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Sustainability Matters
May 16th, 2014
The global accountancy profession has an important role in making organisations more responsible and accountable in the pursuit of sustainable development, says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) in a new policy paper called Sustainability Matters. The paper ...
Payday Lending: Fixing a broken market
May 13th, 2014
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has launched a unique report on payday lending looking specifically at its business model. Called Payday lending: fixing a broken market, the authors Sarah Beddows, an independent consultant, and Mick McAteer from ...
Physically protecting data – the forgotten IT security problem?
May 12th, 2014
The innovative collection and use of data is developing rapidly and has the potential to be highly beneficial, helping businesses to better understand their markets, identify where to make savings and ultimately grow their client base. However, approaches to ...
Making Big Four partner ‘meritocratic but highly commercial’
May 6th, 2014
Making partner at a Big Four firm is more meritocratic than previously considered – but does this create a culture of commercialism that could clash with what is expected of a ‘trusted adviser’? That is the question raised following ...
Advisers concerned about capacity to meet demand
May 2nd, 2014
Accountants are concerned that they will fail to cope with client demands as the economy improves, according to a new survey. Six in ten (61%) of advisers believe they might not have the capacity to meet to meet increasing ...
A look on FASB’s new standards
April 30th, 2014
In December 2002, five months after he became chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Robert Herz told a conference of auditors that FASB had set a “very ambitious” deadline for issuing a sweeping new standard that would govern ...
VAT is Set to Change on 1st Jan 2015 – How Will This Affect Your Business?
April 29th, 2014
VAT rules are set to change in 2015, UK businesses and accountants should now begin to prepare says one analyst. What changes will the new rules concerning VAT bring in the new year? It may seem a while away, ...
Bank of America Lost $2.7 Billion in a Maze of Accounting
April 29th, 2014
Last month, Citigroup failed the Fed’s stress test because, even though it would meet minimum capital requirements in a severely adverse scenario, the Fed wasn’t comfortable with Citi’s capital planning process. Meanwhile, Bank of America passed the stress test ...
UK SMEs are neglected at the critical growth stage, says new report
April 25th, 2014
Old Street Silicon Valley-style business ‘clusters’ vital for growth. Local Enterprise Partnerships not as effective as predecessor, say SMEs Initiatives aimed at helping the UK’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are failing at the critical growth stage of ...
CALDB suspends NSW joint liquidator for six months
April 16th, 2014
The Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board (CALDB) has ordered the suspension of the registration of Mr William James Hamilton as a liquidator for six months following an application by ASIC. The suspension will take effect from 3 June ...
