PRESENT VALUES - No winners, but plenty of losers.
Management

PRESENT VALUES - No winners, but plenty of losers.

27y John Stylianou

PRESENT VALUES - No winners, but plenty of losers.

Mike Darbyshire insists that the profession must stop fightingitself. Read More...

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KPMG tests year 2000 software kit
Management

KPMG tests year 2000 software kit

27y John Stokdyk

KPMG tests year 2000 software kit

Luton-based software house IT-Map is launching an inventory management system called IT-Map 2000 on the back of the year 2000 crisis. Before unleashin...

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE - Investors by proxy
Management

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE - Investors by proxy

27y John Stokdyk

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE - Investors by proxy

Are all shareholders getting a good deal? Matthew Gaved argues thatgreater disclosure requirements in company reports benefit only the few. Read More...

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INSTITUTES - Inquest called on death of CIPFA deputy
Management

INSTITUTES - Inquest called on death of CIPFA deputy

27y John Stylianou

INSTITUTES - Inquest called on death of CIPFA depu...

An inquest is being held into the sudden death last week of Richard Harris, CIPFA’s 49-year-old deputy chief executive. Shocked colleagues were ...

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INSTITUTES - CIPFA slams standards role
Management

INSTITUTES - CIPFA slams standards role

27y John Stylianou

INSTITUTES - CIPFA slams standards role

Accounting standards setters have failed to cover huge tracts of the public sector, according to CIPFA. In a damning report the public accountantsR...

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Apple pie software
Management

Apple pie software

27y John Stylianou

Apple pie software

A farmer from Horsham is launching a new bookkeeping program forsmall practices. Read More...

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Power struggles hot up
Management

Power struggles hot up

27y John Stylianou

Power struggles hot up

Energy, power and water companies face an uncertain future asregulators flex their muscles on pricing, writes Bob Reynolds. Read More...

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Small company finance: Risking it all?
Management

Small company finance: Risking it all?

27y John Stokdyk

Small company finance: Risking it all?

Money can be hard to lay your hands on if you are a small start-up,particularly in the UK. Corporate venturing could be the answer, but justhow do you...

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Image scanning gains ground in finance
Management

Image scanning gains ground in finance

27y John Stokdyk

Image scanning gains ground in finance

Document image management and workflow systems are often touted as thenext big thing in computing. Banbury-based GTOS is finding a growing marketfor s...

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Election 1997: Cohen battles on local issues
Management

Election 1997: Cohen battles on local issues

27y John Stokdyk

Election 1997: Cohen battles on local issues

Harry Cohen will be a thorn in the side of the next Government whichever party succeeds in the polls. The chirpy CIPFA accountant and MP for Leyton, w...

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ICA 1996 accounts show Colquhoun's top salary
Management

ICA 1996 accounts show Colquhoun's top salary

27y John Stokdyk

ICA 1996 accounts show Colquhoun's top salary

Andrew Colquhoun, the English ICA’s chief executive, earned #124,134 in salary, benefits and pensions contributions, the institute’s 1996 ...

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Scala plans merger with reseller arm
Management

Scala plans merger with reseller arm

27y John Stokdyk

Scala plans merger with reseller arm

Trading in shares of the Swedish accountancy software developer Scala International AB was suspended last week, following the announcement of a propos...

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Tetra goes global with CS/3 upgrade
Management

Tetra goes global with CS/3 upgrade

27y John Stokdyk

Tetra goes global with CS/3 upgrade

Tetra, touted by its management as ‘Britain’s answer to SAP, Baan and PeopleSoft’, is launching the latest upgrade of its CS/3 appli...

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Year 2000 public sector costs severely misjudged
Management

Year 2000 public sector costs severely misjudged

27y John Stokdyk

Year 2000 public sector costs severely misjudged

At first sight the cost of #7bn estimated to solve the computermillennium problem (CMP) for the public sector looks exaggerated. WhenRobin Guenier, he...

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Technology file - Hyperion links with Dutch software house
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Technology file - Hyperion links with Dutch software house

27y John Stylianou

Technology file - Hyperion links with Dutch softwa...

The Dutch software house Baan is likely to gain a higher profile inthe UK following the announcement last week of a joint development andmarketing agr...

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Technology file - Top vendors unveil euro strategies
Management

Technology file - Top vendors unveil euro strategies

27y John Stylianou

Technology file - Top vendors unveil euro strategi...

Developers of corporate accounting systems Oracle and Systems Union last week announced their strategies for coping with European monetary union. At a...

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Profile - Small talk, big ideas
Management

Profile - Small talk, big ideas

27y John Stylianou

Profile - Small talk, big ideas

Winning over the hearts and minds of the traditionally Tory smallbusiness community would be a daunting task for any shadow minister. But,as Jon Bunn ...

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Letters - Advantages of BASDA's fast-track approach
Management

Letters - Advantages of BASDA's fast-track approach

27y John Stylianou

Letters - Advantages of BASDA's fast-track approac...

The recent BASDA initiative on fast-track software procurement criticised by Simon Thorpe (Letters, 17 April) is relevant to all organisations with a ...

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Sage nudges Sovereign towards Windows
Management

Sage nudges Sovereign towards Windows

27y michael laydon

Sage nudges Sovereign towards Windows

With the latest release of the modular Sovereign range, Sage hasstrengthened its portfolio for medium-sized companies looking forWindows-based systems...

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SOFT ASSETS
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SOFT ASSETS

27y michael laydon

SOFT ASSETS

In the search for reliable financing, the value of intellectualproperty is being neglected. Mark Bezant reports on the price ofintangibles. Read More...

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Taxpoint sold in MBO
Management

Taxpoint sold in MBO

27y michael laydon

Taxpoint sold in MBO

Taxation software specialists FDS Taxpoint has been bought from IBM for u3.75m in a management buy-out. Ray Sieber, Taxpoint’s manager for 12 ye...

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Value beyond the Big Six
Management

Value beyond the Big Six

27y John Stylianou

Value beyond the Big Six

‘So what?’ say Group A firms in response to the recent noise from some of the Big Six over their shiny new added-value audit packages. ...

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Stretching the audit
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Stretching the audit

27y John Stylianou

Stretching the audit

Auditing is changing. From Big Six to small practitioner, new ways ofsatisfying clients are emerging. We report on the problems andopportunities for m...

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LETTERS
Management

LETTERS

27y John Stylianou

LETTERS

ACCA’s elite out of touch with its own membership I share Ken Kilvington’s doubts concerning ACCA’s proposals for reorganisation (Le...

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Outsourcing costs are hidden to many firms
Management

Outsourcing costs are hidden to many firms

27y John Stylianou

Outsourcing costs are hidden to many firms

UK companies will dramatically increase the use of outsourcing organisations to run their desktop computer systems over the next five years, but they ...

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FD in a cool climate
Management

FD in a cool climate

27y michael laydon

FD in a cool climate

The winning ways of John Tranter, FD of air conditioning manufacturerEaton-Williams, has taken the company from the brink of a disaster toprofitable s...

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Software vendors call for fast-track procurement
Management

Software vendors call for fast-track procurement

27y michael laydon

Software vendors call for fast-track procurement

The accountancy software industry cannot cope with the deluge of sales enquiries prompted by the year 2000 and European monetary union. At its annual ...

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