Recently added articles from Financial Management (UK):
Was Basel II really faulty?(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2009; Hensher, Shirley ... As a risk management professional in retail banking, I was drawn to your feature "The global financial crisis: what went wrong?" (July/August). It made some interesting assertions, many of which I support, but I must challenge its statement that the Basel II capital adequacy regime was ...
Guidance for NHS charities.(first in ... All the latest news affecting accountants in business, including regulations updates)
Oct 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Charity Commission has published advice for trustees of NHS charities in an attempt to address controversy over the suggestion that they may be consolidated into the accounts of their linked NHS bodies. The commission, which is responsible ...
Laggards on money-laundering law exposed.(first in ... All the latest news affecting accountants in business, including regulations updates)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Some EU member states have yet to transpose the third money-laundering directive into their national laws, research by the European Federation of Accountants (FEE) has found. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The "Survey on Europe and national legislation and guidance on the ...
Green ratings for blue-chips.(first in ... All the latest news affecting accountants in business, including regulations updates)
Oct 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has for the first time assessed the performance of Global 500 and S&P 500 members in reducing their contribution to climate change, rather than simply reporting the level of their disclosures. Companies achieving the ...
Clampdown on R&D tax relief.(first in ... All the latest news affecting accountants in business, including regulations updates)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Increasing numbers of claims for research and development tax relief are being challenged by HM Revenue & Customs, according to Grant Thornton. These challenges are based on a narrower interpretation of existing rules for tax super-deductions on costs incurred for R&D activity ...
Hard times, soft options: powerful new business software offers scope for cost savings, but few firms can afford to splurge on IT in a downturn. Scott Payton suggests how to make a modest investment go a long way.
Oct 01, 2009; Payton, Scott ... Technology that genuinely improves efficiency and cuts costs has always been desirable for businesses, but the recent economic climate has made it downright essential in many cases. Can the emerging generation of relatively cheap business software really offer a viable alternative to fully ...
Built to last: in the first of a series in which we ask experts in different sectors for the reviews on carbon reduction, Martin West ACMA discusses the role of the property industry. How does his firm manage its own carbon strategy and contribute to those of its clients?(Company overview)
Oct 01, 2009; West, Martin ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The type of property an organisation occupies, how it's managed and where it's located all have a significant bearing on that organisation's overall carbon impact. Understanding the effect that a building has on the environment--not only through fairly ...
Clean break: final-salary pensions are a luxury of the past for most private-sector employers. Tim Ludlow FCMA, former finance director of Miele GB, explains how he scrapped its scheme without alienating the workforce.
Oct 01, 2009; Ludlow, Tim ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The problem is not uncommon: your firm's defined-benefit pension scheme is a key recruitment and retention tool, but it has a deficit that's increasing at an alarming rate. How do you take this financial risk out of the business and remain able to motivate ...
Financial reporting: the UK Accounting Standards Board is proposing a three-tier approach to developing UK Gaap converged with IFRS.(technical matters)
Oct 01, 2009; Topazio, Nick ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We will soon see the end of financial reporting standards (FRSs) and their older colleagues, statements of standard accounting practice (SSAPs). At least that's the intention of the Accounting Standards Board (ASB), which published plans to this effect in ...
Performance measurement: Alexa Michael explains the key features of a CIMA resource designed to help members in SMEs manage through the downturn and beyond.(technical matters)
Oct 01, 2009; Michael, Alexa ... Now more than ever, smaller businesses must understand how they can improve their performance, eliminate unnecessary costs and focus on the right strategy to survive the recession. To this end, CIMA has published an updated extract from "Making a success of your business: essential ...
Inter-organisational management accounting: the rise of virtual, networked organisations has brought with it the need for a different approach to financial management.(technical matters)(Company overview)
Oct 01, 2009; Ross, Louise ... I remember being captivated 25 years ago by the idea that some organisations could be legal personalities, incurring debts and entering contracts on their own behalf. Today I'm grappling with the question "what is an organisation?" again, now that the internet has opened up new ways for ...
Close encounters of the third-sector kind: charities are feeling the pinch just as much as businesses, Elaine Bentley explains why offering them your services for free will also benefit your career.(career development)
Oct 01, 2009; Bentley, Elaine ... Picture this: you arrive at the interview for your dream job just as the previous candidate, Mr Slick Suit, swaggers past you on his way out. Your mouth goes dry, doubt starts to kick in and you think: "He's got the job. I just know it. Why would they pick me over him?" Well, ...
Shamil Kairudeen: financial controller, the George Hotel, Edinburgh (part of the Principal Hayley Group).(student ONE 2 ONE)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You started out as an auditor in your home country of Sri Lanka. How did you end up as a management accountant in Scotland? I started working for Grant Thornton in 1998, but later moved to a clothes manufacturing company called Paradise. I had ...
TOPCIMA: Adrian Sims explores some of the key issues raised by the pre-seen material on the V Outsourcing Vendor Company case study.(study notes: PAPER P10)
Oct 01, 2009; Sims, Adrian ... A good way to analyse TOPCIMA pre-seen material is to ask three questions: how is the company doing at the moment? What strategic and operational decisions might it face in the coming year? What management accounting knowledge can I use to analyse these issues and back up my advice to it? ...
New principles; old principals: Charles Tilley explains why we need to think radically to capitalise on economic recovery--but the financial basics are as essential as ever.(CEO's notebook)
Oct 01, 2009; Tilley, Charles ... If the vulnerability of the world economy has been obvious to all since the collapse of Lehman Brothers last year, the sheer resilience of the system in recent months has proved every bit as remarkable. In economics, sentiment is everything and at the beginning of the year we were talking ...
Now, that's what I call unfortunate.(... last out)
Oct 01, 2009; ... "Subject: Andrea Adams Conslutancy." ...
What is she again?(... last out)
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What nationality is his other arm?(... last out)
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Stiff competition.(... last out)
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Wonky-tonk women.(Style file)
Oct 01, 2009; ... "Bold shoulders have been an underground trend for a couple of seasons, but ...
