Consultancy and Services
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KPMG says PBR a mixed bag for the middle market
Helen Sant, head of Tax for KPMG in East Anglia and Cambridge, assesses the impact of the Pre-Budget Report and comprehensive spending review Yet... Read More
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East of England SMEs aiming too high with Green strategies
Businesses in Cambridge and East Anglia are being hampered in their desire to tackle climate change by a lack of financial and physical resource,... Read More
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Governance rules change could create exodus to private equity
The number of executive directors in FTSE 350 companies has declined for the fifth year running, resulting in 20 per cent less positions than there... Read More
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DRS 'e-counts' tripled first half profits
The supply of e-Counting services to the Scottish elections last May has more than tripled first half pretax profits for data capture company DRS... Read More
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Cambridge firm secures US business
Cambridge consultancy Information Transfer has won a contract with Organon Inc in New Jersey to produce a training programme on anaesthesia products... Read More
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Fraud-free region one of safest places in UK to do business
The latest FraudTrack research from BDO Stoy Hayward in Cambridge shows that the East of England is one of the safest places to do business. The... Read More
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Local accountancy firms merge
Independent accountancy firms CKL and Jones Golding are to merge. The new partnership will be called CKL Golding. Chairman Malcolm Watson said: “... Read More
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Footsie breathing down SHAREtrack's neck
The SHAREtrack 100 - in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers - index fell 3 per cent last week to 6659 with all six of the top constituents... Read More
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Record recruitment problems in East of England
Organisations across the region are struggling to attract staff as movements in earnings drop for the first time in 4 years and bonuses become less... Read More
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Sharetrack Index pips FTSE-100
The Sharetrack Index rose 2.5 per cent last week to a level of 6,865. The stockmarket shrugged off the sell off in the bond markets in both the... Read More
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International accountancy network builds on UK expansion with new office
Accountants and business advisers, BDO Stoy Hayward, will open a new office in Cambridge on July I, the firm has announced. The company has... Read More
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Top 50 UK accountancy practices continue bounceback
The UK’s top 50 accountancy practices have continued their bounceback following the global fall-out of the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals.... Read More
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SHAREtrack has a rare bad week
The Sharetrack Index had a poor week, falling 3.7 per cent to 6695.8 with surprisingly few features. Two relatively small stocks rose by... Read More
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BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IN REGION IS LOWEST IN UK
The East of England has the lowest Business Confidence score in the UK as the gap between the national confidence score and the region widens. In... Read More
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Swarbrick steps down at Deloitte
Richard Knights has taken over the post of senior partner at the Cambridge operation of one of the world’s ‘Big Four’ accountancies, Deloitte. Both... Read More
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2 per cent fall for Sharetrack Index
The Sharetrack Index fell 2 per cent last week to 6863.4 reflecting widespread declines amongst the largest constituents of the Index. Of the top 15... Read More
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Sharetrack up a further 1.1 per cent
The Sharetrack Index rose 1.1 per cent to 7016 last week, a quiet performance when the indices in the UK moved decisively higher boosted by a number... Read More
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Consultants launch Innovas East
A group of 10 business consultants based in the Cambridge area has established Innovas East – the fourth and latest addition to the fast growing... Read More
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Northants SMEs get green light
SMEs in Northants have been given the opportunity to take action on energy efficiency through the launch of a new and free peer support mechanism... Read More
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GT swallows local accountancy rival
Major local redundancies have been ruled out following the merger of accountancy firms Robson Rhodes and Grant Thornton. Tim Blades, office managing... Read More