News in Brief - 3 June
Management

News in Brief - 3 June

25y John Stokdyk

News in Brief - 3 June

Late payment campaign takes off Accountancy Age’s Late Payment campaign, launched last week, has already attracted a wide variety of responses a...

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Woolf starts to bite
Consulting

Woolf starts to bite

25y John Stokdyk

Woolf starts to bite

PwC faces an earlier court hearing as the Maxwell creditors' case is brought forward following the Woolf law reforms. But some insolvency experts have...

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Outsourcing - Cutting out the chores
Consulting

Outsourcing - Cutting out the chores

25y John Stokdyk

Outsourcing - Cutting out the chores

BP doesn't just mean lower costs - it brings support staff onto the front line, says Peter Williams. Read More...

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News in Brief - 20 May
Management

News in Brief - 20 May

25y John Stokdyk

News in Brief - 20 May

NHS finance director faces CIPFA bar An NHS finance director is under investigation by CIPFA after being accused of stealing money from a medical scho...

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Internal audit in euro storm
Consulting

Internal audit in euro storm

25y John Stokdyk

Internal audit in euro storm

PwC questions ability of internal auditors to handle the euro. Read More...

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Fraud - Accountants face 'extreme dangers'
Consulting

Fraud - Accountants face 'extreme dangers'

25y John Stokdyk

Fraud - Accountants face 'extreme dangers'

Forensic accountants will today join financial crime experts from around the world in calling for minimum global standards of anti-corruption legislat...

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Media fails to make assets perform
Accounting Software

Media fails to make assets perform

25y Accountancy Age

Media fails to make assets perform

A PricewaterhouseCoopers study into the financial performance of the world’s top 30 entertainment and media (“E&M”) companies b...

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News in Brief - 13 May
Consulting

News in Brief - 13 May

25y John Stokdyk

News in Brief - 13 May

PwC expands in Europe PricewaterhouseCoopers has poached KPMG’s management consulting practice in Belgium and acquired Italian management consul...

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Stepping over the legal boundary
Consulting

Stepping over the legal boundary

25y John Stokdyk

Stepping over the legal boundary

Accountants are encroaching onto law firms' traditional territory says Chris Quick. Read More...

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Audit probes soar
Consulting

Audit probes soar

25y John Stokdyk

Audit probes soar

Joint Disciplinary Scheme revenues double as misconduct cases multiply. Read More...

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SME Barometer - Smart service for the SMEs
Consulting

SME Barometer - Smart service for the SMEs

25y John Stokdyk

SME Barometer - Smart service for the SMEs

What do SME clients really want from their accountants? Brian Collett asked some, and discovered that all-round business advice is the order of the da...

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First among equals
Consulting

First among equals

25y John Stokdyk

First among equals

Kingfisher FD set for leading role after 'merger' with supermarket chain Asda. Read More...

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Tax experts offer budgetary advice
Accounting Software

Tax experts offer budgetary advice

25y Accountancy Age

Tax experts offer budgetary advice

Tax experts in the technology industry group of PricewaterhouseCoopers have made suggestions on how the Chancellor might help the industry in his budg...

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Leader - Euro chiefs go on the record
Accounting Software

Leader - Euro chiefs go on the record

25y Accountancy Age

Leader - Euro chiefs go on the record

How can you know what your clients want unless you ask them? Clients’ strategies, fears and hopes will directly drive the work that you will und...

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News in brief
Accounting Software

News in brief

25y Accountancy Age

News in brief

Risk managers must be able to demonstrate the value that they bring to companies, in order to prove their worth, according to Clive Thursby, a risk ma...

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Profile: John Everett - Will this man change the way we work?
Accounting Software

Profile: John Everett - Will this man change the way we work?

25y Accountancy Age

Profile: John Everett - Will this man change the w...

John Everett is managing partner of Deloitte Consulting, acknowledged to be one of the most modern and forward thinking of consultancies. He talks to ...

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Careers: IT - Millennium work captures corporate attention
Accounting Software

Careers: IT - Millennium work captures corporate attention

25y Accountancy Age

Careers: IT - Millennium work captures corporate a...

Research by PA Consulting suggests that the year 2000 compliance issue has raised awareness of IT as a strategic tool and put it firmly on the corpora...

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Spotlight - Lifting finance trade barriers
Consulting

Spotlight - Lifting finance trade barriers

25y John Stokdyk

Spotlight - Lifting finance trade barriers

In the spotlight: British Invisibles is fighting to open global markets for firms and PwC's Roger Davis is in the front line. Read More...

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Accountants in the Community - One, two, buckle my shoe, three
Consulting

Accountants in the Community - One, two, buckle my shoe, three

25y John Stokdyk

Accountants in the Community - One, two, buckle my...

Can the profession make our children more numerate? Lucinda Kemeny reports. Read More...

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News in Brief - 4 March
Management

News in Brief - 4 March

25y John Stokdyk

News in Brief - 4 March

WebTrust launch The English, Scots and Irish ICAs have combined to launch WebTrust, an electronic commerce assurance service pioneered by the US and C...

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Profiting from the insolvency conundrum
Consulting

Profiting from the insolvency conundrum

25y John Stokdyk

Profiting from the insolvency conundrum

With PwC announcing 80 job cuts in its insolvency department last week, Lucinda Kemeny asks is this a sign of things to come in the corporate recovery...

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Cork Gully axed
Consulting

Cork Gully axed

25y John Stokdyk

Cork Gully axed

PwC to phase out historic insolvency brand as part of recovery service restructure. Read More...

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Big Five - JDS opens BCCI inquiry into Price Waterhouse
Consulting

Big Five - JDS opens BCCI inquiry into Price Waterhouse

25y John Stokdyk

Big Five - JDS opens BCCI inquiry into Price Water...

PricewaterhouseCoopers is facing the threat of another multimillion-pound fine, after the profession’s watchdog said this week it would begin in...

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A capital injection for R&D
Consulting

A capital injection for R&D

25y John Stokdyk

A capital injection for R&D

Finance directors at pioneering start-up companies have more sources of funding than ever before. Nick Huber reports. Read More...

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MDPs ban set to go
Consulting

MDPs ban set to go

25y John Stokdyk

MDPs ban set to go

Law Society expected to give multidisciplinary practices a green light by this summer Read More...

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Delayed campaign sees the light of day
Consulting

Delayed campaign sees the light of day

25y John Stokdyk

Delayed campaign sees the light of day

It seems PwC is finally getting its head - and brand - together, writes Lucinda Kemeny. Read More...

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'Talk now' call over best value
Consulting

'Talk now' call over best value

25y John Stokdyk

'Talk now' call over best value

More than two-thirds of councils will fail to meet the requirements of best value unless they improve their consultation arrangements with local commu...

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Baan faces Big Five frustrations
Management

Baan faces Big Five frustrations

25y John Stokdyk

Baan faces Big Five frustrations

Delay of version 8 of Coda Financials until mid-2000 and an expected second consecutive quarterly loss worry analysts. Read More...

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