I don’t often dip into French – with good reason – I’ve never had a lesson in the language in my life (which is quite
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The EU is not happy about the domicile rules
The European Commission issued a press release on Friday. I’m usually reluctant to reproduce big chunks of press releases but this one is important: By
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IFRS 8 – toolate to object?
Accountancy Age has covered the objection by the Investment Management Association, whose members manage £3 billion in the UK, to IFRS 8 – the new
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Reform of the EU Savings Directive?
I hear rumour that the EU is looking seriously at revisions to the Savings Directive. These are the changes that they would like to to
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Tesco to Switzerland means its time for the UK to act
Accountancy Age has reported what has been known for some time, that Tesco is moving its Jersey CD and DVD operation to Switzerland. The UK
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Why throwing money at pensions will not work
The FT reported last week that: J Sainsbury’s pension trustees have signalled to the consortium of private equity investors stalking the supermarket that it would
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The Isle of Man – preferring abuse to the truth
Isle of Man Today has reported the reaction of the Island’s Treasury Minister Allan Bell on the research Tax Research and the Tax Justice Network
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Ethics are important – but business is ignoring the fact
I’ve come across a press release from Integrity Interactive on the 2007 European Corporate Integrity Survey. It says: 99% of European companies have in place
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Corporate reporting – we’ve got a long way to go
In 1975 the UK’s Accounting Standards Steering Committee published a paper called The Corporate Report, to which there appears to be no on-line link. They
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