London's largest river bus commuter service has revealed new and expanded routes as it prepares for the Olympics and record numbers of passengers... more
If you're financial director of an NHS hospital, where all your cash comes from the Government and much of your time is spent begging for more, is it wise to spend £163,000 in six months paying one of the accountancy behemoths to cut your tax bill? ... more
The City is full of gloom, fears of job cuts are spreading, Europe's woes are growing - but at least one load of professionals are popping champagne corks and congratulating themselves... more
Manufacturers are more positive about their prospects over the next three months than they have been at any stage since June 2008, the CBI said ... more
It's war. KPMG has just nabbed Rentokil’s lucrative contract for internal auditing from arch rival PricewaterhouseCoopers — by offering a 30% discount to the PwC price... more
Rentokil Initial sent tremors through the accounting world today as it changed auditors in a move which will save it more than £1 million a year ... more
Leaked emails have revealed that the Mayor’s backing for the use of Greenwich Park for the 2012 Olympic equestrian events is based on a secret report that is seriously flawed... more
After being told last week that they will not receive their regular share of the firm's profits for the next six months, partners at City law firm Eversheds seem desperate to hold on to their perks... more
The London Olympic Board has failed to endorse a plan to hold the Games's equestrian events in Greenwich Park, despite widespread expectations that they would do so... more
The future of Greenwich Park as the Olympic equestrian venue appears to have been secured after a government commissioned study backed the plan... more
The High Street was in crisis as the collapse in consumer confidence, the drying-up of bank lending and the looming end-of-the-month quarterly rent payments sent three groups crashing into administration... more
The financial system is clearly taking a battering, but one wonders if the real casualties, when the dust settles, might not be the politicians as much as the bankers.... more
As concern grows over the plan to stage equestrian events in London’s world heritage park, Tessa Jowell calls in accountants in a move that could lead to Greenwich being scrapped as a venue.... more
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