DTI review may drown SME voice
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DTI review may drown SME voice

22y Idris Nagri

DTI review may drown SME voice

Concerns are mounting that the voice of small business will be drowned out following a far-reaching review of the Department of Trade and Industry's s...

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AccountancyAge.com opens careers centre
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AccountancyAge.com opens careers centre

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AccountancyAge.com opens careers centre

AccountancyAge.com this week launches a new careers centre featuring one of the most comprehensive databases of financial jobs available anywhere. Rea...

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UK accountants world's top earners
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UK accountants world's top earners

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UK accountants world's top earners

Britain's accountants are the world's highest earners with an average annual income of Pounds 83,142, new research has revealed. Read More...

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Plans in place for downturn
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Plans in place for downturn

22y Idris Nagri

Plans in place for downturn

Accountancy firms have confirmed contingency plans are in place to deal with the fallout of the economic downturn as confidence and output drops in th...

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PwC makes first Enron sale
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PwC makes first Enron sale

22y Idris Nagri

PwC makes first Enron sale

Enron administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers has secured its first sale after utilities company Centrica paid £96.4m in cash for Enron Direct Ltd, the c...

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Bad euro plans threaten UK business
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Bad euro plans threaten UK business

22y Idris Nagri

Bad euro plans threaten UK business

Companies in the UK risk going out of business because they are not adapting their invoicing, tax and accounting functions fast enough to cope with th...

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SEC issues hi-tech warning
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SEC issues hi-tech warning

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SEC issues hi-tech warning

US financial regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission has warned that financial reporting from some hi-tech firms may be misleading. Read More...

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Careers: Partnerships - Take your partners please
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Careers: Partnerships - Take your partners please

22y Idris Nagri

Careers: Partnerships - Take your partners please

Many of the big firms are weaving their way towards public ownership, but while an IPO can produce significant benefits for the partners, what does it...

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Tenon launches corporate finance arm
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Tenon launches corporate finance arm

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Tenon launches corporate finance arm

Tenon, the UK's largest accountancy consolidator, has this week launched its corporate finance arm specialising in deals worth between £3m and £100m. ...

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Avoid share options charge, says PwC
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Avoid share options charge, says PwC

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Avoid share options charge, says PwC

Charging the cost of share options to the profit and loss account should be avoided, says PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read More...

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Late accounts halt Forest shares
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Late accounts halt Forest shares

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Late accounts halt Forest shares

East Midlands football giants Nottingham Forest has today had its shares suspended from the AIM stock market for failing to report its accounts on tim...

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MP cleared of public funds misuse
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MP cleared of public funds misuse

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MP cleared of public funds misuse

Small business minister and Edinburgh South MP Nigel Griffiths has been cleared by the House of Commons standards commissioner of misusing taxpayers m...

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Small companies paying up sooner
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Small companies paying up sooner

22y Idris Nagri

Small companies paying up sooner

New research has revealed that small companies across all sectors of the economy are taking on average a week less to pay their invoices - a sign of b...

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Treasury to probe 'false employment'
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Treasury to probe 'false employment'

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Treasury to probe 'false employment'

Self-employed subcontractors are bracing themselves for a new tax crackdown when the Treasury completes a review of employment status to be released e...

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News in brief
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News in brief

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News in brief

CRM strategiesare being given increasing prominence at board level, according to a recent survey by management consultants, Winchester White. 65% of r...

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News: Salary soundings survey
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News: Salary soundings survey

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News: Salary soundings survey

Although salary negotiations are an area of much concern and confusion, a recent survey by Robert Half International Consulting (RHI Consulting) disco...

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Careers: public sector - Working in the public eye
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Careers: public sector - Working in the public eye

22y Idris Nagri

Careers: public sector - Working in the public eye

The Government's commitment to public services means the sector can be seen as a safe haven for consultants. But it is not immune to recessionary-or b...

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Man Utd still the world's wealthiest
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Man Utd still the world's wealthiest

22y Idris Nagri

Man Utd still the world's wealthiest

Football giant Manchester United has retained the top spot of the Deloitte & Touche Rich List for a fourth successive year. Read More...

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The charmed lives of Oxford & Cambridge
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The charmed lives of Oxford & Cambridge

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The charmed lives of Oxford & Cambridge

Like public schools, colleges at Oxford and Cambridge have led charmed lives. Inquiries have come and gone but on they sail, bastions of privilege - a...

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Key issues in involuntary dismissals
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Key issues in involuntary dismissals

22y Idris Nagri

Key issues in involuntary dismissals

This summary is designed to highlight the key legal issues and to flag up a few warning signs that a well-advised employer or employee should watch ou...

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Are FD pay rises obscene?
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Are FD pay rises obscene?

22y Idris Nagri

Are FD pay rises obscene?

Publication of the latest salary survey from our sister title Financial Director will provoke the usual round of outrage about fat cat pay tempered by...

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PwC cuts 1,100 jobs at Enron
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PwC cuts 1,100 jobs at Enron

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PwC cuts 1,100 jobs at Enron

Around 1,100 jobs are to go across the UK operation of Enron, the collapsed giant US energy company, just a day after the appointment of administrator...

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KPMG to liquidate Dome
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KPMG to liquidate Dome

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KPMG to liquidate Dome

KPMG will become the liquidator of the New Millennium Experience Company, owner of the ill-fated Millennium Dome, once the company's final accounts ar...

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Ban the public sector comparator
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Ban the public sector comparator

22y Idris Nagri

Ban the public sector comparator

It is high time the public sector comparator was banned for certain types of proven deals - it served its purpose but now only clouds the poor quality...

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E&Y to face action over Equitable
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E&Y to face action over Equitable

22y Idris Nagri

E&Y to face action over Equitable

Equitable Life is gearing up to launch legal action against Ernst & Young over its involvement in the collapse of the troubled life insurer. Read ...

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For & Against: Businessman as civil servants
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For & Against: Businessman as civil servants

22y Idris Nagri

For & Against: Businessman as civil servants

Should businessmen be recruited as civil servants within the Department of Trade and Industry? Sir Peter Kemp backs the plan but Gavin Hinks warns tha...

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Probe into BBC's Oryx report
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Probe into BBC's Oryx report

22y Idris Nagri

Probe into BBC's Oryx report

City forensic accountants Lee & Allen have been commissioned to investigate just how damaging a BBC report, incorrectly linking the mining company Ory...

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