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View articleChartered accountant MP wins review of Budget rules on dividend tax credits, reports Kathy Greene. Read More...
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View articleIn the occupational pensions arena, nothing has had greater effect than the setting up of OPRA. Theresa Sweeney finds out how the industry thinks it h...
View articleSecond Big Six firm turns down Audit Commission work warning that low fees risk compromising quality, prompting fears other Big Sixers will follow the...
View articleMoores Rowland denied this week that a series of defections from its Edinburgh office to local firm Scott Oswald would seriously hit profits in its Sc...
View articleBusiness advisers and stock market officials are campaigning to make the government reconsider Budget measures which could cause a decrease in the liq...
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