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The Briefcase 2: The 5 Biggest Accounting Scandals of All Time
From Enron to Satyam, discover the five biggest accounting scandals of all time, how they happened, who got burned, and what every accountant can learn from the wreckage.
Accountants in the Spotlight
Discover how accountants are portrayed in TV and film, from cult heroes to comedy icons, and why the profession deserves more credit than it gets.
The History of Accounting
From Mesopotamian clay tablets to modern ledgers, the history of accounting spans continents and civilisations.
Posted on: 3rd Mar 2017How Do I Bounce Back From Difficult Times?
By: Leanne Hoffman | 3 min read | 0No matter how good you are at your job, there will always be times when things don't go to plan or you are let down. Here our my tips on how to turn a feeling of failure into success...
Posted on: 13th Feb 2017How Alternative is Alternative Finance in 2017?
By: Andy Davis | 2 min read | 0Although different players in the Peer-to-Peer lending market are moving at different rates - and not all are...
Posted on: 13th Feb 2017The Rhythm of Business
By: Patrick Macdonald | 3 min read | 0Business, like everything else in life, has its own rhythm. Every organisation needs to fit certain key activities and decisions into each 12-month cycle. These include...
Posted on: 2nd Feb 2017Are You Getting Your Fair Share?
By: Brian Plowman | 3 min read | 0Sometimes, a business can find its share of gross margin within a supply chain squeezed to the point of destroying value. Here I explain how finance can help reverse that effect.
Posted on: 27th Jan 2017No End to Low Yields But New European Banking Crisis on the Horizon
By: Bob Lyddon | 6 min read | 0There is no end in sight to the low-yield environment around the Euro and all currencies associated with it. This is...
Posted on: 20th Jan 2017How to Make Budgeting Work in the Real World
By: accountingcpd | 4 min read | 0Read a budgeting textbook and it all seems so easy. So why in practice are there so many problems associated with budgeting? In the real world things aren't what they seem to be in theory.
Posted on: 13th Jan 2017Becoming a Finance Business Partner
By: accountingcpd | 4 min read | 0Finance business partnering has emerged from changes in the business environment where organisations are thinking about their transactional finance activities and considering outsourcing them. The finance function has therefore...
Posted on: 5th Jan 2017ISO37001: The Latest International Bribery Prevention Tool
By: John Burbidge-King | 5 min read | 0In October 2016, the International Standards Organisation published ISO37001, the anti-bribery management system. Rising public awareness of the societal, financial and market damage caused by bribery, has resulted in a wake-up call...
Posted on: 20th Dec 2016How to Profit From a Ponzi Scheme
By: John Taylor | 7 min read | 0It seems a sad indictment of the human condition that even in this cynical 'seen it all before' age, greed still drives human beings to commit crimes and still makes victims of those criminals. Almost every month somewhere in the world...