A trainee accountant could be sent to jail for taking part in a half-a-million pound fraud. Between May 2007 and February 2008, Imran Ali, 25, used his job at HBOS to steal personal information about wealthy customers. More than eight Read more…
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The audit firm and partner which carried out accounting work for a software specialist are set to face a disciplinary hearing. RSM Robson Rhodes and Glyn Williams, who were responsible for accounting at iSoft, which was founded by the late Read more…
Student accountants across Britain are increasingly optimistic about their future job, according to new research. The latest global Student Salary Survey by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) found that more than 90 per cent of CIMA students in Read more…
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has announced that the number of students who took the ACCA examinations in June was unchanged from last year. Figures from the global body for accounting professionals show that a total of 196,000 students Read more…
Forensic accountants have been hired by Ofgem, the UK’s energy regulator, as part of its investigation into pricing by the “big six” energy firms. Accountancy firm BDO has been called upon to analyse trading profits, wholesale prices and how the Read more…
Britain’s leading accountancy firms are aiming to recruit bright, young finance professionals through school-leaver training programmes, in addition to university graduates . The Guardian reports that PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, Ernst and Young and KPMG have each established training courses designed specifically Read more…
The University of Lincoln’s accountancy degree course has come top in the UK’s largest student satisfaction survey for the third year running. For this year’s National Student Survey (NSS), market research firm Ipsos MORI gathered opinions on courses from some Read more…
Accountancy giant PwC has admitted to mistakes made over its audit of JP Morgan Securities (JPMSL) for the 7 years to 31 December 2008. According to the Accountancy and Actuarial Disciplinary Board (AADB), the ‘big four’ firm failed to report Read more…
Accountants are warning numerous small businesses about a government campaign to keep proper records. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs are making huge moves to encourage numerous small businesses to keep proper business records. This is especially significant for those businesses Read more…
A new study has revealed that more than one in ten small businesses in the UK are not happy with the rising fees charged by their accountants. Online accounting software provider Crunch carried out a survey of 269 businesses last Read more…
