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ACCA-X: New online learning venture lunched by ACCA
April 8th, 2015
ACCA-X, edX and Epigeum collaborate to open-up access to the accountancy profession Details of a series of digital, high quality and open access courses are announced today by global accountancy body ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) with ...
ACCA announced an appointment
February 11th, 2015
ACCA has today announced the appointment of Alan Hatfield to the role of Executive Director – Strategy and Development. A graduate of Glasgow University and a member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, Alan has led ACCA’s ...
ACCA awarded ISO 22301
February 4th, 2015
The international standard for Business Continuity – ISO 22301 – has been awarded to ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). ACCA was recently audited by the British Standards Institute, on three separate occasions over a total period of ...
Accounting firms: Small practitioners pick apart KPMG’s SME move
January 22nd, 2015
A torrent of defiance and disbelief has been unleashed by accountancy practices across the UK after KPMG‘s recent vow to disrupt and dominate the SME market by telling small businesses “you can pay us the same as your current accountant, ...
Audit and assurance for SMEs
December 22nd, 2014
While regulators are lifting the audit thresholds around the world, SMEs still see the access to funding as a challenge. This raises the issue of the value of assurance services for SMEs and the role of accountants in offering, ...
Fall of the Bond King: How Gross Lost Empire as Pimco Cracked
December 4th, 2014
Bill Gross, the 70-year-old king of bonds, rushed through the offices of his $2 trillion empire on a Friday morning distributing hand-written notes. He knew his reign was over. The billionaire co-founder of Pacific Investment Management Co. and its ...
How to choose an accountant
October 3rd, 2014
Selecting an accountant to support your business is an important decision and something you need to consider carefully. Dan Martin gathers advice from members of the community UK Business Forums. How much should you pay? As with everything in ...
CEO of tax specialist cleared of wrongdoing after HMRC climb down
September 15th, 2014
The chief executive and a former director of the tax specialist arm of financial group Montpelier have been cleared of cheating the public revenue of £1m, after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) dropped the case against them. Watkin Gittins, ...
ACCA and Colombian Acountancy Body sign MOU
August 13th, 2014
The growth and development of the accountancy profession in Colombia has been bolstered by a Memorandum of Understanding being signed between INCP (Instituto Nacional de Contadores Públicos de Colombia), Colombia’s national accountancy body, and ACCA (the Association of Chartered ...
Implementing the new European accounting directive
July 17th, 2014
In implementing the New European Accounting Directive, the Member States have choices which give them the chance to improve accounting in their country and those choices should be more evidence-based. This was the main conclusion of a roundtable facilitated ...
