There will be no successor to Railtrack in place within the next six months nor will any private money be raised to fund its new structure, the beleag...
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View articleXBRL, the revolutionary internet financial reporting language, has scored its first European success with the release of Reuters' third-quarter result...
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View articleJohn Mayo, the former Marconi finance director and deputy chief executive, is about to receive £500,000 in pension benefits following his sudden depar...
View articleThe government may not get its not-for-profit rail company if a potential bid by the US finance group Babcock & Brown proves suitable. Read More...
View articleUp to 150 FTSE-listed companies will downgrade their profit expectations in the last quarter, Ernst & Young has predicted. Read More...
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View articleThe Confederation of British Industry says it will stand by its call for the Bank of England to reduce interest rates by half a percentage point, desp...
View articleExecutives and senior managers have nothing to lose and everything to gainby admitting they don't know everything, delegates at the Chartered Institut...
View articleThe Big Five firms are growing increasingly pessimistic about their ability to survive the current economic downturn unscathed. Read More...
View articleAfter being made Young Entrepreneur of the Year two weeks ago Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the high profile chairman of easyJet, is already celebrating. Read...
View articleThe Big Five firms are growing increasingly pessimistic about their ability to survive the current economic downturn unscathed. Read More...
View articleChristmas is not off the agenda for the majority of UK companies this year, despite terrorism fears, war in Afghanistan and the negative economic clim...
View articleNow here at TS we know all too well how accountancy can often be a rather dry topic. And the development of accounting rules is deemed to be one of th...
View articleLast week TS duly reported that Alan Bloom, Ernst & Young’s now famous corporate undertaker, had taken on the administration of Railtrack a...
View articleThe International Accounting Standards Board has been urged by a senior European Commission official not to ignore standards for non-listed companies,...
View articleBy early this week the FTSE-100 had recovered all losses suffered since the terrorist attacks of 11 September. That’s a big plus – especia...
View articleAt last, reporting suspicion of fraud is being discussed purposefully (Financial war: accountants face call-up, page 7, 11 October). Fraud is fraud, a...
View articleTo cut marketing budgets at the first sign of downturn leads to lost business in the long run, says Tim Prizeman. But Phil Shohet believes it's partne...
View articleRailtrack is now the make or break issue for transport secretary Stephen Byers. He is going to need exceptional political skills to weather the coming...
View articleThe Accountancy Age/ADVFN index continued its slow climb back to respectability, finishing a healthy 9.46 points up on the week at 71.68. All the stoc...
View articleDespite caution in the City, Andrew Robb, FD of glass manufacturer Pilkington, claims the company is well positioned to weather any recession Read Mor...
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