Small, family-owned businesses should be included in the corporate governance debate, according to ACCA’s submission to the Hampel committee. It...
View articleDeloitte & Touche has turned to John Magill (right), famous for his investigation of the ‘homes-for-votes’ scandal at Westminster Cit...
View articleWith the disappointing take-up of Windows 95, Microsoft is settinggreat store by its new 32-bit operating system Windows NT. But is this anopportunity...
View articleDavid Davies is currently heading a team of former finance directors on a major change programme following a large management buy-in. ‘As a comp...
View articleSuccessful companies are open-minded, listen to advice and assign animportant role to non-executive directors, argues Michael Snyder. Read More...
View articleLogistics has revolutionised distribution with retailing witnessingthe most advances. Chris Lawrence examines the developments. Read More...
View articleSince Derek Bonham joined Hanson in 1971, company profits have grownfrom #2.8m to u1.8bn. But, as Leon Hopkins reports, with the days of bigacquisitio...
View articleA NAO report shows how financial reporting at National Savings wasflawed and out-of-date. Read More...
View articleBringing in an interim manager is increasingly popular as an optionin times of corporate change. Dynamism and a sound grasp of finance is aprerequisit...
View articleThe UK was the most popular destination in Europe for overseas corporate acquirers last year, according to KPMG Corporate Finance. Foreign companies b...
View articleEasdaq, the pan-European electronic stock exchange which launched in September, has admitted Swiss-based manufacturing group Mercer International as i...
View articleThe ASB is facing a predicament over deferred tax: should it adoptthe relevant international accounting standard or stick with the UKapproach? Peter C...
View articleLast week's #395m takeover of Freemans by Littlewoods, and Customs'victory on VAT on credit deals show that the cosy world of home shoppingis undergoi...
View articleEnglish ICA member John Williams, sole practitioner of Williams Ferrington of Tonbridge, Kent, was severely reprimanded and fined #10,000 for failing ...
View articlePrice Waterhouse’s UK net fee income for the year to 30 June 1996 is estimated to be #425m, up 11% on the previous year, writes Jon Bunn. The fi...
View articleThe future of the Joint Disciplinary Scheme could be finally decided on 22 January at a meeting of the cross-institute working party. The six bodies w...
View articleNetwork computers, object-based development, connectivity via the Internet, outsourcing, Year 2000, and the EMU. These are areas earmarked for the mos...
View articleErnst & Young earned #8m in 1996 for advisory work for Hanson. E&Y offices outside the UK raked in up to #7m in fees, according to Hanson...
View articleThe Scots ICA plans to appoint an ombudsman to deal with complaints by the public about its disciplinary procedures. The move, part of a set of measur...
View articleChancellor Kenneth Clarke wants to market test the Treasury’s Economic Forecasting Department. A consultant will draw up test specifications whi...
View article1996 was a good year for the accountancy job market. Most sectors inmost regions have shown strong growth, while salary increases have keptwell ahead ...
View articleLord Weinstock, chairman emeritus of GEC, has said accountants are as much to blame as dishonest directors for the wave of corporate governance regula...
View articleThe Treasury Select Committee’s report on the Barings collapse has recommended that different accountants to the statutory auditors be used when...
View articleThe DTI faces increasing pressure to provide a legal framework for UK multinationals to file accounts under international accounting rules, claims Pri...
View articlePrice Waterhouse's Rodger Hughes gives his support to UKparticipation in the formulation of international standards. Read More...
View articleBoth the English ICA and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) have advised the Hampel committee that no major concessions in the Cadbury or Green...
View articleAn Inland Revenue clerk was jailed for a year on Monday after doctoring friends’ tax returns. Darren Verity, 30, of Leicester, defrauded the Rev...
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