Escalating costs prompt probe into Scottish parliament building
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Escalating costs prompt probe into Scottish parliament building

24y our parliamentary staff

Escalating costs prompt probe into Scottish parlia...

The soaring cost of the controversial new Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh is to be investigated by auditors on both sides of the border. Rea...

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Exclusive - Big Five launches SEC fightback.
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Exclusive - Big Five launches SEC fightback.

24y Ben Griffiths

Exclusive - Big Five launches SEC fightback.

PwC may not split globally as Deloittes resists consulting sale. Read More...

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Taking Stock Budget Special - TS Budget hurdlers fall at first fence.
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Taking Stock Budget Special - TS Budget hurdlers fall at first fence.

24y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock Budget Special - TS Budget hurdlers f...

Shocking news from the Accountancy Age Budget hurdles this week.[QQ] The runaway leader, PwC’s John Whiting, recorded no media mentions this wee...

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Directors get the pay without putting in the performance, says survey
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Directors get the pay without putting in the performance, says survey

24y Gavin Hinks

Directors get the pay without putting in the perfo...

Directors continue to receive performance-related benefits despite their companies turning in average or below average results. Read More...

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Leader - Five, four, three, two, none
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Leader - Five, four, three, two, none

24y Accountancy Age

Leader - Five, four, three, two, none

“In time the Rockies may tumble, Gibraltar may crumble” … but the Big Five are here to stay. Aren’t they? Well, Cole Porter ma...

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Dead & buried
Management

Dead & buried

24y Accountancy Age

Dead & buried

Good news for consultants. Experts believe that a shift in power within businesses will bring about the demise of the traditional IT manager, as strat...

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Moore Stephens hires ex-Andersen corporate recovery expert
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Moore Stephens hires ex-Andersen corporate recovery expert

24y AccountancyAge.com

Moore Stephens hires ex-Andersen corporate recover...

Arthur Andersen has been hit by the defection of a leading partner in its corporate recovery group. Read More...

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Call for auditors' liability to be extended to non-shareholders, but damages payouts capped
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Call for auditors' liability to be extended to non-shareholders, but damage...

24y Ben Griffiths

Call for auditors' liability to be extended to non...

The right to sue auditors for negligence should be extended to include future shareholders and creditors who rely on company accounts, the latest Comp...

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Accountancy Age exclusive: Big Five launches SEC fightback
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Accountancy Age exclusive: Big Five launches SEC fightback

24y Ben Griffiths

Accountancy Age exclusive: Big Five launches SEC f...

There were signs of a growing fightback by the Big Five this week against pressure to separate audit and consultancy as PricewaterhouseCoopers signall...

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Firms demand clarity on training as institute struggles to beat defection threat
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Firms demand clarity on training as institute struggles to beat defection t...

24y Ben Griffiths

Firms demand clarity on training as institute stru...

Cracks have begun to appear in the transitional arrangements for the new ACA qualification. Read More...

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Hack attacks - what they are and how to protect yourself
Management

Hack attacks - what they are and how to protect yourself

24y Accountancy Age

Hack attacks - what they are and how to protect yo...

Panic briefly swept the internet community in February when several major e-commerce sites were temporarily disabled or slowed down by 'denial of serv...

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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE DEFECTIONS
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE DEFECTIONS

24y Damian Wild

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE DEFECTIONS

It was a threat that no one at the English ICA appeared to take seriously. Read More...

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Big Five firm fears over 'appropriate' accounting policies
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Big Five firm fears over 'appropriate' accounting policies

24y AccountancyAge.com

Big Five firm fears over 'appropriate' accounting ...

A proposal by the Accounting Standards Board on accounting policies may give directors 'schizophrenia', according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read More...

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Taking Stock - Video nasties make the Big Five all sweaty.
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Taking Stock - Video nasties make the Big Five all sweaty.

24y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock - Video nasties make the Big Five all...

Sometimes there’s nothing better than curling up on the sofa and watching a movie. But accountants at PricewaterhouseCoopers prefer to spend the...

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Andersen makes a stand against SEC.
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Andersen makes a stand against SEC.

24y Alex Miller.

Andersen makes a stand against SEC.

Big Five firm will resist split despite clampdown by the SEC. Read More...

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Taking Stock - Time capsule to change the world.
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Taking Stock - Time capsule to change the world.

24y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock - Time capsule to change the world.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is preparing a time capsule, catchily titled ‘Gen EDGE: 2001 Perspectives on the Power and the Promise of E-business̵...

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Discount ruling 'unfair'.
Personal Tax

Discount ruling 'unfair'.

24y Alex Miller.

Discount ruling 'unfair'.

Gordon Brown's e-filing discount scheme comes under fire for not Read More...

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Scots ICA looks for partner to boost training in England
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Scots ICA looks for partner to boost training in England

24y Gavin Hinks

Scots ICA looks for partner to boost training in E...

The Scots ICA is to decide by the end of March on its partner to run training centres for newly acquired students south of the border. Read More...

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PWA Group sells to Great Plains
Management

PWA Group sells to Great Plains

24y Alex Miller.

PWA Group sells to Great Plains

Great Plains has acquired PWA Group for US$387m as part of its attempt to be the leading e-business software provider in the world. Read More...

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Cap Gemini nabs E&Y stars
Accounting Software

Cap Gemini nabs E&Y stars

24y Martin Coyle

Cap Gemini nabs E&Y stars

The largest deal in consultancy history has seen Cap Gemini buy Ernst & Young's consultancy arm in a £7bn deal. Read More...

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Accountancy Age: Andersen makes a stand against the SEC
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Accountancy Age: Andersen makes a stand against the SEC

24y Alex Miller.

Accountancy Age: Andersen makes a stand against th...

Arthur Andersen signalled its intention to hold on to its consulting arm this week, despite moves by other Big Fives to split their operations in the ...

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Appointment at Bentley Jennison.
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Appointment at Bentley Jennison.

24y rumo , Writer

Appointment at Bentley Jennison.

Bentley Jennison has launched a new corporate finance team in Nottingham. Phillipa Bakes joins the company as a director from PwC to head the new team...

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Smith & Williamson poaches Cork Gully great grandson to head up recovery division
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Smith & Williamson poaches Cork Gully great grandson to head up recovery di...

24y Michelle Perry

Smith & Williamson poaches Cork Gully great grands...

Smith & Williamson has appointed former Moore Stephens partner Stephen Cork to head up the development of its corporate reconstruction, recovery and i...

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Irish institute president calls for merger moves to head off American threat
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Irish institute president calls for merger moves to head off American threa...

24y AccountancyAge.com

Irish institute president calls for merger moves t...

National accountancy bodies must work more closely together, and possibly merge to stop the drift towards adoption of American standards, according to...

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Ageing popualtion will cause growth rates to tumble
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Ageing popualtion will cause growth rates to tumble

24y Matthew Gerry

Ageing popualtion will cause growth rates to tumbl...

Economic growth rates across the European Union look set to fall rapidly after 2010 as a result of the zone's ageing population, according to a report...

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Taking Stock - Can weathermen forecast future of English ICA?
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Taking Stock - Can weathermen forecast future of English ICA?

24y rumo , Writer

Taking Stock - Can weathermen forecast future of E...

Following the severe storm the English ICA has had to weather over the last few weeks, the institution may be interested to know TS has found one acco...

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Appointment at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Appointment at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

24y rumo , Writer

Appointment at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Brian Lerner has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as the director of the project finance and privatisation team. He will be responsible for developing th...

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Internal revamp but no split as Andersens moves on audit independence clampdown
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Internal revamp but no split as Andersens moves on audit independence clamp...

24y AccountancyAge.com

Internal revamp but no split as Andersens moves on...

Arthur Andersen is reported to be undertaking an internal overhaul in response to the recent regulatory clampdown on the Big Five, but unlike rivals P...

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