John Major may not be a fan of the 48-hour working week, but Stephen Coleclough can’t wait for it. As a VAT partner with City law firm Simmons &...
View articleMore than 1,500 CIMA accountants will be eligible to act as reporting accountants following regulations laid before Parliament this week and coming in...
View articleAuditors will begin qualifying companies’ accounts if any of their mission-critical computer systems prove unable to cope with the four-digit ye...
View articleSmall businesses have been prevented from taking their claims for compensation against UK banks to the Banking Ombudsman because the claims threshold ...
View articleMPs have criticised a report by the National Audit Office which clears the Atomic Energy Authority of allowing a conflict of interest to benefit Coope...
View articleSimon Rees and Andy Pollock's decision to quit Ernst & Young and setup shop for themselves has been amply vindicated. Their ability to spotgaps in...
View articleAccountants must take advantage of expert witness programmes if theyare to do justice to themselves in court, writes John Ellison. Read More...
View articleKidsons Impey has beaten off stiff competition to win its first National Audit Office contract, worth almost #100,000 a year. The firm’s Manches...
View articleRobson Rhodes has been called in to help Jersey’s Fraud Squad investigate alleged #16.5m currency trading losses at Cantrade. Robson Rhodes part...
View articleWhen the Queen addresses the nation about what a lovely year it hasbeen, which events will stick out in accountants' minds? We rewind to findout Read ...
View articleChancellor Kenneth Clarke’s Budget move to counter tax avoidance schemes in the insurance market will result in a ‘distortion of competiti...
View articleThe Auditing Practices Board is preparing guidance for reporting accountants facing a rising tide of companies presenting ten to 12 year profit projec...
View articleThe 100 Group of Finance Directors will be writing to the Office of Fair Trading within a week to express its concern about the Big Six liability cap ...
View articleDavid McDonnell, national managing partner at Grant Thornton, this week called on the English ICA to provide accounting guidelines for firms looking t...
View articleOnly 10% of finance directors say their company is currently involved in detailed preparation for the introduction of the euro on 1 January 1999. Almo...
View articleThe planned flotation last week of a US accounting software company on the Alternative Investment Market has been delayed until at least Christmas ami...
View articleBDO Stoy Hayward has been appointed as liquidator to Facia, the collapsed retail empire of entrepreneur Stephen Hinchliffe. At a creditors’ meet...
View articleArthur Andersen is considering moving its tax processing function out to India as part of radical set of proposals under study by a team of its tax pa...
View articleBrian Birkenhead, chairman of the 100 Group of Finance Directors, has come out in favour of positioning the Auditing Practices Board under the Financi...
View articleErnst & Young’s clients this week welcomed the firm’s decision to release ‘plc-style’ results, but demanded greater disclo...
View articleAccountants are this week divided over the future of the Inland Revenue’s proposed system for the electronic filing of tax returns under self-as...
View articleEmbarrassing attention is focussed this week on Price Waterhouse’s role as former auditor of the troubled Royal Academy, following revelations o...
View articleThe 1 in 8 Group, a charity which challenges the portrayal of disabled people in the media, is looking for an accountant to join as a trustee. The gro...
View articleUK businesses are sharply divided on the merits of a single European currency, with opinion surveys throwing up contradictory signals. Worse, few busi...
View articleAccountants are happier in the North. Their southern counterparts mayearn higher salaries, but northerners feel their jobs provide them withmore adequ...
View articleSome of the biggest City scandals could be avoided if senior management showed more support and commitment to internal auditors. David Brilliant, chai...
View articleDirectors of UK companies received on average pay rises in the range of 3.7%-5% last year, according to the latest Reward Group/Institute of Directors...
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