Accountants' phone manner leaves callers cold
Accounting Firms

Accountants' phone manner leaves callers cold

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Accountants' phone manner leaves callers cold

Survey reports that less than a quarter (22%) of 1,000 British consumers are happy with way accountancy firms handle their phone calls Read More...

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Non-dom remittance proposals may cause exodus
Personal Tax

Non-dom remittance proposals may cause exodus

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Non-dom remittance proposals may cause exodus

Proposed changes to the tax treatment of non-domiciles could harm the UK's attractiveness to foreign investors, advisers warn Read More...

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Colin: Captain Obvious joins the Lib Dems
Personal Tax

Colin: Captain Obvious joins the Lib Dems

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Captain Obvious joins the Lib Dems

Colin wonders what other bleeding obvious policies the Lib Dems will announce in the run-up to the election Read More...

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Best Practice: Quantuma's Carl Jackson
Accounting Firms

Best Practice: Quantuma's Carl Jackson

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Best Practice: Quantuma's Carl Jackson

Quantuma's recruitment policy centres on finding partners who are well known, well established, insolvency practitioners with a loyal following Read M...

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Two new partners join BDO's financial services team
Accounting Firms

Two new partners join BDO's financial services team

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Two new partners join BDO's financial services tea...

BDO's financial services practice appoints six new partners in last 12 months, from both lateral hires and internal talent Read More...

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AIM expert takes partner role at PKF Littlejohn
Accounting Firms

AIM expert takes partner role at PKF Littlejohn

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

AIM expert takes partner role at PKF Littlejohn

Joseph Archer joins PKF Littlejohn as partner Read More...

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Leader: KPMG's SME move part of a worrying change to small practice landscape
Accounting Firms

Leader: KPMG's SME move part of a worrying change to small practice landsca...

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Leader: KPMG's SME move part of a worrying change ...

KPMG's foray into the SME market will likely succeed, but it must convince clients it will ‘care' in the same way a ‘local' practice would Read More...

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Best Practice: NWN Blue Squared’s Nick Lawrence
Accounting Firms

Best Practice: NWN Blue Squared’s Nick Lawrence

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Best Practice: NWN Blue Squared’s Nick Lawrence

NWN Blue Squared's CEO Nick Lawrence talks music, creativity and entrepreneurialism Read More...

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SAP falters in face of cloud targets
Technology

SAP falters in face of cloud targets

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

SAP falters in face of cloud targets

SAP drops margin ambitions in favour of cloud sales Read More...

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GT International reports global revenues of $4.7bn
Accounting Firms

GT International reports global revenues of $4.7bn

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

GT International reports global revenues of $4.7bn

Grant Thornton International sees revenues up with assurance services the most lucrative at $2bn Read More...

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HMRC loses records of West Country accountant
People In Practice

HMRC loses records of West Country accountant

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC loses records of West Country accountant

Bishop Fleming partner's records lost, despite his circumstances having been unchanged for more than a decade Read More...

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

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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Auditor concern raised over Birmingham City missing funds
Audit

Auditor concern raised over Birmingham City missing funds

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Auditor concern raised over Birmingham City missin...

Owners of Birmingham City FC 'concerned' that its former auditors failed to spot a suspected £2.5m misappropriation of funds Read More...

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Colin: Nightmare relief
Corporate Tax

Colin: Nightmare relief

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Nightmare relief

Colin ponders the reality of government thinking around tax reliefs Read More...

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Lib Dems plan to tax wealthy, Clegg confirms
Corporate Tax

Lib Dems plan to tax wealthy, Clegg confirms

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Lib Dems plan to tax wealthy, Clegg confirms

The deputy prime minister plans to cut the deficit through 'clamping down on tax evasion and tax avoidance; significant additional savings in Whitehal...

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Deloitte to oversee rescue deal at Austin Reed
Accounting Firms

Deloitte to oversee rescue deal at Austin Reed

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Deloitte to oversee rescue deal at Austin Reed

Partners from Deloitte to negotiate CVAs with Austin Reed Group creditors Read More...

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Colin: Uber tax, Uber problems
Corporate Tax

Colin: Uber tax, Uber problems

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Uber tax, Uber problems

Colin wonders whether Uber's customers could perhaps operate their tipping system in the same manner that the minicab business operates its app Read M...

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"Radical and important' audit standards welcomed by ACCA
Accounting Standards

"Radical and important' audit standards welcomed by ACCA

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

"Radical and important' audit standards welcomed b...

ACCA sees this improvement in auditor's reports as crucial to the future value of audits, enhancing both transparency around the audit and innovation ...

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Europe could probe sweetheart deals after Luxembourg leaks
Corporate Tax

Europe could probe sweetheart deals after Luxembourg leaks

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Europe could probe sweetheart deals after Luxembou...

European parliament considers establishing inquiry into potential sweetheart deals between countries and multinationals Read More...

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EY hired as Sainsbury's ends audit relationship with PwC
Accounting Firms

EY hired as Sainsbury's ends audit relationship with PwC

9y Richard Crump , Writer

EY hired as Sainsbury's ends audit relationship wi...

Sainsbury's ditches PwC as auditors with EY to vet supermarket's accounts from 2016 Read More...

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Taking Stock: Multi-marathon men make a move
People In Practice

Taking Stock: Multi-marathon men make a move

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Multi-marathon men make a move

Loadsa marathons, and loadsa numbercrunchers doing the hard yards... Read More...

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FRC urges deeper engagement with stewardship code
Audit

FRC urges deeper engagement with stewardship code

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

FRC urges deeper engagement with stewardship code

FRC expresses disappointment that "too many signatories fail to follow-through on their commitment to the code" Read More...

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Hodge: More thorough accounting required for tax reliefs
Corporate Tax

Hodge: More thorough accounting required for tax reliefs

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Hodge: More thorough accounting required for tax r...

Public Accounts Committee chairwoman calls for better monitoring of the performance of tax reliefs Read More...

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Duff & Phelps restructures £206m London property portfolio
Business Recovery

Duff & Phelps restructures £206m London property portfolio

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Duff & Phelps restructures £206m London property p...

Duff & Phelps completes administrations and company voluntary arrangements of five property owning companies Read More...

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Year ahead Q&A: Neil Bennett, Leonard Curtis
Accounting Firms

Year ahead Q&A: Neil Bennett, Leonard Curtis

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Year ahead Q&A: Neil Bennett, Leonard Curtis

Neil Bennett, managing partner London at Leonard Curtis Business Solutions Group, says firms must tap into a much wider client base than in the past R...

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Cabbies in fight against Uber tax loophole
Corporate Tax

Cabbies in fight against Uber tax loophole

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Cabbies in fight against Uber tax loophole

Uber business structure allows it to pay lower taxes than its rivals, industry representative claims Read More...

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Roos to head up PwC's hedge fund division
People In Practice

Roos to head up PwC's hedge fund division

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Roos to head up PwC's hedge fund division

FS tax specialist to use his recent hedge fund experience in new PwC role Read More...

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