Communication - It's good to listen
Consulting

Communication - It's good to listen

26y John Stokdyk

Communication - It's good to listen

Grand company plans can proceed far more smoothly by taking care to find out staff opinion, says David Sowter. Read More...

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Taxation - Choosing between pensions and ISAs
Personal Tax

Taxation - Choosing between pensions and ISAs

26y John Stokdyk

Taxation - Choosing between pensions and ISAs

Taxation of investments is in grave danger of getting out of hand, says Nigel Eastaway. Read More...

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Ann Baldwin - Clutching at straws for excuses
Personal Tax

Ann Baldwin - Clutching at straws for excuses

26y John Stokdyk

Ann Baldwin - Clutching at straws for excuses

If you missed 31 January deadline for any tax returns and cannot use serious illness, death, fire, flood or theft as an excuse, what plausible story m...

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News in Brief - 19 February
Consulting

News in Brief - 19 February

26y John Stokdyk

News in Brief - 19 February

Tax reforms to go ahead The Foreign Office is to press ahead with reforms of financial regulation in UK dependent territories, despite opposition from...

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New coins will cause havoc
Consulting

New coins will cause havoc

26y John Stokdyk

New coins will cause havoc

Small and medium-sized businesses are ill-prepared for the introduction of euro coins when they join the other continental currencies as legal tender ...

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All singing to the same hymn sheet?
Consulting

All singing to the same hymn sheet?

26y John Stokdyk

All singing to the same hymn sheet?

Sir Peter Kemp challenges the ASB's view of reporting financial performance. Read More...

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Careers - Cash on demand
Accounting Software

Careers - Cash on demand

26y Accountancy Age

Careers - Cash on demand

A City revival and growing competition for strategy recruits means that the sky's the limit for top graduates and MBAs. But this bidding war is bringi...

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Softworld for the Supply Chain - Supplying competitive edge
Accounting Software

Softworld for the Supply Chain - Supplying competitive edge

26y Accountancy Age

Softworld for the Supply Chain - Supplying competi...

In today’s demanding market, the supply chain is a competitive weapon that can make all the difference between a firm’s survival and its d...

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Around the world - A different kind of Bob
Accounting Software

Around the world - A different kind of Bob

26y Accountancy Age

Around the world - A different kind of Bob

New York: Anyone who reads the business press will know that there seem to be a lot of executives on the move these days. Such is the shortage in the ...

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It strategy - Big Six climb on Microsoft's bandwagon
Accounting Software

It strategy - Big Six climb on Microsoft's bandwagon

26y Accountancy Age

It strategy - Big Six climb on Microsoft's bandwag...

The Big Six are falling – after years of resistance – at Microsoft’s feet. The software giant saw a chink of light amid all its US D...

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UK firms fail to cash in on the Internet
Accounting Software

UK firms fail to cash in on the Internet

26y Accountancy Age

UK firms fail to cash in on the Internet

The UK’s companies are failing to make effective use of the Internet, according to a report sponsored by McKinsey & Co. The report, which w...

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JUSTINTHYME - Ha bloody ha
Accounting Software

JUSTINTHYME - Ha bloody ha

26y Accountancy Age

JUSTINTHYME - Ha bloody ha

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah! Ha ha ha! Excuse me I’m helpless with laughter. (Tee hee). I’ve just been sent a flyer for Herman(R) “...

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Editorial - Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Accounting Software

Editorial - Nothing ventured, nothing gained

26y Accountancy Age

Editorial - Nothing ventured, nothing gained

The proposal by the Institute of Management Consultants to rebrand itself as the Institute of Management Consultancy is a bold move. This is more than...

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IT staffing is main headache
Accounting Software

IT staffing is main headache

26y Accountancy Age

IT staffing is main headache

IT staffing is more of a headache than the Year 2000, according to a survey of 40 IT departments and consultancies by Hay Management Consultants. Some...

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Select band still dominate the telecoms arena
Accounting Software

Select band still dominate the telecoms arena

26y Accountancy Age

Select band still dominate the telecoms arena

Sales to the telecoms market grew by 23 per cent last year but most of the business remains in the hands of a few large firms. Philip Abbott reports. ...

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JUSTINTHYME - Jump for my love
Accounting Software

JUSTINTHYME - Jump for my love

26y Accountancy Age

JUSTINTHYME - Jump for my love

I’m not sending Valentine cards this year, but will instead devote the last few lines of this column to charitable causes. Feeling daring? Aspi...

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Businesses help Beckett build policy
Accounting Software

Businesses help Beckett build policy

26y Accountancy Age

Businesses help Beckett build policy

President of the Board of Trade, Margaret Beckett, announced recently that six new business-led groups will work with the Government to develop policy...

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... as European Commission investigates
Accounting Software

... as European Commission investigates

26y Accountancy Age

... as European Commission investigates

The global merger of Ernst & Young and KPMG is expected to come under investigation by the regulators in the next month. In response to the Resear...

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Diary
Accounting Software

Diary

26y Accountancy Age

Diary

FEBRUARY 5 Institute of Personnel and Development compensation forum conference, London. Contact Imogen Daniels/Memuna Forna on 0181 263 3365 5-6 The ...

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Profile - Making space for people
Accounting Software

Profile - Making space for people

26y Accountancy Age

Profile - Making space for people

From rocket science to contraception, Arthur D Little has always been a pioneer in promoting the use of technology in business. Now it has reinvented ...

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Softworld for the Supply Chain - IT: saviour and sinner
Accounting Software

Softworld for the Supply Chain - IT: saviour and sinner

26y Accountancy Age

Softworld for the Supply Chain - IT: saviour and s...

Information technology is seen as both saviour and sinner in the world of supply chain, according to KPMG Consulting’s latest global supply chai...

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Softworld for the Supply Chain - Seminars for solutions
Accounting Software

Softworld for the Supply Chain - Seminars for solutions

26y Accountancy Age

Softworld for the Supply Chain - Seminars for solu...

To reflect the huge growth in Enterprise Resource Planning, Softworld for the Supply Chain has designed an educational programme specifically for manu...

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Coopers & Lybrand, IBM and Lorien P-E join IMC to credit consultants
Accounting Software

Coopers & Lybrand, IBM and Lorien P-E join IMC to credit consultants

26y Accountancy Age

Coopers & Lybrand, IBM and Lorien P-E join IMC to ...

Coopers & Lybrand, IBM and Lorien P-E are working with the IMC on the first stage of the development of a credit transfer and accumulation framew...

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Softworld for the Supply Chain - Tuning in to an ERP programme
Accounting Software

Softworld for the Supply Chain - Tuning in to an ERP programme

26y Accountancy Age

Softworld for the Supply Chain - Tuning in to an E...

Logistics and increasing the efficiency of the supply chain are becoming important in every area of business, even the media, where the rapid dissemin...

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Profits soar at Cap Gemini
Accounting Software

Profits soar at Cap Gemini

26y Accountancy Age

Profits soar at Cap Gemini

Cap Gemini is now in the FF20bn club. The firm’s end of year revenues worldwide for 1997 grew to FF20.2bn – an increase of 36 per cent ove...

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Lorien disposes of P-E's historic Egham home
Accounting Software

Lorien disposes of P-E's historic Egham home

26y Accountancy Age

Lorien disposes of P-E's historic Egham home

Lorien has sold the prestigious P-E International site at Egham to property developer Priestmeer for #2.6m and moved some of its staff to Petty France...

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Flexible policy pays benefits for employers
Accounting Software

Flexible policy pays benefits for employers

26y Accountancy Age

Flexible policy pays benefits for employers

In a market already strapped for human capital, employers must provide incentives if they are to hold on to talented employees. Cosima Duggal says fle...

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JUSTINTHYME - Meet the Care Blairs
Accounting Software

JUSTINTHYME - Meet the Care Blairs

26y Accountancy Age

JUSTINTHYME - Meet the Care Blairs

Those of you who read the news pages (they’re at the other end from the jobs) will no doubt have noticed that our nice, new modern people’...

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