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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View articleCoopers & Lybrand is advising US accountancy software group Open Systems Holdings for its AIM flotation next week. The company will be capitalise...
View articleThe public sector will need to shed 100,000 jobs to keep within the Chancellor’s spending plans, according to CIPFA chief economist Chris Trinde...
View articleOne of the original members of the English ICA’s accreditation scheme for business and accounting software is set to pull out amid concern over ...
View articleShares 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...
View articleA massive 60% increase in the forecast contract cost of running the nation’s tax systems has been brushed aside as a ‘fuss over nothing...
View articleIn theory, it would be a far more sensible solution to see theEuropean industry rationalised with a bout of takeovers, mergers andprivatisations. Read...
View articleThe need for accountants to produce accurate and transparent reportsfor charities is greater now than ever before. John Hancock takes a look atthree o...
View articleTen 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...
View articleActivity-based costing has traditionally been used to give a snapshotview of business performance. New systems mean that an ongoing review ispossible,...
View articleThe business and accounting software industry has held its first formal meeting with Bank of England officials to discuss progress on how to tailor pr...
View articleWaterford Wedgwood's group FD Richard Barnes always wanted to be afireman, sadly vertigo put pay to his plans. But, as he tells Harriot LaneFox, he's ...
View articleA recent survey undertaken by CIPFA throws local authority ITstrategies into question. Douglas Hayward investigates. Read More...
View articleLife is getting back to normal at employment agency Robert Half International after glitches with a new accounting system left it unable to issue corr...
View articleComputer software suppliers who make promises they can’t keep will face an increasing threat of legal action, according to PA Consulting. IT exp...
View articleCompany car fleets can be expensive to run, but is your FD aware ofall the options? Nigel Greenaway discusses the changing world of contracthire. Read...
View articleAccountants tend to be conservative when choosing software, especially in the area of tax, where many firms have been using their systems for years. B...
View articlePrice Waterhouse gets first mainline flotation, as Guinness Mahonboosts its track record, writes Andrew Sawers. Read More...
View articleIn two years Government departments must forget the habits of alifetime and shift towards accruals-based accounting. They will also needsoftware syste...
View articleFurther to your front-page article on self-employed building sub-contractors (31 October), I would like to stress the point even further. We have 300 ...
View articleComputer Associates has announced an intuitive multimedia interface for its CA-Masterpiece financial software system. The interface is designed to imp...
View articleCompanies are finally acknowledging the scale and impact ofmillennium dating on their computer systems. But if they are expectingtheir supplier to sor...
View articleMalcolm Wheatley talks to Dave Duffield about the managementphilosophy behind software firm PeopleSoft Read More...
View articleThe Scottish Nationalist Party is about to release details of its plans to cut corporate taxation in a bid to boost Scotland’s business and fina...
View articleThe strong performance of stock markets worldwide has created newopportunities for portfolio managers, but as John Wright explains, therisks remain hi...
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