All change for technology
Management

All change for technology

29y michael laydon

All change for technology

Network computers, object-based development, connectivity via the Internet, outsourcing, Year 2000, and the EMU. These are areas earmarked for the mos...

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Tech File News briefs 9/1/97
Management

Tech File News briefs 9/1/97

29y michael laydon

Tech File News briefs 9/1/97

Sage plc, the PC accounting software vendor, reported a 34% increase in pre-tax profits on a turnover of #136.2m to the year ended 30 September 1996. ...

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UK managers fail to respond to 2000 threat
Management

UK managers fail to respond to 2000 threat

29y michael laydon

UK managers fail to respond to 2000 threat

British IT directors and managers are less well prepared to cope with the advent of the year 2000 than their European counterparts, even though they c...

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Learning to live with the euro
Management

Learning to live with the euro

29y michael laydon

Learning to live with the euro

Two things are going to happen with the euro during 1997. First, the accounting software industry will get a better handle on all the IT implications ...

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REVIEW OF THE YEAR - The best of 1996
Management

REVIEW OF THE YEAR - The best of 1996

29y michael laydon

REVIEW OF THE YEAR - The best of 1996

When the Queen addresses the nation about what a lovely year it hasbeen, which events will stick out in accountants' minds? We rewind to findout Read ...

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Software company in AIM float mix-up
Management

Software company in AIM float mix-up

29y michael laydon

Software company in AIM float mix-up

The planned flotation last week of a US accounting software company on the Alternative Investment Market has been delayed until at least Christmas ami...

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Andersens looks to India as E&Y tax staff leave London
Management

Andersens looks to India as E&Y tax staff leave London

29y michael laydon

Andersens looks to India as E&Y tax staff leav...

Arthur Andersen is considering moving its tax processing function out to India as part of radical set of proposals under study by a team of its tax pa...

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Accountants split over self-assessment filing
Management

Accountants split over self-assessment filing

29y michael laydon

Accountants split over self-assessment filing

Accountants are this week divided over the future of the Inland Revenue’s proposed system for the electronic filing of tax returns under self-as...

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OSH flotation targets mid-range IT rivals
Management

OSH flotation targets mid-range IT rivals

29y michael laydon

OSH flotation targets mid-range IT rivals

Guy Dresser looks at the AIM launch of Open Systems Holdings in the UKand its implications for the market. Read More...

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English ICA threatens Revenue tax return system
Management

English ICA threatens Revenue tax return system

29y michael laydon

English ICA threatens Revenue tax return system

The English ICA’s tax faculty is set to boycott the Inland Revenue’s proposed system for electronic filing of tax returns. The move, which...

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Budget Analysis - Tax experts turn on Clarke
Management

Budget Analysis - Tax experts turn on Clarke

29y michael laydon

Budget Analysis - Tax experts turn on Clarke

The Chancellor has provoked a furious response from so-called'ingenious' accountants. Read More...

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News briefs
Management

News briefs

29y michael laydon

News briefs

Almost two-thirds of UK organisations have scrapped applications software estimated to be worth u290m as a result of mergers and acquisitions over the...

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Profile - The dream regulator
Management

Profile - The dream regulator

29y michael laydon

Profile - The dream regulator

Oflot director general Peter Davis regulates the most successfullottery in the world, but as Leon Hopkins reports, his achievement has notshielded him...

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D&B fails to put forward clear strategy
Management

D&B fails to put forward clear strategy

29y michael laydon

D&B fails to put forward clear strategy

Dun & Bradstreet Software has changed its name to Geac, following itsacquisition by the Canadian software group. Despite the deal, no clearlong-te...

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Acquisitions offer answer for Coda
Management

Acquisitions offer answer for Coda

29y michael laydon

Acquisitions offer answer for Coda

Corporate accountancy software group Coda has announced two strategic tie-ups that go some way to answering City critics of the company, which has iss...

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47% believe Budget was not a bribe for voters
Management

47% believe Budget was not a bribe for voters

29y michael laydon

47% believe Budget was not a bribe for voters

The Budget was a genuine attempt to aid the economy, according to a survey of finance directors. Almost half of the 200 FDs polled for The Big Questio...

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LETTERS
Management

LETTERS

29y michael laydon

LETTERS

Small firms beware EU audit thresholds Mark Spofforth’s Opinion piece last week about the challenge of the millennium was thoughtful and may be ...

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Coopers to advise Open Systems Holdings in AIM float
Management

Coopers to advise Open Systems Holdings in AIM float

29y michael laydon

Coopers to advise Open Systems Holdings in AIM flo...

Coopers & Lybrand is advising US accountancy software group Open Systems Holdings for its AIM flotation next week. The company will be capitalise...

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Spending plans may cost public sector jobs
Management

Spending plans may cost public sector jobs

29y Accountancy Age

Spending plans may cost public sector jobs

The public sector will need to shed 100,000 jobs to keep within the Chancellor’s spending plans, according to CIPFA chief economist Chris Trinde...

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Taxsoft may quit ICA scheme
Management

Taxsoft may quit ICA scheme

29y Accountancy Age

Taxsoft may quit ICA scheme

One of the original members of the English ICA’s accreditation scheme for business and accounting software is set to pull out amid concern over ...

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UK company starts ball rolling at Euro exchange
Management

UK company starts ball rolling at Euro exchange

29y Accountancy Age

UK company starts ball rolling at Euro exchange

Shares in three companies are expected to start trading this week on Easdaq, the pan-European stock market that models itself on the US Nasdaq exchang...

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Revenue rejects EDS cost claims
Management

Revenue rejects EDS cost claims

29y Accountancy Age

Revenue rejects EDS cost claims

A massive 60% increase in the forecast contract cost of running the nation’s tax systems has been brushed aside as a ‘fuss over nothing...

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The best form of De fence
Management

The best form of De fence

29y Accountancy Age

The best form of De fence

In theory, it would be a far more sensible solution to see theEuropean industry rationalised with a bout of takeovers, mergers andprivatisations. Read...

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Charity begins with sound accounts
Management

Charity begins with sound accounts

29y michael laydon

Charity begins with sound accounts

The need for accountants to produce accurate and transparent reportsfor charities is greater now than ever before. John Hancock takes a look atthree o...

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The Scots are coming
Management

The Scots are coming

29y michael laydon

The Scots are coming

Ten years after three friends began RMD in an Edinburgh basement, thefirm has taken on the Big Six and become one of the country's topcorporate financ...

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ABC made simple
Management

ABC made simple

29y michael laydon

ABC made simple

Activity-based costing has traditionally been used to give a snapshotview of business performance. New systems mean that an ongoing review ispossible,...

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Software industry gears up for EMU
Management

Software industry gears up for EMU

29y michael laydon

Software industry gears up for EMU

The business and accounting software industry has held its first formal meeting with Bank of England officials to discuss progress on how to tailor pr...

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