The Hampel committee should reduce the burden of corporate governance on public companies rather than extend it, a survey by Binder Hamlyn has reveale...
View articleRawlinson, Pryde and Partners of Bedford has appointed Susan Todhunter (left) as a partner. Todhunter is the first woman to join the line-up of five m...
View articleNew regulations to force overseas firms working for UK auditors to co-operate with the Joint Disciplinary Scheme are being considered by the English I...
View articleThe USA must adopt international accounting standards or jeopardise the position of its capital markets, according to a full-time member of the Financ...
View articleThe auditors leading the profession’s campaign for reform of joint and several liability this week called for renewed pressure on the Government...
View articlePaul Williams explains to Guy Dresser why many information projectsgo wrong and how failures can be avoided. Read More...
View articleBounty hunters that fund claims by liquidators in return for a slice of a crashed company’s assets have been effectively banned by the Court of ...
View articleAccountants tend to be conservative when choosing software, especially in the area of tax, where many firms have been using their systems for years. B...
View articleA future Labour Government would make the provision of long-term care one of its first priorities, the party has confirmed. Shadow health spokesman, C...
View articleIn this extract from his recent speech, Antony Beevor argues that lawreform is a better solution than last week's Big Six proposal. Read More...
View articleRadical proposals to merge the English ICA’s professional conduct and practice regulation directorates were passed by the institute’s coun...
View articleBuying a business without looking into the transfer of companypensions could result in a profits calamity, warns Moray Sharp. Read More...
View articleBritish Airways will be the first of many blue chip companies to contract out their accounting operations to the Far East in the rush to cut administr...
View articleSeveral leading UK plcs are this week urging the Accounting Standards Board to abandon the part of its share scheme reform proposals which could poten...
View articlePrice Waterhouse gets first mainline flotation, as Guinness Mahonboosts its track record, writes Andrew Sawers. Read More...
View articleIn two years Government departments must forget the habits of alifetime and shift towards accruals-based accounting. They will also needsoftware syste...
View articleFurther to your front-page article on self-employed building sub-contractors (31 October), I would like to stress the point even further. We have 300 ...
View articleThe Accounting Standards Board’s discussion paper, Derivatives and other financial instruments, will confuse users, many of whom are not yet awa...
View articleCompanies can be notoriously reluctant to write down their assets, asthis month's Company Reporting reveals. Read More...
View articleA blunt report on the future of chartered accountancy makes bleakreading. With the steady encroachment of deregulation and technology, theprofession w...
View articleRegulation can cloud as many issues as it seeks to clarify, JohnCollier outlines ten points to help professionals find their way Read More...
View articleComputer Associates has announced an intuitive multimedia interface for its CA-Masterpiece financial software system. The interface is designed to imp...
View articleColin Sharman reveals the pros and cons of incorporation, itspotential repercussions for clients and why it serves the wider publicinterest Read More...
View articleThe axiom that an auditor is not a bloodhound but a watchdog is notmuch help when everybody seems to think that the firm ought to havespotted what was...
View articleHere is what appears to be the draft of a letter from the Big Sixaccountancy firms to the Secretary of State for Trade & Industry, whetherthe pres...
View articleIf you can't sue your supplier, who else do you turn to but youroverpaid accountant? Jon Bunn looks at the feel-good factor of limitedliability in Ame...
View articlePsychometric testing is becoming increasingly prevalent in theinterview process, as many accountants are discovering. Read More...
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