A rap on the knuckles for the Charity Finance Directors Group. The body sent out a press release at 12:50pm on Budget day, only 20 minutes into the c...
View articleTS is getting fed up with suggestions, aired in certain quarters, that the government’s crackdown on city bonus-type schemes announced in last w...
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View articleAs the annual Budget mayhem descends on the Accountancy Age office, TS can usually be found down the pub, spending the money collected from the regula...
View articleTS is no stranger to the odd bit of office japery, after all it really is the only way to get through the mind numbing tedium of the day. But we still...
View articleColin Day, top finance bod at Reckitt Benckiser, exercised an awful lot of shares last week 220,000 to be precise, netting himself a good £2m in the...
View articleWhat with all these new rules on what other services an auditor can provide to its client, it’s perhaps not too surprising that some of the larg...
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View articleDavid Mills, of Tessa Jowell fame, seems to have had a relatively pleasant time when dealing with the taxman over the last few years. Despite being a ...
View articleTS is often accused of cynicism and rightly so. But we’re beginning to wonder whether we can hold a candle to you lot. On the rare occasion that TS ...
View articleNever let it be said that TS is scooped on matters of meaningless gossip relating to the leaders of the accountancy profession. TS has a new piece of ...
View articleYou would think the taxman would know a thing or two about Deloitte, the second largest firm in the UK. Remember them? They do a lot of tax advice. Bu...
View articleYou’ll have to forgive TS a moment whilst we get this out of our system. Nick Land’s appointment as a non-exec at Shell has got us thinkin...
View articleKeen readers will not be surprised to learn that despite the dubious quality of our company, TS is never short of a dinner ticket. However what even ...
View articleSir David Varney appeared before MPs again last week, and TS is pleased to report that HMRC’s head honcho was much cheerier than on earlier occasions....
View articleTS was delighted to be able to meet Man City chief exec Alistair Mackintosh, the accountant keeping a tight rein on the club’s finances. A man keen o...
View articlePhilip Broadley was not at his most forthcoming on the avoidance issues behind the total tax contribution framework unveiled this week. Here are the n...
View articleAdrian Walker could find himself alongside HMRC enforcer Dave Hartnett as one of the most unpopular men in accountancy, after talking at length about ...
View articleTS was out and about with the stars of the accountancy world last night at trendy nightclub Paper in the heart of the West End, celebrating the new lo...
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View articleTS is always amused when Paddy Behan, VAT expert at Grant Thornton, encourages us to ‘keep the faith’ just before he signs off his phone calls. So the...
View articleJust over a year ago, Accountancy Age ran a profile of former soap star turned pop star turned West End star Jason Donovan, who had starred as an acco...
View articleOnce again, thanks to our unrivalled access to the London party scene, TS brings you the news that Now and Heat magazine dare not print. Read More...
View articleThe general perception of the ‘new generation’ of leaders of the profession, John Griffith-Jones and Mark Otty (pictured), is that KPMG’s Griffith-Jon...
View articleNews has reached us that poor little cartoon dog Scruffy has fallen into the hands of a vicious accountant and could be in terrible danger. Read More...
View articleWhen you are a jet-setting figurehead of the global accounting profession, its pretty certain that you diary is going to be very full most of the time...
View articleTS has some good news. We know that it’s a rare thing, but sometimes it must be done. Read More...
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