSoft

27y michael laydon

Shiny Happy PeopleSoft

With higher profits and increasingly prestigious clients drawn to itsproducts, PeopleSoft can afford to push an upbeat message. Dennis Howlettreports....

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Merger boosts Kidsons in the West Country
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Merger boosts Kidsons in the West Country

27y michael laydon

Merger boosts Kidsons in the West Country

Kidsons Impey has strengthened its position in the West Country by merging with a local rival. The firm, which is the UK’s 11th biggest accounta...

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Swinson not radical enough, claims E&Y
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Swinson not radical enough, claims E&Y

27y michael laydon

Swinson not radical enough, claims E&Y

Ernst & Young has hit out at the profession’s plan for a new regulatory watchdog, claiming it offers a short-term answer to securing public ...

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Jan insolvencies reach 8-year low
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Jan insolvencies reach 8-year low

27y michael laydon

Jan insolvencies reach 8-year low

Administrative receivership appointments and administrative orders reported in January 1997 were the lowest recorded for January over the last eight y...

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Labour pledges to keep NICs at current level
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Labour pledges to keep NICs at current level

27y michael laydon

Labour pledges to keep NICs at current level

Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown has said he will not raise the ceiling for employees’ national insurance contributions. He said it will remain un...

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NAO qualifies accounts of four Government bodies
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NAO qualifies accounts of four Government bodies

27y michael laydon

NAO qualifies accounts of four Government bodies

The National Audit Office has qualified the accounts of four Government bodies. Comptroller and Auditor General Sir John Bourne censured the Lord Chan...

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The allure of the CIMA
Management

The allure of the CIMA

27y michael laydon

The allure of the CIMA

In the last in a series of articles on how newly qualifieds can standout from the crowd, Sarah Perrin looks at industry and commerce'sincreasing deman...

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Sterling 4 is cast in Windows mould
Management

Sterling 4 is cast in Windows mould

27y michael laydon

Sterling 4 is cast in Windows mould

Sage has upgraded the Windows version of Sterling, the UK’s leading accounting package. Sterling Accounts Version 4 is modified to cope with the...

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Changes ahead
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Changes ahead

27y michael laydon

Changes ahead

In the first of a series of three articles Jo Holden makes hispredictions of the changes which lie ahead for the auditing profession. Read More...

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Follow KPMG example, say FDs
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Follow KPMG example, say FDs

27y michael laydon

Follow KPMG example, say FDs

Accountants must publish their annual results to reassure clients that their prices are right, say almost 80% of UK finance directors. Following KPMG&...

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Coopers leads the field in clinching PFI projects
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Coopers leads the field in clinching PFI projects

27y michael laydon

Coopers leads the field in clinching PFI projects

Coopers & Lybrand has emerged as the leading financial adviser on PFI projects valued at u5m and above, according to a survey published in The PF...

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KPMG decides against Big Bang methodology
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KPMG decides against Big Bang methodology

27y michael laydon

KPMG decides against Big Bang methodology

KPMG’s audit chief Gerry Acher has revealed the firm is taking an ‘evolutionary’ approach to developing the core discipline, writes ...

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Chartered accountant faces retrial in VAT fraud case
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Chartered accountant faces retrial in VAT fraud case

27y michael laydon

Chartered accountant faces retrial in VAT fraud ca...

A CA faces a retrial over allegations that he defrauded #400,000 from Customs & Excise. A Southwark Crown Court jury failed to reach a verdict on...

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Leasing industry faces challenge on 'grossing up'
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Leasing industry faces challenge on 'grossing up'

27y michael laydon

Leasing industry faces challenge on 'grossing up'

An Urgent Issues Task Force abstract issued today is aimed at the leasing industry’s practice of ‘grossing up’. It is used when tran...

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News briefs
Management

News briefs

27y michael laydon

News briefs

Internet-based interactive financial systems received a boost this month with the launch of Great Plains Software’s Dynamics NetSeries range. Th...

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ON THE LAW PATH
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ON THE LAW PATH

27y michael laydon

ON THE LAW PATH

Assessment is all the rage for partners in law and accountancy firms.But, Patrick Wilkins asks, has the culture of appraisal gone too far, andis it pr...

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Fraud trend set to escalate, say auditors
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Fraud trend set to escalate, say auditors

27y michael laydon

Fraud trend set to escalate, say auditors

The English ICA Audit Faculty fraud survey findings reveal aprofession uncertain of its ability to deal with fraud. Read More...

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Michael Allcock waits for decision on fraud charges
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Michael Allcock waits for decision on fraud charges

27y michael laydon

Michael Allcock waits for decision on fraud charge...

A verdict on 11 fraud charges against former senior Inland Revenue tax inspector Michael Allcock is due within the next few days. The Old Bailey jury ...

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Customs finally bows to pressure to honour three-year VAT repayments
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Customs finally bows to pressure to honour three-year VAT repayments

27y michael laydon

Customs finally bows to pressure to honour three-y...

Traders denied legitimate claims for VAT repayments after Customs & Excise introduced the three-year rule in July last year can now claw back the...

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'Tick box' audit forms given hostile reception from ICAs
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'Tick box' audit forms given hostile reception from ICAs

27y michael laydon

'Tick box' audit forms given hostile reception fro...

Government plans to introduce ‘fill in the blank’ standard form accounts for smaller businesses have been sharply criticised by both the E...

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JDS hits Spicers partners for #440K
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JDS hits Spicers partners for #440K

27y michael laydon

JDS hits Spicers partners for #440K

The Barlow Clowes scandal this week returned to haunt the former partners of Spicer & Pegler, after the Joint Disciplinary Scheme upheld an earlie...

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Self-assessment fears spark GPB into action
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Self-assessment fears spark GPB into action

27y michael laydon

Self-assessment fears spark GPB into action

Concern about the introduction of self-assessment has forced the General Practitioner Board to launch a political lobbying campaign. The board’s...

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Lonrho pays KPMG u5m for audit and demerger work
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Lonrho pays KPMG u5m for audit and demerger work

27y michael laydon

Lonrho pays KPMG u5m for audit and demerger work

KPMG earned u5m in fees last year from Lonrho. Audit fees of #2m for the #2bn-turnover group were boosted by #3m for demerger work. Metropole Hotels w...

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LETTERS
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LETTERS

27y michael laydon

LETTERS

CIMA finds fault with Swinson proposals Austin Mitchell (Opinion, 6 February) suggests in his remarks on the Swinson proposals for regulating auditors...

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Treasury optimistic on relocation despite delay
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Treasury optimistic on relocation despite delay

27y michael laydon

Treasury optimistic on relocation despite delay

Plans for the Treasury to occupy modern, purpose-built offices in Whitehall are proceeding slowly, despite the signing of a commercial heads of terms ...

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Cadbury rules 'would not stop Maxwell'
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Cadbury rules 'would not stop Maxwell'

27y michael laydon

Cadbury rules 'would not stop Maxwell'

Robert Maxwell may have been the beast that launched the corporate governance industry, but Ernst & Young technical partner Ron Paterson is in no...

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Why the Big Six and BVCA just cannot agree to differ
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Why the Big Six and BVCA just cannot agree to differ

27y michael laydon

Why the Big Six and BVCA just cannot agree to diff...

The strength of the venture capitalists' rebuttal has taken theaccountants by surprise, reports Andrew Sawers. Read More...

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