Secondment to none
Management

Secondment to none

27y Idris Nagri

Secondment to none

Halfway through his secondment from SBC Warburg to the prestigiouspost of director general of the Takeover Panel, Alistair Defriez talks toAndrew Sawe...

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The fast-forward factor
Management

The fast-forward factor

27y Idris Nagri

The fast-forward factor

It has taken some time but people in business are at last learning touse the F-word without embarrassment. The word is 'factoring' and, if itstill com...

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Self-assessment boosts tax software sales
Management

Self-assessment boosts tax software sales

27y Idris Nagri

Self-assessment boosts tax software sales

The taxation software industry has gone into overdrive in preparationfor the introduction of self-assessment on 5 April. The new regime hasincreased s...

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Sage moves to enhance world status
Management

Sage moves to enhance world status

27y Idris Nagri

Sage moves to enhance world status

March is turning into a busy month for Sage, the Newcastle-based developer of PC-based accounting packages. At the beginning of the month, Sage announ...

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News briefs
Management

News briefs

27y Idris Nagri

News briefs

CreditForce+, an on-line credit control and collections management system, is now available in the UK from Rochester-based Innovation Software. Credit...

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NatWest plans integrated accounts system
Management

NatWest plans integrated accounts system

27y Idris Nagri

NatWest plans integrated accounts system

NatWest Markets announced last week a u50m provision for lossesstemming from interest rate pricing errors. The deals might have beenspotted earlier if...

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Huge City bonuses condemned by FDs
Management

Huge City bonuses condemned by FDs

27y Idris Nagri

Huge City bonuses condemned by FDs

By Sinead Carew City traders should not receive such huge bonus payments, say 62% of FDs. And 21% want stronger controls to prevent traders taking exc...

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Lack of funds hits Coopers' MoD project
Management

Lack of funds hits Coopers' MoD project

27y Idris Nagri

Lack of funds hits Coopers' MoD project

A u135m Ministry of Defence project run by Coopers & Lybrand hasstalled because the Government has failed to allocate sufficient resourcesto cope ...

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Sage buys German software supplier
Management

Sage buys German software supplier

27y Idris Nagri

Sage buys German software supplier

Accounting software firm Sage Group has paid u40m for KHK Software, Germany’s largest supplier of branded PC software. Read More...

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Solomon targets UK accountants
Management

Solomon targets UK accountants

27y Idris Nagri

Solomon targets UK accountants

After nearly three years in the UK market, American developer SolomonSoftware is preparing to launch a major expansion programme in thiscountry, write...

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GEAC unveils proposals for DBS revamp
Management

GEAC unveils proposals for DBS revamp

27y Idris Nagri

GEAC unveils proposals for DBS revamp

New products and marketing strategies are emerging from GEAC following the company’s $150m takeover of Dun & Bradstreet Software at the end...

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Pannells at odds with review body proposal
Management

Pannells at odds with review body proposal

27y Idris Nagri

Pannells at odds with review body proposal

Pannell Kerr Forster has come out against the profession’s plan for a new regulatory watchdog – the third top-ten firm to do so. In its re...

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Letters
Management

Letters

27y Idris Nagri

Letters

Setting the wheels for debate in motion Having read with interest the correspondence in your recent Letters page, I should like to propose a debate. T...

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Fashion forecast from Softworld
Management

Fashion forecast from Softworld

27y Idris Nagri

Fashion forecast from Softworld

Information technology is a fashion-driven industry. Events like theSoftworld Accounting & Finance show are the IT equivalent of a catwalkparade. John...

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Mobile accountants
Management

Mobile accountants

27y Idris Nagri

Mobile accountants

Throw away your mobile phone, palmtop, laptop, pager, bleeper andorganiser, and instead opt for the latest in one-stop compact technology.Alison Class...

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On-line banking
Management

On-line banking

27y Idris Nagri

On-line banking

Pegasus Software pulled off a coup on the first morning of the Softworld last week when it assembled representatives from Lloyds, Barclays, Midland an...

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Year 2000 fuels IT sales boom
Management

Year 2000 fuels IT sales boom

27y Idris Nagri

Year 2000 fuels IT sales boom

The year 2000 will not be the disaster for the IT industry that many commentators suggest, according to the latest Ovum evaluation of corporate financ...

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Cutting into public sector profitability
Management

Cutting into public sector profitability

27y Idris Nagri

Cutting into public sector profitability

Last week's white paper failed to pull the plug on lucrative localgovernment and NHS audit contracts. Tim Weeks investigates the prospectsfor profit i...

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Life among the luvvies
Management

Life among the luvvies

27y Idris Nagri

Life among the luvvies

Channel 5's finance director Damien Harte reveals how an accountantcan find his niche among television's creative types. Ruth Nicholasreports. Read Mo...

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Softworld gets caught up in the Web
Management

Softworld gets caught up in the Web

27y Idris Nagri

Softworld gets caught up in the Web

'Web-enabled' is the buzz-phrase of the week at the SoftworldAccounting & Finance event at Earls Court in London. Software developersare falling over ...

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Accounting systems fail to support marketing
Management

Accounting systems fail to support marketing

27y Idris Nagri

Accounting systems fail to support marketing

Accounting and financial management systems are failing to deliver the right information at the right time to support marketing functions, according t...

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News briefs
Management

News briefs

27y Idris Nagri

News briefs

Norwegian software house Agresso has launched an upgrade to its financial and logistics software packages. Agresso 5 includes the facility to store sc...

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Expanding your service
Management

Expanding your service

27y Idris Nagri

Expanding your service

If accountants expect to enhance their existing client relationships,then they must consider offering management services, argues CalvertMarkham. Read...

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Microsoft to recruit UK developers
Management

Microsoft to recruit UK developers

27y Idris Nagri

Microsoft to recruit UK developers

Software giant Microsoft has put its marketing muscle behind a new campaign to recruit software developers and ‘solutions providers’ to pr...

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Internet interchange
Management

Internet interchange

27y Idris Nagri

Internet interchange

Alison Classe reports on how Internet access has changed the futureof electronic data interchange. Read More...

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Shiny Happy PeopleSoft
Management

Shiny Happy PeopleSoft

27y Idris Nagri

Shiny Happy PeopleSoft

With higher profits and increasingly prestigious clients drawn to itsproducts, PeopleSoft can afford to push an upbeat message. Dennis Howlettreports....

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The allure of the CIMA
Management

The allure of the CIMA

27y Idris Nagri

The allure of the CIMA

In the last in a series of articles on how newly qualifieds can standout from the crowd, Sarah Perrin looks at industry and commerce'sincreasing deman...

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