French Duncan hires 'cloud specialist' to boost client offering
Accounting Firms

French Duncan hires 'cloud specialist' to boost client offering

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

French Duncan hires 'cloud specialist' to boost cl...

Mary Blyth hired to manage the firm's cloud services Read More...

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Year Ahead Q&A: d&t's Carl Reader looks to leverage HMRC change
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Year Ahead Q&A: d&t's Carl Reader looks to leverage HMRC change

8y Idris Nagri

Year Ahead Q&A: d&t's Carl Reader looks to...

Senior practitioner Carl Reader plots a path to use more tech to help drive advisory services, and HMRC's own changes pivotal to that strategy Read Mo...

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Taking Stock: KPMG will do Bishop Fleming's accounts for £125
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Taking Stock: KPMG will do Bishop Fleming's accounts for £125

8y Idris Nagri

Taking Stock: KPMG will do Bishop Fleming's accoun...

Bishop Fleming amused, and bemused, at KPMG's offer to take on their accounting Read More...

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Sage launches online 'client value' tool for advisers
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Sage launches online 'client value' tool for advisers

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Sage launches online 'client value' tool for advis...

Sage confirms launch of Sage Value, and accounting professional search facility Sage Match Read More...

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Adapt to tech change or risk 'irrelevance', ICAEW warns
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Adapt to tech change or risk 'irrelevance', ICAEW warns

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Adapt to tech change or risk 'irrelevance', ICAEW ...

ICAEW warns of risk of marginalisation and reduced relevance due to tech innovation Read More...

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Xero breaks 100,000 customer mark
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Xero breaks 100,000 customer mark

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Xero breaks 100,000 customer mark

Xero's UK subscriber numbers hit six figures Read More...

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PwC to target global SME market with Sage tie-up
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PwC to target global SME market with Sage tie-up

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

PwC to target global SME market with Sage tie-up

The offering will initially focus on the UK before being rolled out across the planet, as PwC and sage announce alliance Read More...

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Xero appoints Wow Company’s Bulpitt for newly-created role
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Xero appoints Wow Company’s Bulpitt for newly-created role

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Xero appoints Wow Company’s Bulpitt for newly-crea...

The Wow Company co-founder Paul Bulpitt takes newly-created role at Xero as head of accounting Read More...

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HMRC details move to cloud IT system
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HMRC details move to cloud IT system

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC details move to cloud IT system

HMRC hopes switch to cloud will allow the department to easily build and deploy web-based applications Read More...

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Deloitte ties up with Sage to target SME market
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Deloitte ties up with Sage to target SME market

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Deloitte ties up with Sage to target SME market

Deloitte's move follows hot-on-the-heels of the recent launch of KPMG Enterprise, targeting the 4.9 million privately-owned UK businesses Read More...

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Online services central to future of practices, say managing partners
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Online services central to future of practices, say managing partners

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Online services central to future of practices, sa...

Practices to push an 'online service', rather than adapt to their clients, according to research involving 300 managing partners by Foulger Underwood ...

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BDO wants clients closer as new cloud service launched
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BDO wants clients closer as new cloud service launched

9y Idris Nagri

BDO wants clients closer as new cloud service laun...

BDO launches InTouch, a new mid-market online service for closer client collaboration Read More...

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Technology key to modern accountancy practices
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Technology key to modern accountancy practices

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Technology key to modern accountancy practices

Accountancy Age readers cite adapting new technologies as key to a successful modern practice Read More...

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#AAYP 2015: Seeing through the cloud
People In Practice

#AAYP 2015: Seeing through the cloud

9y Idris Nagri

#AAYP 2015: Seeing through the cloud

The introduction of cloud accounting software revolutionised how I viewed the profession, says d&t's Jessica Shears Read More...

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Sage creates Salesforce SME cloud system, and practice hub
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Sage creates Salesforce SME cloud system, and practice hub

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Sage creates Salesforce SME cloud system, and prac...

Sage has been busy: it has worked on a Salesforce platform to create an all-encompassing SME cloud system; and set up a customisable hub for practitio...

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Shrinking audit and KPMG SME offering means practice revolution
Accounting Firms

Shrinking audit and KPMG SME offering means practice revolution

9y Gavin Hinks

Shrinking audit and KPMG SME offering means practi...

Audit is shrinking, and big firms are tying up with IT giants to provide analytical services. Smaller firms must step up and revolutionise their clien...

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Offsite IT and good processes mitigate firm's Holborn fire
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Offsite IT and good processes mitigate firm's Holborn fire

9y Idris Nagri

Offsite IT and good processes mitigate firm's Holb...

The Holborn fire failed to destroy Alliotts' ability to serve clients, as managing partner Colin Farmer hails its offsite servers and disaster recover...

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KPMG SME foray doomed to fail, says AA reader poll
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KPMG SME foray doomed to fail, says AA reader poll

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

KPMG SME foray doomed to fail, says AA reader poll

Big Four firm tells small businesses "you can pay us the same as your current accountant, but we'll give you more" Read More...

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David vs Goliath? Small practitioners pick apart KPMG's SME move
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David vs Goliath? Small practitioners pick apart KPMG's SME move

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

David vs Goliath? Small practitioners pick apart K...

Storm erupts after Big Four firm announces it will take on high-street accountants and the mid-tier accountancy firms that focus predominantly on SME ...

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Sage launches Final Accounts Online
Accounting Software

Sage launches Final Accounts Online

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Sage launches Final Accounts Online

Sage becomes first accountancy software vendor to offer final accounts online Read More...

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Baker Tilly announces Microsoft tie-up
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Baker Tilly announces Microsoft tie-up

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Baker Tilly announces Microsoft tie-up

Baker Tilly to sell user licences for Microsoft Dynamics Read More...

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KPMG launches £40m enterprise offering for SMEs
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KPMG launches £40m enterprise offering for SMEs

10y Richard Crump , Writer

KPMG launches £40m enterprise offering for SMEs

KPMG to provide online accounting and tax services to small and start up enterprises via the cloud Read More...

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KPMG and Oracle partner to provide cloud offering
Accounting Firms

KPMG and Oracle partner to provide cloud offering

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

KPMG and Oracle partner to provide cloud offering

KPMG and Oracle to provide finance and tax transformation services through tie-up Read More...

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First cross-platform function for Sage 50 Accounts
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First cross-platform function for Sage 50 Accounts

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

First cross-platform function for Sage 50 Accounts

Sage brings its flagship 50 Accounts to the cloud for the first time Read More...

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Align for growth - technology is the key to long-term growth
Technology

Align for growth - technology is the key to long-term growth

10y Idris Nagri

Align for growth - technology is the key to long-t...

Competing on price is a short-cut to nowhere. It's time to optimise technology and align for growth, writes Barbara Kroll Read More...

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Miller's Tale: Use tech to serve
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Miller's Tale: Use tech to serve

10y Idris Nagri

Miller's Tale: Use tech to serve

If automation will kill off traditional accountants, surely it's a boon for modern advisers? Asks Cara Miller Read More...

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SMEs want accountancy services on the cloud
Accounting Firms

SMEs want accountancy services on the cloud

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

SMEs want accountancy services on the cloud

New surveys reveal active thinking about the cloud from both accountants and their clients Read More...

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