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Paul Grant, Accountancy Age, Monday 6 September 2010 at 00:15:00

Recruiter Reed says accountancy sector outpacing other industries with positions available growing rapidly in August

Demand for accountancy staff raced bucked the trend of a flat jobs market over the summer, with positions for pre-qualified accountants at their highest since the start of the year,...

Accountancy Age, Accountancy Age, Monday 6 September 2010 at 07:52:00

Up to 1.4 million to be told they owe outstanding tax of up to £1,400

The taxman is to contact up to six million people to inform them they have paid the wrong tax. Many may face demands of an additional additional £5,000 while up...

Mario Christodoulou, Accountancy Age, Friday 3 September 2010 at 10:37:00

US audit regulator will have access to confidential inspection reports

US audit regulators will be able to inspect European firms after the European Commission cleared the way for access to confidential papers, in a move which could allow Lehman Brothers...

The head of the employers' body has raised new fears over the impact of the government's austerity programme on higher education, warning that the cuts 'would have serious consequences for the sector'

Instead of cumbersome Regional Development Agencies, we need local enterprise partnerships that better reflect the natural economic geography of the areas they serve, write Vince Cable and Eric Pickles

The chancellor has denied 'losing his nerve' in a simmering dispute with bankers over bonuses, insisting he will press ahead with plans to make public the number of employees earning more than £1m a year

British Airways and Iberia draw up a shortlist of 12 airlines which the firms hope to buy or merge with.

Pensioners hit by the Equitable Life scandal are to make a final bid to persuade the government to pay them full compensation.

Rising overseas demand has created buoyant conditions for manufacturers in the UK, an industry report suggests, though threats remain.