Warning on privacy plan
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Warning on privacy plan

26y Idris Nagri

Warning on privacy plan

Certified accountants have rejected a proposal for company directors to go ex-directory Read More...

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ICA under fire for fraud panel delay
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ICA under fire for fraud panel delay

27y Idris Nagri

ICA under fire for fraud panel delay

The announcement by the English ICA that it needs more time for consultation before its Fraud Advisory Panel starts up has been greeted with scepticis...

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Marketing plans leave existing customers cold
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Marketing plans leave existing customers cold

27y Idris Nagri

Marketing plans leave existing customers cold

A recent survey suggests that the marketing strategies of most professional advisers leave much to be desired. Mick James reports. Read More...

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Around the world - The art of talking - forever
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Around the world - The art of talking - forever

27y Idris Nagri

Around the world - The art of talking - forever

Berlin: I’ve just been involved in the hiring of a management guru. Not permanently – just for an hour or two. His fee is something close ...

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D&B extends report service
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D&B extends report service

27y Idris Nagri

D&B extends report service

Dun & Bradstreet has extended its company credit reporting service to cover 700,000 non-limited firms, sole traders and partnerships in the UK. T...

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Inland Revenue praised by NAO
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Inland Revenue praised by NAO

27y Idris Nagri

Inland Revenue praised by NAO

The Inland Revenue was praised by the National Audit Office as one of the most efficient tax authorities in the European Union for the work of a speci...

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Dealers get tax veil
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Dealers get tax veil

27y Idris Nagri

Dealers get tax veil

The Revenue is granting confidentiality to illegal drug dealers registered for tax. Read More...

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Marks & Spencer gets common
Management

Marks & Spencer gets common

27y Idris Nagri

Marks & Spencer gets common

Retailer to standardise its accounting practices all around the world, writes John Stokdyk Read More...

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Justinthyme - False pretences
Accounting Software

Justinthyme - False pretences

27y Idris Nagri

Justinthyme - False pretences

Dust off the Wasteometer! KPMG claims that fraud has cost the economy #3bn over the last 10 years. Although the figure has declined over the years, 75...

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NEWSFLASH: Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse to merge
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NEWSFLASH: Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse to merge

27y Idris Nagri

NEWSFLASH: Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse ...

The world's biggest accountancy firm is set to be formed by a merger between Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. Jon Bunn reports Read More...

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CIPFA RESULTS - CIPFA pass list 1997
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CIPFA RESULTS - CIPFA pass list 1997

27y Idris Nagri

CIPFA RESULTS - CIPFA pass list 1997

Mrs SM Amirthanayagam, Hillingdon LBC Miss SM Atkinson, Sandwell MBC Mr D Austin, Price Waterhouse & Co – London Miss R Bains, Audit Commiss...

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PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY - Uncertain times
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PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY - Uncertain times

27y Idris Nagri

PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY - Uncertain times

Auditors should not be scapegoats for year 2000 mismanagement, saysJohn Hinton. Read More...

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CREDIT CONTROL - Scoring with online referrals
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CREDIT CONTROL - Scoring with online referrals

27y Idris Nagri

CREDIT CONTROL - Scoring with online referrals

Credit and commercial information company Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) is aiming to broaden its customer base with an on-line credit reference ser...

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Going with NT flow
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Going with NT flow

27y Idris Nagri

Going with NT flow

The advantages of Infinium were plain to Yorkshire Water, writes JohnStokdyk. Read More...

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PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT - Race for the top
Management

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT - Race for the top

27y Idris Nagri

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT - Race for the top

Management accountants have been identified as entrenched, pseuds,control freaks and team players - who's winning the performanceimprovement race? Rea...

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FRAUD - Lawyer slams SFO's hit and miss strategy
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FRAUD - Lawyer slams SFO's hit and miss strategy

27y Idris Nagri

FRAUD - Lawyer slams SFO's hit and miss strategy

White collar crime lawyer Monty Raphael criticised the government’s lack of information about fraud and its lack of co-ordination to fight it. T...

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Guild News - Guild dinner celebrates progress
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Guild News - Guild dinner celebrates progress

27y Idris Nagri

Guild News - Guild dinner celebrates progress

The Guild of Management Consultants is poised to take the next step in its path to become a full City livery company. At the annual Master’s din...

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Book review
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Book review

27y Idris Nagri

Book review

Designing for Change By: Colin Bainbridge Price: #24.95 Publisher: John Wiley Designing for Change (subtitled A practical guide to business transforma...

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Diary
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Diary

27y Idris Nagri

Diary

JUNE 23-24 Real world consulting solutions, Sedgebrook Hall Conference Centre, Northants. Details, Real World Seminars, 0800 591122 23-27 TomorrowR...

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Murphy's law
Management

Murphy's law

27y Idris Nagri

Murphy's law

Camelot's finance director, Peter Murphy, explains the philosophybehind the world's most successful lottery and defends the company's 'fatcat' bonuses...

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CHECKLIST: MANAGEMENT BUYOUTS - Could we? Dare we?
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CHECKLIST: MANAGEMENT BUYOUTS - Could we? Dare we?

27y Idris Nagri

CHECKLIST: MANAGEMENT BUYOUTS - Could we? Dare we?

When a business unit’s managers start thinking about a management buy-out from their parent group, the unit’s finance boss can expect to b...

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OPINION - Still passing the buck on fraud
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OPINION - Still passing the buck on fraud

27y Idris Nagri

OPINION - Still passing the buck on fraud

Fraud is a nasty, pernicious problem. Most of us would rather think about anything other than the fact that financial crime is costing individuals, or...

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MIDLANDS: INTRODUCTION - Beating heart
Management

MIDLANDS: INTRODUCTION - Beating heart

27y Idris Nagri

MIDLANDS: INTRODUCTION - Beating heart

The relationship between the East and West Midlands has always been tense, with the former too often treated as second best. Statistics from Dun &...

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LETTERS - The price of bills on time
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LETTERS - The price of bills on time

27y Idris Nagri

LETTERS - The price of bills on time

Barbara Roche MP states (Profile, 24 April) that a Labour government will require national and local government bodies to pay its bills ‘on time...

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FRAUD - Euro swindles
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FRAUD - Euro swindles

27y Idris Nagri

FRAUD - Euro swindles

A Deloitte & Touche report claims the EU loses u42bn in fraud eachyear. Jon Bunn looks at what can be done to stop the cheats. Read More...

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On the trail of Gokal
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On the trail of Gokal

27y Idris Nagri

On the trail of Gokal

A team of lawyers, accountants and police spent five years trackingthe man behind BCCI's missing millions. Rik Workman reports on an SFOsuccess. Read ...

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Fraud loses EU #42bn each year, says Deloittes report
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Fraud loses EU #42bn each year, says Deloittes report

27y Idris Nagri

Fraud loses EU #42bn each year, says Deloittes rep...

Deloitte & Touche has just published the first comprehensive reporton EU fraud. Jon Bunn investigates. Read More...

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Daydream believer
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Daydream believer

27y Idris Nagri

Daydream believer

Colin Coulson-Thomas says managerial obsession with structures andformulae is no substitute for a good idea. Read More...

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