No panacea for year 2000 problem
Management

No panacea for year 2000 problem

28y michael laydon

No panacea for year 2000 problem

Companies are finally acknowledging the scale and impact ofmillennium dating on their computer systems. But if they are expectingtheir supplier to sor...

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BASDA's links with banking open up EDI
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BASDA's links with banking open up EDI

28y michael laydon

BASDA's links with banking open up EDI

Software developers have forged links with the banking industry to simplify the process of integrating financial electronic data interchange (EDI) int...

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Tweedie demands decision on international standards
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Tweedie demands decision on international standards

28y michael laydon

Tweedie demands decision on international standard...

Finance directors of UK companies must decide now whether they want to adopt international accounting standards or go it alone, claims Sir David Tweed...

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Reactions to Roger Davis's code of accounting principles
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Reactions to Roger Davis's code of accounting principles

28y michael laydon

Reactions to Roger Davis's code of accounting prin...

Ian Marchant, finance director, Southern Electric: ‘The question as to whether the UK goes along with international standards is like the debate...

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Davis addresses needs of company directors
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Davis addresses needs of company directors

28y michael laydon

Davis addresses needs of company directors

The tide of international standards cannot be pushed back - but whoare the first users of accounts? Directors or shareholders? Read More...

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People power pushes client/server
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People power pushes client/server

28y michael laydon

People power pushes client/server

Malcolm Wheatley talks to Dave Duffield about the managementphilosophy behind software firm PeopleSoft Read More...

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Roger Davis's code of accounting principles
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Roger Davis's code of accounting principles

28y michael laydon

Roger Davis's code of accounting principles

1. The purpose of accounts is to provide financial performance indicators for a company’s board, shareholders and other stakeholders with a legi...

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DTI launches overhaul of insolvency regime
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DTI launches overhaul of insolvency regime

28y michael laydon

DTI launches overhaul of insolvency regime

The insolvency profession is preparing for a major overhaul of its regulatory regime, following the launch of a wide-ranging review led by the Departm...

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FDs' calls met with revised FRS1 'pure cash' definition
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FDs' calls met with revised FRS1 'pure cash' definition

28y michael laydon

FDs' calls met with revised FRS1 'pure cash' defin...

The ASB has responded to calls from finance directors and treasurers, with the release of a fine-tuned cash flow statement under a revised FRS1. The n...

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Failed company directors evade disqualification
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Failed company directors evade disqualification

28y michael laydon

Failed company directors evade disqualification

More than 307,000 company directors – 12% of the total – have been involved with more than one company failure in the last seven years, ac...

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Chesterton to decide PW's fate
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Chesterton to decide PW's fate

28y michael laydon

Chesterton to decide PW's fate

Price Waterhouse’s future as auditors of property group Chesterton will be decided by the company’s audit committee today. PW, auditor to ...

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] ICA publishes environmental paper
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] ICA publishes environmental paper

28y michael laydon

] ICA publishes environmental paper

The English ICA this week published, Environmental Issues in Financial Reporting, a paper which looks at how the financial reporting framework copes w...

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ACCA egm meets to vote on electoral reform
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ACCA egm meets to vote on electoral reform

28y michael laydon

ACCA egm meets to vote on electoral reform

ACCA members meet today to vote on ten proposals for radical changes to the certifieds’ association. Dissident members Prem Sikka and Ken Robins...

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Deloittes settles ADT row with Binders
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Deloittes settles ADT row with Binders

28y michael laydon

Deloittes settles ADT row with Binders

The acrimonious dispute between Deloitte & Touche and Binder Hamlyn over unpaid fees for Deloittes’ #1m expert witness work during the ADT ...

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Democratic aspirations ring changes at CIMA
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Democratic aspirations ring changes at CIMA

28y michael laydon

Democratic aspirations ring changes at CIMA

CIMA is considering a series of internal governance changes which are designed to make the institute more democratic. The proposals, coming as a resul...

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SNP outlines four-option package for businesses
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SNP outlines four-option package for businesses

28y michael laydon

SNP outlines four-option package for businesses

The Scottish Nationalist Party is about to release details of its plans to cut corporate taxation in a bid to boost Scotland’s business and fina...

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Kingston Smith opens office in Goswell Road
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Kingston Smith opens office in Goswell Road

28y michael laydon

Kingston Smith opens office in Goswell Road

Top-30 accountant Kingston Smith opened its new City office this week in Goswell Road at the former HQ of the English ICA. The freehold of the buildin...

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Business Links wins grant for national Internet site
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Business Links wins grant for national Internet site

28y michael laydon

Business Links wins grant for national Internet si...

Business Links – which is facing evaluation and impact studies next year – is to expand its use of the Internet with funding from the Depa...

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Commission stalls over audit liability decision
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Commission stalls over audit liability decision

28y michael laydon

Commission stalls over audit liability decision

The European Commission’s ‘can’t do’ attitude towards reforming the auditors’ liability regime has been criticised by th...

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National Savings sums don't add up
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National Savings sums don't add up

28y michael laydon

National Savings sums don't add up

A shortage of trained accountants has hindered plans by government agency National Savings to improve its financial accounting procedures, the Nationa...

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LLP registration tempts Guernsey firms
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LLP registration tempts Guernsey firms

28y michael laydon

LLP registration tempts Guernsey firms

Guernsey is set to join Jersey in offering accountancy firms limited liability partnerships. Island draftsmen are preparing to draw up LLP legislation...

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Firms refuse Dame Shirley's plans for Audit Commission
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Firms refuse Dame Shirley's plans for Audit Commission

28y michael laydon

Firms refuse Dame Shirley's plans for Audit Commis...

Accountancy firms have largely rejected proposals from the former leader of Westminster City Council, Dame Shirley Porter, for radical reforms to the ...

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The big question
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The big question

28y michael laydon

The big question

Accountancy Age has teamed up with recruitment consultants Reed Accountancy Personnel to introduce a new service to the profession. Each week we will ...

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Customs faces more three-year paybacks
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Customs faces more three-year paybacks

28y michael laydon

Customs faces more three-year paybacks

Argos and Elida Gibbs plan to challenge the Government’s controversial three-year rule on VAT repayments in a bid to maximise successful claims ...

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Nazi gold memorandum issued to Big Six
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Nazi gold memorandum issued to Big Six

28y michael laydon

Nazi gold memorandum issued to Big Six

The committee set up to hunt for Nazi gold still held in dormant Swiss bank accounts has issued a memorandum to the Big Six accountancy firms detailin...

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ASB out of line with IASC over pensions
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ASB out of line with IASC over pensions

28y michael laydon

ASB out of line with IASC over pensions

The International Accounting Standards Board’s Exposure Draft on pensions and employee benefits issued last week increased the pressure on the A...

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Cable & Wireless telecoms merger promises high returns for key
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Cable & Wireless telecoms merger promises high returns for key

28y michael laydon

Cable & Wireless telecoms merger promises high...

KPMG is set to be one of the biggest winners from the #5bn tie-up of the UK cable and telephone interests of Cable & Wireless, Nynex and Bell Cana...

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