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February 22nd in Accountancy News, Economics, Economy, Politics by Editor .

George Osborne’s Austerity Plan Impresses US Treasury Secretary

Not universally popular at home but plan receives a ringing endorsement from US big hitter…

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February 16th in Accountancy News, Accountancy Profession, Economics, Economy by Editor .

Inflation High Stakes

4% a year under CPI or 5.1% under RPI, take your pick…

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November 1st in Accountancy News, Deloitte, Economics, Economy by Editor .

Deloitte On Britain’s Economic Squeeze

The country’s not necessarily condemned but we’ve got “very few of the conditions that have generally helped other economies to maintain strong rates of growth”…

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October 18th in Accountancy News, Accountancy Profession, E&Y, Economics by Editor .

E&Y Item Club: No Double Dip From Cuts

As business leaders urge Osborne to follow through…

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September 28th in Accountancy News, Economics, Humour, International, Politics by Editor .

Slip of the Tongue – French MEP Swaps “Inflation” For “Fellatio”

The former French Justice Minister, now MEP, has very embarrasing tongue twister…

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June 24th in Economics, Germany, Politics by Editor .

Euro Crisis: Soros Criticises Germans, Germans Criticse U.S.

The merry-go-round of economic argument hots up…

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June 22nd in Accountancy News, Budget, Economics, Economy by Editor .

Budget Day

The excitement builds…

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June 21st in Accountancy News, Accountancy Profession, Economics, Economy by Editor .

Thousands of public sector accountants face unemployment

Over 16,500 public sector accountants could be about to get a taste of what private sector workers have been munching on for the last couple of years…

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May 13th in Accountancy News, Economics, Tax, VAT by Editor .

VAT rise no surprise

Neither the Conservatives or the Lib Dems ruled it out…

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April 30th in Accountancy News, Business, Economics, KPMG, Pensions by Editor .

KPMG: Accounting rules may = £10bn less profit for companies

As if businesses didn’t have enough to worry about when it came to the bottom line…

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April 12th in Economics, International, News, Offshore, Politics, Tax Avoidance by Editor .

Another Tycoon Makes Tax-Inspired Exit

Jim Ratcliffe is moving himself and his company Ineos, the chemicals group, to Switzerland to save £100m in tax…

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March 31st in Economics, Entertainment by Editor .

Freakonomics The Movie

Entertainment for the numerate…