View from the house
Management

View from the house

23y Accountancy Age

View from the house

Labourites are pinching themselves. Out of the blue, the Tories are tearing themselves to bits. It is not that there is an ongoing spat between the Po...

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The Big Question: Do bigger firms provide a better service?
Consulting

The Big Question: Do bigger firms provide a better service?

24y AccountancyAge.com

The Big Question: Do bigger firms provide a better...

Despite a recent wave of accountancy firm mergers, 54% of more than 200 finance directors questioned do not agree with the age old adage that bigger i...

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3 MAY 2000 CUSTOMS & EXCISE DIRECTOR ADDRESSES THE RACE EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT PROJECT
Personal Tax

3 MAY 2000 CUSTOMS & EXCISE DIRECTOR ADDRESSES THE RACE EQUALITY IN EMP...

24y Accountancy Age

3 MAY 2000 CUSTOMS & EXCISE DIRECTOR ADDRESSES...

Rachel Pickavance, Non-Executive Director of the Board of Customs & Excise will tonight outline the initiatives on race, equality and diversity im...

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21 MARCH 2000 BUDGET- TACKLING THE ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF QUARRYING
Personal Tax

21 MARCH 2000 BUDGET- TACKLING THE ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF QUARRYING

24y Accountancy Age

21 MARCH 2000 BUDGET- TACKLING THE ENVIRONMENTAL C...

A new levy to tackle the environmental costs of quarrying and encourage the use of recycled materials was announced by the Chancellor today. Read More...

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Climbing that mountain
Consulting

Climbing that mountain

24y Accountancy Age

Climbing that mountain

Making the UK the best place in the world to set up and run a business isnot the easiest of challenges, but the government has laid down the gauntleta...

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Creditors to be identified.
Consulting

Creditors to be identified.

24y rumo , Writer

Creditors to be identified.

Liquidators for the Commission for Racial Equality’s failed conference company, Global Cultural Diversity Congress 2000, say they have still to ...

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Guidance for OEIC accounts.
Consulting

Guidance for OEIC accounts.

24y rumo , Writer

Guidance for OEIC accounts.

The English ICA has welcomed proposals in draft rules for accounting for open-ended investment companies which would cut ‘needless diversityR...

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The first global profession
Consulting

The first global profession

24y Accountancy Age

The first global profession

Brian Ing FCMC, head of consultancy for Siemens and vice president of IMC, looks at recent developments in the international arena Read More...

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Robson Rhodes hunts for creditors of collapsed Racial Equality Commission company
Management

Robson Rhodes hunts for creditors of collapsed Racial Equality Commission c...

24y Gavin Hinks , Writer

Robson Rhodes hunts for creditors of collapsed Rac...

Liquidators for the Commission for Racial Equality's failed conference company, Global Cultural Diversity Congress 2000, say they have still to identi...

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Robson Rhodes enters liquidation talks over CRE conference company
Management

Robson Rhodes enters liquidation talks over CRE conference company

24y Gavin Hinks , Writer

Robson Rhodes enters liquidation talks over CRE co...

Robson Rhodes has confirmed it is in talks over the liquidation of GCDC 2000, the failed conference organiser created by the Commission for Racial Equ...

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Procurement - New e-purchasing solution.
Management

Procurement - New e-purchasing solution.

24y Damian Wild , Reporter

Procurement - New e-purchasing solution.

KPMG Consulting, software giant Microsoft and PC manufacturer Compaq have launched an integrated e-purchasing solution that they claim can reduce a co...

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Ethical Accounting - The corporate world through ethical eyes.
Consulting

Ethical Accounting - The corporate world through ethical eyes.

24y Peter Bartram , Contributor

Ethical Accounting - The corporate world through e...

Ever felt you're working in a goldfish bowl? It must seem like that to more and more companies as they try to run a business in full view of the ever ...

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Why Peter is a 21st century man
Consulting

Why Peter is a 21st century man

24y Accountancy Age

Why Peter is a 21st century man

The English ICA is facing student defections. The institute's new vice-president tells Ben Griffiths why it isn't doomed. Read More...

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The personnel touch
Consulting

The personnel touch

24y rumo , Writer

The personnel touch

Human resources consultants appear in a variety of guises and meet many challenges that are familiar to other specialisations, says Sarah Perrin. But ...

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Wyman sets out on road for English ICA presidency after winning election battle
Consulting

Wyman sets out on road for English ICA presidency after winning election ba...

24y AccountancyAge.com

Wyman sets out on road for English ICA presidency ...

Peter Wyman has been elected vice-president designate of the English ICA, meaning that, from June, two out of the three top institute posts will be he...

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Move of the month.
Consulting

Move of the month.

25y Tewksbury

Move of the month.

Amanda Clack has been appointed as partner at Hornagold & Hills.[QQ] Joining as a project manager in 1992 Clack moved into the area of management cons...

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Women in Consulting - What's wrong with this picture?
Accounting Software

Women in Consulting - What's wrong with this picture?

25y Accountancy Age

Women in Consulting - What's wrong with this pictu...

The proportion of women partners in consultancies is still extremely low and, even at the graduate recruitment level, women seem to find the professio...

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Change from within
Accounting Software

Change from within

25y Accountancy Age

Change from within

Peter Joyce, a business reengineering consultant at Abbey National Financial and Investment Services, examines the evolving role of the internal consu...

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Profile: Alan Buckle - Blending youth and enthusiasm at KPMG
Accounting Software

Profile: Alan Buckle - Blending youth and enthusiasm at KPMG

25y Accountancy Age

Profile: Alan Buckle - Blending youth and enthusia...

Things are moving fast at KPMG: it is in the throes of global integration and has just rescued its Canadian practice from the clutches of Arthur Ander...

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Lifestyle issues - When are they going to stop treating you like a drone?
Accounting Software

Lifestyle issues - When are they going to stop treating you like a drone?

25y Accountancy Age

Lifestyle issues - When are they going to stop tre...

Consultancies are being forced to take a hard look at how they treat their staff. Long hours, time spent away from home and maternity issues are the i...

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Seen to be right
Consulting

Seen to be right

25y John Stokdyk

Seen to be right

Ethical issues are no longer the province of the fringe, says Roger Adams. Read More...

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Taking the long term view
Accounting Software

Taking the long term view

25y newmedia newmedia

Taking the long term view

There is more to a long-haul project than meets the eye, in terms of selecting staff, managing, motivating and monitoring them - while maintaining goo...

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When I grow up I want to be a right little consultant ... and I want you to show me how.
Accounting Software

When I grow up I want to be a right little consultant ... and I want you to...

25y newmedia newmedia

When I grow up I want to be a right little consult...

uality recruits are much in demand in the consultancy profession and, once they have been landed, no expense is spared to develop and nurture their ta...

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Diary/next issue
Accounting Software

Diary/next issue

25y newmedia newmedia

Diary/next issue

December 10-11 Protecting data in the financial sector, London. A practical guide to complying with orders outlined under the Data Protection Act. For...

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Which accounting framework?
Consulting

Which accounting framework?

25y John Stokdyk

Which accounting framework?

By Mary Keegan Read More

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Change from the bottom up
Management

Change from the bottom up

26y John Stokdyk

Change from the bottom up

Rationalising the accountancy profession can meet the needs of companies and help build greater mutual respect between practice and business, says Chr...

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360 Degree feedback gains wider circle
Accounting Software

360 Degree feedback gains wider circle

26y Accountancy Age

360 Degree feedback gains wider circle

According to 360 Degree feedback, the global perspective, a Towers Perrin survey, 360 degree feedback is on the increase worldwide. The system, which ...

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Comment - What are accountants for?
Management

Comment - What are accountants for?

26y John Stokdyk

Comment - What are accountants for?

The fundamental question ACCA's merger proposal has highlighted ishowcan the profession grow and maintain the respect it earned 50 years ago. Sir Pete...

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