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No quick fixes at Davos

I spent last week at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland.  The point of Davos is to bring people together to debate how to make the world better.

 

This year, as might be expected, optimism was in short supply. Howev...

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Higher Apprenticeships to make Accountancy more accessible

ICAEW is developing a higher apprenticeship programme with PWC, the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) and the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) as part of our efforts to make our profession more accessible.

 

With youth...

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Financial Services Bill: an end to financial crises?

Yesterday the House of Commons started to debate the Financial Services Bill, which  aims to minimise the possibility of another financial crisis by making the system more resilient. 

 

The main effect will be to replace the current tripa...

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A grim and uncertain year ahead, says BCM research

2012 will be another year of uncertainty for UK businesses, with scaled down investment plans, reluctance to take on new staff, pay remaining flat, and exports at a standstill. It’s a grim picture.

 

That’s the forecast from the ICAEW/ Gra...

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Keeping the momentum going on HMRC service standards

Yesterday I took our campaign for better HMRC service standards to the Small Business Economic Forum which brings together business bodies, banks and BIS ministers together to talk about some of the major challenges facing SMEs. From my experience, ...