If you can't take the heat ... meditate

Consulting If you can't take the heat ... meditate

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If you can't take the heat ... meditate

Business and meditation appear to be worlds apart, the one demanding activity, the other, stillness. But as workplace stress becomes more of an issue,...

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View from the House - Why won't the ACCA join the reform club?

Consulting View from the House - Why won't the ACCA join the reform club?

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View from the House - Why won't the ACCA join the ...

ACCA officers were condemned by 41 MPs for pressurising the employersof one reformer Read More...

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Auditors fail in duty to identify eco risks

Consulting Auditors fail in duty to identify eco risks

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Auditors fail in duty to identify eco risks

Auditors risk placing too little emphasis on the potentially dramatic financial effects of their clients’ environmental exposure, claims researc...

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PW wins Smiths audit from Clark Whitehill

Consulting PW wins Smiths audit from Clark Whitehill

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PW wins Smiths audit from Clark Whitehill

Price Waterhouse has managed to snatch the Smiths Industries audit from Clark Whitehill, removing Group A’s last true fingerhold on the FTSE 100...

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Public sector feels PFI leasing pinch

Consulting Public sector feels PFI leasing pinch

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Public sector feels PFI leasing pinch

The Government has effectively banned public sector managers for the first time from pursuing finance lease deals under the flagship private finance i...

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The agony and the ecstacy of exams

Consulting The agony and the ecstacy of exams

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The agony and the ecstacy of exams

Traditional nerves accompanied would-be accountants picking up exam results in traditional manner at Victoria Station on Friday night. Careers were on...

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City slates cheap audit trend

Consulting City slates cheap audit trend

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City slates cheap audit trend

The breakdown of management controls in the asset management arm of merchant bank Morgan Grenfell led to calls this week for auditors to take a wider ...

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Charity Commission plans one rule for all

Consulting Charity Commission plans one rule for all

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Charity Commission plans one rule for all

The Charity Commission and the DTI are planning a radical overhaul of the accounting rules governing charitable companies in order to bring them into ...

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Jobs to go in Lloyds-TSB finance depts

Consulting Jobs to go in Lloyds-TSB finance depts

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Jobs to go in Lloyds-TSB finance depts

Finance staff in the banking and insurance industries were warned last week to prepare for a fresh round of job cuts in the wake of the 150 branch clo...

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Intranets - the future of financial reporting?

Consulting Intranets - the future of financial reporting?

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Intranets - the future of financial reporting?

Some companies are considering whether to have their subsidiaries use intranet technology to send financial reporting information to head offices R...

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Andersens law firm shoots up London rankings

Consulting Andersens law firm shoots up London rankings

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Andersens law firm shoots up London rankings

Arthur Andersen’s associate law firm Garrett & Co has climbed to 97th in the London rankings. Chambers & Partners’ Directory recor...

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Unequal opportunities

Consulting Unequal opportunities

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Unequal opportunities

Are women accountants discriminated against in the profession? And ifthey are, what can be done about it? These were two of the questions askedin the ...

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