LOANING TOP TALENT TO THE GAMES March 8, 2011 DELOITTE, one of the Olympics sponsors, is playing a major part in making the games in 2012 a winner by offering up staff to play key roles in the organisation of the event. The auditing and consulting giant has seconded some of its top people to help create the best Olympics ever as have other [...]
ANALYST VIEWS: WILL INFLATION CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE UK? April 10, 2011 GEOFFREY WOOD | CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL Yes, and it is already too high, after the Bank yet again made the mistake of keeping rates at 0.5 per cent. For years they have gravely underestimated external price influences, and so consistently missed its two per cent inflation target for CPI. IAN STEWART | DELOITTE Most people [...]
Forget the made-for-TV nonsense, the race is on to find real apprentices April 6, 2011 DAVID Willetts, the minister for universities and higher education, courted controversy when he suggested that graduates should consider starting a business if they were struggling to find work. But some of the City’s finest took this to heart and cooked up an idea to boost Britain’s entrepreneurial spirit and give the UK’s best and brightest [...]
Forget the made-for-TV nonsense, the race is on to find real apprentices April 6, 2011 DAVID Willetts, the minister for universities and higher education, courted controversy when he suggested that graduates should consider starting a business if they were struggling to find work. But some of the City’s finest took this to heart and cooked up an idea to boost Britain’s entrepreneurial spirit and give the UK’s best and brightest [...]
Bosses face a pay freeze in 2010: Deloitte September 12, 2010 MORE than half of FTSE 350 companies will not increase the salaries of executive directors in 2010 although bonuses are bouncing back, according to a report by Deloitte today. The figures from the professional services firm reveal a salary freeze for many executives, after over two thirds were awarded no pay increase in 2009. Those [...]
Bosses face a pay freeze in 2010: Deloitte September 12, 2010 MORE than half of FTSE 350 companies will not increase the salaries of executive directors in 2010 although bonuses are bouncing back, according to a report by Deloitte today. The figures from the professional services firm reveal a salary freeze for many executives, after over two thirds were awarded no pay increase in 2009. Those [...]
JP Morgan is City’s number one adviser May 30, 2011 JP MORGAN Cazenove has maintained its place at the top of the City’s broker advisory tables despite losing five clients since last quarter, according to the latest figures from financial data firm Hemscott. The company now has 239 clients – still a fair way off its peak of 251 in early 2010 but streets ahead [...]
Lords report to slam big four auditors March 29, 2011 AN influential House of Lords Committee is set to issue a blistering attack on the “big four” auditors today after an eight-month inquiry into the competitiveness of the audit industry. The Economic Affairs Committee, which is chaired by Conservative Lord John MacGregor, is understood to want drastic action to deal with a potential “systemic risk” [...]
Banks face probe for their use of Big Four auditors March 23, 2011 THE GOVERNMENT has asked regulators to investigate whether banks help to entrench the Big Four auditing firms’ dominance through restrictive lending agreements with companies. The Budget included a call to the Office of Fair Trading to probe whether bank covenants lock out smaller auditors. The Financial Reporting Council had expressed concern to lawmakers last year [...]
Auto Windscreens collapses February 15, 2011 Car window repair firm Auto Windscreens collapsed into administration yesterday after admitting it had run out of cash, putting 1,100 jobs at risk. Administrator Deloitte said it sent employees home yesterday while it holds urgent discussions with creditors over the future of the firm. Deloitte said a major customer had cancelled its contract with Auto [...]