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May 25th in Uncategorized by Editor .

CGT Misery For Property-Obsessed Brits

The Coalition Government’s CGT plans have sparked controversey; so will classic cars replace 4 bed semis…?

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February 11th in Uncategorized by Editor .

Accountants Maintain Graduate Recruitment Crown

Accountants are still the most gernerous when it comes to opening their doors to graduates…

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January 21st in Uncategorized by Editor .

General Re’s $92m Settlement For Fraud Involvement

Rumour has it that the legendary investor (and the normally good humoured) Warren Buffet gave a particularly cranky interview yesterday…

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January 21st in Uncategorized by Editor .

Want More Money? Head to the Public Sector

The Office for National Statistics said average earnings in the private sector fell by 0.1 per cent in the three months to November compared to last year. Whilst the public sector parties on…

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January 20th in Uncategorized by Editor .

Standard Life’s Whopping Fine for Misleading Investors

Standard Life has been hit with a £2.45m fine…

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January 20th in Uncategorized by Editor .

Nicolas Cage Gets Finances Sorted

By agreeing to pay $14 million to the Internal Revenue Service…

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January 19th in Uncategorized by Editor .

Begbie’s Traynor – UK’s Insolvency Situation Really Horrible

Ok, our words not theirs, but they did say that 140,000 companies “experienced significant and critical financial problems” in the fourth quarter of 2009 according to their statistics…

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January 19th in Uncategorized by Editor .

Don’t Just Sit There

Even if you exercise regularly, long periods chained to your desk without moving could cause untold problems…

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January 19th in Uncategorized by Editor .

Pound has lift-off as inflation soars

The UK has just biggest jump in the annual rate of inflation from one month to the next since records began.

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December 23rd in Uncategorized by Editor .

Tax Rap

Yes really, a rap about taxes…

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December 22nd in Uncategorized by Editor .

Accounting Ghost of Christmas Past

There is a saying in technology circles that goes along the lines of; ‘ if something is possible then it will be done’. But sometimes in life it is better that the possible remains undone…

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December 22nd in Uncategorized by Editor .

Forensic Accountants Booming

And the boom is set to continue…

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December 21st in Uncategorized by Editor .

Businesses Cut Christmas Spending Cheer

The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) estimates that employers will spend about £600m on Christmas parties for their staff this year…

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December 18th in Uncategorized by Editor .

Ernst & Young to pay $8.5mln to settle SEC charges

The US watchdog has charged Ernst & Young and six of its current and former partners for their roles at a fitness business, for failing to know about its fraudulent financial accounting and disclosures…

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December 17th in Uncategorized by Editor .

Consultants Take Police to the Cleaners

The National Police Improvement Agency (not out of ‘1984′ – such a thing actually exists) spent £71 million on consultants in 2007, its first year of operation…

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December 16th in Uncategorized by Editor .

Worker’s £10 reward for returning £1.4m

A CO-OP worker was stunned to open his wage slip this month to find the company had paid him £1.4million…

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December 16th in Uncategorized by Editor .

2009 – The Year of the FD

Finance directors are proving very popular this year. The average salary for FTSE 100 FDs has risen for 2009 as companies make their way through turbulent waters…

December 14th in Uncategorized by Editor .

Accountants and Lawyers Slated for Cleaning Up In Financial Mess

It’s not just bankers having their profits scrutinised in the downturn…

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December 14th in Uncategorized by Editor .

Accenture Dumps Tiger

Although a number of sponsors have come up with novel excuses like respecting his privacy and making merely coincidental changes to marketing, Accenture have pulled no punches…

December 11th in Uncategorized by Editor .

Deloitte Analyst Puts Sex into the City

Silly season is upon us. Columns dedicated to warning of the dangers posed by this time of year when alcohol and general giddiness take over are in abundance. But they weren’t warning enough for one City analyst:

To all those who have not yet been warned off inappropriate use of the company email, let this be a lesson to you. Just three days ago, young Holly Leam-Taylor, one of the first year analysts at accountancy giant Deloitte recently decided …

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