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Hereward Philips of North London has made three internal appointments. Nick Antoniou (above, centre) has been made a partner. He is a leading member o...

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ACCA casts net to catch chartereds
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ACCA casts net to catch chartereds

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ACCA casts net to catch chartereds

The certifieds’ association ACCA is set to fire the first salvos in a new battle with the English ICA over the registration of insolvency practi...

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Due diligence fails to impress cross-border business buyers
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Due diligence fails to impress cross-border business buyers

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Due diligence fails to impress cross-border busine...

European companies believe that cross-border acquisitions are riskier than domestic ones, but most have low expectations of the value of due diligence...

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Call for improved standards in local government
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Call for improved standards in local government

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Call for improved standards in local government

Corporate governance performance standards in local government must be improved, claims the Institute of Internal Auditors. The IIA’s response t...

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If it stands up for itself, the Review Board will work
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If it stands up for itself, the Review Board will work

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If it stands up for itself, the Review Board will ...

If the accountancy profession’s proposed Review Board is to succeed in its aim of ensuring the public interest always prevails, it must possess ...

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External reports impotent
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External reports impotent

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External reports impotent

External reporting procedures are a ‘necessary evil’ and have no direct influence on management decisions, a CIMA survey claims. Mancheste...

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Opinion - A standard format for SME accounts is the way forward
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Opinion - A standard format for SME accounts is the way forward

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Opinion - A standard format for SME accounts is th...

A DTI report points the way for the creation of a standard format forsmall company accounts. Jane Crumpton-Taylor explains. Read More...

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Making the most of your PC
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Making the most of your PC

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Making the most of your PC

An independent survey says finance professionals are not exploitingPC networking potential. Guy Clapperton reports Read More...

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Blueprint for institutes' review board revealed
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Blueprint for institutes' review board revealed

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Blueprint for institutes' review board revealed

The Swinson-Gemmell working party’s masterplan for a review board to oversee individual institutes’ regulation and discipline was official...

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NHS funds boost private health services
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NHS funds boost private health services

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NHS funds boost private health services

National Health Service managers could be misusing public funds to subsidise private wards, a research study has claimed. The report found that the NH...

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New attack on VAT rule
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New attack on VAT rule

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New attack on VAT rule

Customs' poor handling of the three-year rule has been further exposedby PW's Richard Watson. Jon Bunn reports. Read More...

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Fraud boosted by business change
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Fraud boosted by business change

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Fraud boosted by business change

Corporate restructurings have massively increased the incidence of fraud, according to a leading investigator. Metropolitan Police detective chief ins...

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Monitoring your goals
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Monitoring your goals

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Monitoring your goals

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

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Top firms sucked into Greer row
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Top firms sucked into Greer row

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Top firms sucked into Greer row

The Big Six were dragged into the sleaze row surrounding Conservative MP Neil Hamilton and political lobbyist Ian Greer this week. Greer’s firm ...

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Factoring is on the up
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Factoring is on the up

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Factoring is on the up

Pan-European demand for factoring services is rocketing, helped by a boom in the former eastern European states. A new report by Factors Chain Interna...

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There is an alternative
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There is an alternative

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There is an alternative

When it comes to firms making a splash in the corporate finance pond,even the Big Six find themselves considered minnows. The launch of AIMlast year, ...

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City bank denies it will sue KPMG
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City bank denies it will sue KPMG

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City bank denies it will sue KPMG

Troubled investment bank Deutsche Morgan Grenfell has denied reports it is set to sue KPMG over its role as auditor of the three scandal-hit European ...

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Government to accelerate PFI process
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Government to accelerate PFI process

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Government to accelerate PFI process

The Government has caved in to demands for simpler procedures to ease negotiations which are holding up projects funded through the Private Finance In...

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Institute sues Mitchell
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Institute sues Mitchell

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Institute sues Mitchell

The English ICA (right) is suing former chartered accountant David Campbell Mitchell for the u87,000 costs of disciplinary hearings against him. Mitch...

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Principle and efficiency in joint and several liability
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Principle and efficiency in joint and several liability

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Principle and efficiency in joint and several liab...

David Leighton contrasts complete proportionate liability with amodified form favoured by the Association of British Insurers Read More...

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New chief for KPMG
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New chief for KPMG

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New chief for KPMG

KPMG International chairman Jon Madonna has handed over the reins as chairman and chief executive of the firm’s US practice, KPMG Peat Marwick, ...

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Deloittes confronted Facia over financials
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Deloittes confronted Facia over financials

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Deloittes confronted Facia over financials

Facia’s auditors Deloitte & Touche warned the company that the manner in which it had obtained finance ‘may have resulted in the comm...

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And so farewell to IT?
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And so farewell to IT?

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And so farewell to IT?

There aren’t many organisations that are truly happy with the structure and performance of their information technology department. But new rese...

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Surviving buyouts a problem for FDs
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Surviving buyouts a problem for FDs

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Surviving buyouts a problem for FDs

Finance directors are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with major business change, according to speakers at the 1996 conference of the Englis...

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Further dividend paid out to St Helen's creditors
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Further dividend paid out to St Helen's creditors

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Further dividend paid out to St Helen's creditors

Creditors of St Helen’s Insurance Co Ltd will receive a further 10p in the pound, liquidators Coopers & Lybrand announced this week. Total ...

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Merger of Sage and Pegasus cancelled
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Merger of Sage and Pegasus cancelled

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Merger of Sage and Pegasus cancelled

Accounting software developers Sage and Pegasus have called off merger talks after legal advisers warned that the deal faced referral to the Monopolie...

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The GAPP between the JMU and its critics is small
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The GAPP between the JMU and its critics is small

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The GAPP between the JMU and its critics is small

The Joint Monitoring Unit’s modus operandi have been the subject of bitter debate since its inception following the Financial Services Act in 19...

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