Get talent: how CFOs can make the most of the people they hire February 15, 2011 HEAD OF EMPLOYER SERVICES, ACCA Chief Financial Officers (CFO) all over the world are facing a challenge – maximising the value that finance teams bring to the business. People – and not numbers – are the sum of an organisation, and in a new report with KPMG, ACCA (the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants), looks [...]
Get talent: how CFOs can make the most of the people they hire February 15, 2011 HEAD OF EMPLOYER SERVICES, ACCA Chief Financial Officers (CFO) all over the world are facing a challenge – maximising the value that finance teams bring to the business. People – and not numbers – are the sum of an organisation, and in a new report with KPMG, ACCA (the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants), looks [...]
Job creation highest in ten months March 9, 2011 Recruiters, led by the private sector, filled permanent vacancies at the fastest pace in 10 months in February while wage inflation eased to a three-month low, a survey showed. Research for the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG also showed hiring of temporary staff rose at its sharpest rate since May 2007, offering hope the [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS January 10, 2011 KPMG Bob Pringle (pictured), has been appointed head of equity capital markets at KPMG, joining the company from Hoare Govett. In addition, the company has hired Jonathan Coddington and James Murray as partners. Coddington moves over from Hawkpoint and will be working on KPMG’s healthcare deals team, while Murray comes to the firm from Rothschild [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS January 10, 2011 KPMG Bob Pringle (pictured), has been appointed head of equity capital markets at KPMG, joining the company from Hoare Govett. In addition, the company has hired Jonathan Coddington and James Murray as partners. Coddington moves over from Hawkpoint and will be working on KPMG’s healthcare deals team, while Murray comes to the firm from Rothschild [...]
€14M WAR CHEST FOR WIGLEY’S FILM PLOT April 6, 2011 EACH year, the Big Curry Lunch hosted by Lord Mayor Michael Bear gets “bigger and better” according to Bear, with 800 guests from the City, Parliament and Livery Companies sitting down to three servings yesterday at the Guildhall. The annual banquet is held in aid of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, and this year’s event raised [...]
€14M WAR CHEST FOR WIGLEY’S FILM PLOT April 6, 2011 EACH year, the Big Curry Lunch hosted by Lord Mayor Michael Bear gets “bigger and better” according to Bear, with 800 guests from the City, Parliament and Livery Companies sitting down to three servings yesterday at the Guildhall. The annual banquet is held in aid of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, and this year’s event raised [...]
CITY VIEWS: DO YOU AGREE THAT WE SHOULD USE MORE GM FOODS? January 24, 2011 MUSTAFA GHULAN LENDING & CREDIT OPERATOR “All our foods are supported by artificial ingredients to some extent. I tend to agreed with GM in developing countries, if it’s going to help supply food.” RICHARD SMITH UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA “I would be fine with eating GM foods. It’s a matter of informing people about the [...]
Voluntary rules for auditors January 25, 2011 GOVERNMENT minister Ed Davey told a House of Lords inquiry yesterday that moves to make the “big four” auditors less dominant in the market should be voluntary before more regulation is tried. Davey, minister for government relations, said “demand-side” measures to help mid-sized audit firms to grow should take precedence over regulation to improve competition. [...]
HMV in crisis talks as debt threatens bank limits January 19, 2011 TROUBLED music retailer HMV has called in KPMG for debt management advice to try to stop it breaching upcoming bank covenants. HMV, which experienced a torrid day yesterday after admitting that credit insurers had reduced their coverage of its sales amid fears of its creditworthiness, has hired the accountant to provide specialist debt advisory services, [...]