Accountancy Age have reported that: KPMG has charged £23.7m in fees and expenses to Courts, the collapsed furniture retailer. The majority of the fees have
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Parmalat accuse Grant Thornton of fraud
Accountancy Age and the Financial Mail report: Grant Thornton International faces a £5bn claim from food giant Parmalat which accuses the firm of an ‘active
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Northern Rock: Hedge funds prove shareholders have too much power
The Guardian has reported that: One of Northern Rock’s largest shareholders has challenged the bank’s board to a public fight over its future at a
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500,000 young people on incapacity benefit
As if to follow up the publication of Oliver James’ new book ‘Selfish Capitalism’ (about which I wrote here), the FT has reported that: More
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Sinful taxation
According to the New York Times a US to professor, Susan Hamill, has suggested that 18 US states seriously violate biblical principles in the way
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Selfish capitalism is bad for our mental health
Oliver James has a fascinating piece in the Guardian today to coincide with the publication of his book “Selfish Capitalism”. I’ve not read that yet,
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Time for reform
Prem Sikka has greeted the new year with a cal for the reform of bank accounting on his Guardian blog. As he puts it: Despite
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What can an accountant do?
Stuart Jones, a practicing chartered accountant posed an excellent question on my blog entitled “Corruption – alive and well”. He said: I’m with you 100%
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The Tote’s move to Alderney: the worst signal to tax avoiders that the government could give?
The Guardian has reported that: Totesport Casino, an internet arm of government-owned bookmaker the Tote, is switching its operations to the offshore tax haven of
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