System exchanged
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System exchanged

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System exchanged

The Stock Exchange has published draft rules governing the proposed order-driven share trading system which will replace the ten-year-old market-makin...

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ICA training reforms go through council
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ICA training reforms go through council

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ICA training reforms go through council

Education reforms put forward by the English ICA executive passed their first hurdle last week despite concern that small firms will continue to rejec...

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Scots ICA proposes relief on self-assessment advice
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Scots ICA proposes relief on self-assessment advice

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Scots ICA proposes relief on self-assessment advic...

Public hostility towards self-assessment could overwhelm the Inland Revenue’s new tax regime unless it introduces some relief to taxpayers meeti...

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Do you speak the language of success?
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Do you speak the language of success?

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Do you speak the language of success?

Accountants who are looking for a more exciting career and jobopportunities are advised to polish up on their Mandarin. Read More...

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DTI meets more flak over credit demands
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DTI meets more flak over credit demands

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DTI meets more flak over credit demands

Department of Trade & Industry proposals that public companies should disclose the average time they take to pay creditors have come under wither...

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Spirited triumph
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Spirited triumph

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Spirited triumph

Scotch whisky producers have won a victory over Japan after the World Trade Organisation ruled that the country discriminated against imported spirits...

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'Double your money or get your fees back'
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'Double your money or get your fees back'

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'Double your money or get your fees back'

A London business link agency is offering a unique money-back guarantee to local companies which have the potential to develop a ‘sustainable co...

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Top job for treasurer
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Top job for treasurer

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Top job for treasurer

The Securities and Investments Board has appointed EMI’s group treasurer Phillippa Foster Back to sit on the board of the Investors Compensation...

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0UITF clampdown on share abuse
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0UITF clampdown on share abuse

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0UITF clampdown on share abuse

Employee share ownership schemes may cost companies much more if proposals from the Accounting Standards Board are accepted. The reason is because the...

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New Pensions Act has #6m loophole
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New Pensions Act has #6m loophole

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New Pensions Act has #6m loophole

A loophole in the Pensions Act could save a typical FT-SE 100 company around #6m a year, a leading actuary has claimed. Under the terms of the Act, wh...

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Profession says no to single Euro currency
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Profession says no to single Euro currency

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Profession says no to single Euro currency

‘Europe: yes. Euro: no’ is the message from an exclusive HaysAccountancyPersonnel/Accountancy Age survey of more than 200 accountants acro...

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Skills development put to Scottish vote
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Skills development put to Scottish vote

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Skills development put to Scottish vote

Post-qualification professional development for Scottish chartered accountants will become mandatory early next year if Scots ICA members vote in favo...

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Stoys fined #5,000 over Prudential 'freebie' trip
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Stoys fined #5,000 over Prudential 'freebie' trip

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Stoys fined #5,000 over Prudential 'freebie' trip

BDO Stoy Hayward’s fine by the Institute of Chartered Accountants for its Prudential-funded ‘freebie’ to Paris (Accountancy Age, 3 O...

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New Review Board's funding levels come under spotlight
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New Review Board's funding levels come under spotlight

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New Review Board's funding levels come under spotl...

Proposals for the profession’s new regulatory regime are to be unveiled next week after months of debate by the Consultative Committee of Accoun...

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DTI to farm out fewer investigations
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DTI to farm out fewer investigations

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DTI to farm out fewer investigations

The Department of Trade and Industry has cut the number of outside investigators used to carry out enquires under section 447 of the Companies Act, de...

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Tax disk launched
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Tax disk launched

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Tax disk launched

Inland Revenue internal guidance manuals on inheritance tax are now available on disk. General examination and advanced investigation manuals have bee...

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Compulsory status for standards in pipeline
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Compulsory status for standards in pipeline

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Compulsory status for standards in pipeline

International accounting standards may become mandatory in Europe within a few years, according to Accounting Standards Board chairman Sir David Tweed...

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EMU concerns software body
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EMU concerns software body

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EMU concerns software body

Mounting concern over European Monetary Union has prompted the software industry’s trade association, BASDA, to begin lobbying the Government ov...

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Three-year limit oversteps the mark
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Three-year limit oversteps the mark

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Three-year limit oversteps the mark

Richard Watson is VAT practice head at Price Waterhouse. His open letter sent this week to Customs & Excise VAT policy chief Martin. Brown has foc...

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Soft-peddling the wares
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Soft-peddling the wares

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Soft-peddling the wares

This year's Softworld saw consolidation triumph over innovation Read More...

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Irish ICA gets tough in disciplinary overhaul
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Irish ICA gets tough in disciplinary overhaul

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Irish ICA gets tough in disciplinary overhaul

Chartered accountants struck off by the Irish ICA will in future be publicly named under a major revamp of the institute’s disciplinary procedur...

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Prelim guidelines scheduled for release by ASB
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Prelim guidelines scheduled for release by ASB

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Prelim guidelines scheduled for release by ASB

The Accounting Standards Board should publish non-mandatory ‘best practice’ guidelines on the quality and type of information produced in ...

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Church accountant to face embezzlement trial
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Church accountant to face embezzlement trial

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Church accountant to face embezzlement trial

A former assistant accountant at the Church of England’s finance and administrative headquarters in Westminster is to stand trial accused of emb...

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Your brilliant career
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Your brilliant career

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Your brilliant career

Alan Naylor continues his weekly career advice aimed at ambitiousaccountants Read More...

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News briefs
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News briefs

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News briefs

David Chitty has been appointed international technical co-ordinator by DFK International, which is a network consisting of 11 UK accounting practices...

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Andersens survey reveals Pensions Act problems
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Andersens survey reveals Pensions Act problems

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Andersens survey reveals Pensions Act problems

Major problems could arise from the recent Pensions Act forcing trustees to increase independence from associated businesses over governance, claims a...

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Coopers files ostrich farming writ
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Coopers files ostrich farming writ

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Coopers files ostrich farming writ

Coopers & Lybrand has filed a High Court writ on behalf of troubled Ostrich Farming Corporation, which ceased trading in April. Coopers, acting a...

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