KPMG wins plaudits for detecting City scam
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KPMG wins plaudits for detecting City scam

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KPMG wins plaudits for detecting City scam

KPMG found itself on both sides of the fence in City scandals this week after investment banking group Morgan Grenfell, one of the audit firm’s ...

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Coping with office stresses and strains
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Coping with office stresses and strains

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Coping with office stresses and strains

Research suggests UK workers are suffering from job-related stress.Nowhere does this seem to be more the case than in accountancy. CaronLipman looks a...

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Brought to book
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Brought to book

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Brought to book

A new edition of the English ICA booklet Towards Better Auditing hasjust been published. Richard Bint explains why it was important to updateit Read M...

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If you can't take the heat ... meditate
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If you can't take the heat ... meditate

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If you can't take the heat ... meditate

Business and meditation appear to be worlds apart, the one demanding activity, the other, stillness. But as workplace stress becomes more of an issue,...

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Jobs to go in Lloyds-TSB finance depts
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Jobs to go in Lloyds-TSB finance depts

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Jobs to go in Lloyds-TSB finance depts

Finance staff in the banking and insurance industries were warned last week to prepare for a fresh round of job cuts in the wake of the 150 branch clo...

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Self-helplines
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Self-helplines

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Self-helplines

A specialist knowledge of tax legislation can save charitiesthousands of pounds each year but a financial adviser does not come cheap Read More...

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Hanson spin-off names new directors
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Hanson spin-off names new directors

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Hanson spin-off names new directors

Simon Duffy, group finance director of EMI, has joined Imperial Tobacco as one of three new non-executive directors ahead of the group’s demerge...

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A taxing journey
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A taxing journey

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A taxing journey

The English ICA this week responded to the Inland Revenue'sconsultative document on employee travel and subsistence, accusing theproposed legislation ...

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A venture into partnership
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A venture into partnership

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A venture into partnership

Robert Smith, chairman and CEO of Morgan Grenfell development capitaland president of the Scots ICA, gives an insight into how venturecapitalists and ...

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Deloittes wins # 6m contract from Unilever
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Deloittes wins # 6m contract from Unilever

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Deloittes wins # 6m contract from Unilever

Deloitte & Touche’s outsourcing arm has made its first major foray into the private sector with a four-year deal to run the back-office acc...

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ICA disciplinary committee makes reprimands
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ICA disciplinary committee makes reprimands

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ICA disciplinary committee makes reprimands

Nicholas Taylor of Grimsby, South Humberside has been severely reprimanded, fined z2,000 and charged costs of z1,600 by the English ICA’s discip...

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Hector in penalty crossfire
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Hector in penalty crossfire

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Hector in penalty crossfire

The new regime of self-assessment will change the culture of taxpaying and collection in the UK. A more confrontational system has beenpredicted and, ...

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Profession lost plot says guru
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Profession lost plot says guru

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Profession lost plot says guru

More than 700 accountants in practice received a stiff warning about the profession’s future last week, during day-long seminars on how to re-en...

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Jack up your earnings
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Jack up your earnings

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Jack up your earnings

There are more ways to make money than plain old audit. Sarah Perrinexperiences the latest guru-led, fervour-inducing management training -this time d...

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ICA regulation under attack
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ICA regulation under attack

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ICA regulation under attack

The English ICA’s regulatory procedures are facing renewed criticism in a letter to the Securities and Investments Board from a disgruntled memb...

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Insolvencies show decline in August
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Insolvencies show decline in August

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Insolvencies show decline in August

Receivership and administration order appointments in August dropped 34% on July’s total, according to the latest figures released by Deloitte &...

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Bank fraud spotlight falls on KPMG
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Bank fraud spotlight falls on KPMG

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Bank fraud spotlight falls on KPMG

In the immediate aftermath of the recent scandals which have rocked blue-chip City banks Morgan Grenfell and Robert Fleming, anxious City investors ar...

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View from the House - Why won't the ACCA join the reform club?
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View from the House - Why won't the ACCA join the reform club?

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View from the House - Why won't the ACCA join the ...

ACCA officers were condemned by 41 MPs for pressurising the employersof one reformer Read More...

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Intranets - the future of financial reporting?
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Intranets - the future of financial reporting?

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Intranets - the future of financial reporting?

Some companies are considering whether to have their subsidiaries use intranet technology to send financial reporting information to head offices R...

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... as Langard plans for global assembly
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... as Langard plans for global assembly

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... as Langard plans for global assembly

ACCA has given the green light to proposals for a series of changes designed to devolve power internationally. Delegates from 29 countries attended th...

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ICA on the rack over top vacancy
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ICA on the rack over top vacancy

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ICA on the rack over top vacancy

The English ICA has come under an unprecedented attack by a senior institute official over its handling of the recruitment for the post of technical d...

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Written marketing strategies neglected
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Written marketing strategies neglected

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Written marketing strategies neglected

Only one-third of accountancy firms have a written marketing plan despite the majority expecting to increase their marketing spend, a recent survey ha...

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Award-winner blasts UK venture capitalists
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Award-winner blasts UK venture capitalists

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Award-winner blasts UK venture capitalists

The founder of a UK company which won a major venture capital award last week has criticised the UK venture capital industry for being risk-averse. Th...

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E&Y survey puts Hector under fire
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E&Y survey puts Hector under fire

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E&Y survey puts Hector under fire

The accountancy profession is up in arms over the new powers the Inland Revenue will have to conduct random audits of taxpayers’ affairs under s...

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UK companies handicapped by disclosure requirements
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UK companies handicapped by disclosure requirements

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UK companies handicapped by disclosure requirement...

UK companies face a huge burden in complying with accounting and disclosure requirements and are at a competitive disadvantage as a result, according ...

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Pannells' hotel consultancy staff continue defection to Andersens
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Pannells' hotel consultancy staff continue defection to Andersens

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Pannells' hotel consultancy staff continue defecti...

Arthur Andersen has poached four more staff from Pannell Kerr Forster’s embattled hotel consultancy business to add to the three it snatched ear...

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Showtime for finance and accounting
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Showtime for finance and accounting

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Showtime for finance and accounting

Anyone interested in the selection or implementation of new financial and accounting systems would do well to beat a path to two forthcoming events. S...

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