The corridors of power ...
Management

The corridors of power ...

23y Accountancy Age

The corridors of power ...

Burning a hole in Patricia Hewitt’s in-tray at Trade and Industry is the Office of Fair Trading study accusing lawyers (and, by implication, som...

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May the work-force be with you
Consulting

May the work-force be with you

23y Accountancy Age

May the work-force be with you

Once derided as a gimmick, mentoring has recently been enjoying a revival. Read More...

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Relocating leads to staff defections
Consulting

Relocating leads to staff defections

23y Adriana Zea

Relocating leads to staff defections

Relocating offices could cost consulting firms 13% of their annual fee income in staff losses, according to international property adviser GVA Grimley...

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Accountancy skills shortage worsens
Management

Accountancy skills shortage worsens

23y Accountancy Age

Accountancy skills shortage worsens

Accountancy skills shortages are the worst for any job sector in the UK, according to new research. Read More...

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Analysis - UK plc: all work and no play.
Consulting

Analysis - UK plc: all work and no play.

23y rumo , Writer

Analysis - UK plc: all work and no play.

Feeling tired, stressed, overworked and undervalued? Aah, that'll be because you are British. If you are an average worker in Britain - in the mathema...

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Cover story: Manufacturing - The office is dead, long live the shopfloor
Consulting

Cover story: Manufacturing - The office is dead, long live the shopfloor

23y Gary Flood

Cover story: Manufacturing - The office is dead, l...

Last month Booz Allen and Hamilton produced a report whose title says it all for many of us thinking about the manufacturing area: Why Be In Manufactu...

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PwC and HP aviation collaboration set for take off
Consulting

PwC and HP aviation collaboration set for take off

23y Kevin Reed , Writer

PwC and HP aviation collaboration set for take off

PricewaterhouseCoopers and Hewlett-Packard have announced that they plan to bring to market a new generation of business solutions for aviation compan...

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Cover story: Manufacturing - The office is dead, long live the shopfloor
Consulting

Cover story: Manufacturing - The office is dead, long live the shopfloor

23y Gary Flood

Cover story: Manufacturing - The office is dead, l...

Last month Booz Allen and Hamilton produced a report whose title says it all for many of us thinking about the manufacturing area: Why Be In Manufactu...

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Careers: Working to a different formula
Management

Careers: Working to a different formula

23y Accountancy Age

Careers: Working to a different formula

It is difficult to be prescriptive about the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector, according to consultants working within it, because it differs from...

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Training is the key for UK plc
Consulting

Training is the key for UK plc

23y Accountancy Age

Training is the key for UK plc

Well, all the opinion polls were right. A Labour government was returned with a massive majority and having got such a mandate, the government has now...

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Ford CFO to retire as board reshuffles
Consulting

Ford CFO to retire as board reshuffles

23y AccountancyAge.com

Ford CFO to retire as board reshuffles

Henry Wallace, chief financial officer at Ford, and Wayne Booker, the carmaker's vice-chairman, are both expected to announce their retirement next mo...

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Business Week - Web firm looks to buck trend.
Consulting

Business Week - Web firm looks to buck trend.

23y Adriana Zea

Business Week - Web firm looks to buck trend.

When Business Systems Group Holdings floated last summer, B2B was the buzzword and B2C had become something of a dirty term. But recently, business-to...

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E-business comes of age.
Management

E-business comes of age.

23y Accountancy Age

E-business comes of age.

Now that the noise of the big bang of e-business has died down, it's possible to hear the sound of real people in real businesses getting on with the ...

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Brown unveils US-style business plan
Consulting

Brown unveils US-style business plan

23y Matthew Gerry

Brown unveils US-style business plan

The chancellor Gordon Brown on Monday unveiled plans to encourage investment in the UK including cuts in the rate of capital gains tax. Read More...

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Expanded EMI scheme for 2002 Budget
Consulting

Expanded EMI scheme for 2002 Budget

23y Larry Schlesinger

Expanded EMI scheme for 2002 Budget

By doubling the Enterprise Management Incentive asset limit to £30m in the next Budget, Gordon Brown aims to raise the level of enterprise, innovation...

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The corridors of power ...
Management

The corridors of power ...

23y Accountancy Age

The corridors of power ...

In between campaign stops, Tony Blair has been doodling names and departments on the back of an envelope. On 8 June, he will have 21 Cabinet slots to ...

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Feature: Asset management ... and now for some forward planning
Consulting

Feature: Asset management ... and now for some forward planning

23y Anthony Harrington

Feature: Asset management ... and now for some for...

Getting to grips with a company's fixed assets used to be something that a competent accountant could do with a spreadsheet and a spare half hour. The...

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Careers: manufacturing - Consultants on the make
Consulting

Careers: manufacturing - Consultants on the make

23y Accountancy Age

Careers: manufacturing - Consultants on the make

The competitive landscape in the manufacturing sector is hugely diverse, both in terms of the players within it and the needs of customers. But, as re...

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Internet misuse service launched by firm
Management

Internet misuse service launched by firm

23y AccountancyAge.com

Internet misuse service launched by firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers has launched an Internet misuse service aimed at helping companies limit their exposure to costs incurred through the abuse of ...

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Analysis: 'Labour believes in profit'
Management

Analysis: 'Labour believes in profit'

23y Accountancy Age

Analysis: 'Labour believes in profit'

New Labour is pro wealth. So says its election manifesto. 'Yes', cynics and partisans will immediately reply: "wealth like Bernie Eccleston's or the H...

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Analysis: The brink of recession?
Consulting

Analysis: The brink of recession?

23y Michelle Perry

Analysis: The brink of recession?

Will UK plc suffer from the slowdown in the US economy? While some experts are optimistic, statistics indicate we should prepare for the worst. Read M...

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IP telephony United: voice data images
Consulting

IP telephony United: voice data images

23y Anthony Harrington

IP telephony United: voice data images

The story of the shift to converged voice and data networks - and the new wave of applications that it will enable - is one of the stranger tales in I...

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IT investment to grow for banks
Consulting

IT investment to grow for banks

23y Accountancy Age

IT investment to grow for banks

According to research firm IDC, IT spending by European banking institutions, in the face of political, economic, and technological changes, will cont...

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Brown stays tight-lipped on income tax
Personal Tax

Brown stays tight-lipped on income tax

23y Larry Schlesinger

Brown stays tight-lipped on income tax

Gordon Brown has refused to be drawn on rumours that Labour will pledge to leave income tax rates unchanged as it campaigns for re-election. Read More...

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Profit warnings surge hits Britain
Consulting

Profit warnings surge hits Britain

23y Larry Schlesinger

Profit warnings surge hits Britain

UK profit warnings soared by 77% to 136 in the first quarter of 2001 - offering a glimpse of the economic gloom arriving from across the Atlantic. Rea...

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Personal Finance - What share price?
Consulting

Personal Finance - What share price?

23y rumo , Writer

Personal Finance - What share price?

Cisco Systems is no ordinary dotcom. Its revenues soared by 55% last Read More...

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Book extract: Now, Discover Your Strengths - Discovering Personal
Consulting

Book extract: Now, Discover Your Strengths - Discovering Personal

23y rumo , Writer

Book extract: Now, Discover Your Strengths - Disco...

It seems that employees today do not feel they are working to the best of their potential. However, research has shown that if staff feel they are mak...

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Business Finance - SME banking clash.
Consulting

Business Finance - SME banking clash.

23y rumo , Writer

Business Finance - SME banking clash.

SMEs wait on decision over clearing services while Blue Wave launches Read More...

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