Two new pieces of research highlight that UK companies are confident in spite of entry into double dip recession. Since mid 2011, optimism of smaller manufacturers has risen, according to thebusiness group CBI. Moreover, the UK Business Confidence Monitor stated Read more…
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Accountants’ salaries have increased by more than ten per cent in the last year. This is nearly seven times more than the national average. Nonetheless, accountants are said to be disappointed by the level of pay increase. This is due Read more…
Women accountants are still getting an average of 81 per cent of their male counterparts. The average salary of female accountants is currently 81% of the average male salary, up from 77% in 2010, so female accountants are making headway. Read more…
An accountancy firm has signed a bilateral trade agreement to assist the Chinese to get a break in the UK market. The accountants are going to help the giant Chinese manufacturer Singyes Solar get a foothold in the UK market. Read more…
A new website has been launched which offers free financial advice to SMEs throughout the UK. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Barclays have combined forces to launch this website which has just gone live. It details the Read more…
Richard Murphy, a chartered accountant at Tax Research UK, has said that suggestions for politicians to publish their tax returns would not still not show up cases of tax avoidance . He added that those who wish to evade tax Read more…
Does accountancy software mean the demise of accountants as there seems to be quite a lot of good accountancy software around and is it likely to put accountantsout of business? Accounting software records financial data to assist business to extract Read more…
George Osbourne, in his annual budget statement on Wednesday, stated that he was cutting the top rate of income tax from 50 pence in the pound to 45 pence by April 2013. He argued that the original higher rate has Read more…
Accountants have slammed deputy prime minister Nick Clegg for the calling for a “tycoon tax”. Clegg criticised “multimillionaires avoiding tax by moving their money around” and declared that most of them pay less than 30 per cent or even 20 Read more…
Just 9 per cent of businesses reported new loan applications over the last twelve months. Independent researcher BDRC Continental released its most recent report, the SME Finance Monitor, today. It is deemed by the Association ofChartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) to Read more…
