Three new FREDs from ASB |
| 02/02/12 |
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CIPFA results are 'in' |
| 02/02/12 |
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Become a CGMA |
| 02/02/12 |
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ICAEW exam results hit the streets |
| 25/01/12 |
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CIPFA going global |
| 23/01/12 |
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WEBSITES TO WATCH |
| 23/01/12 |
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Experts give verdict on ACCA December exams |
| 23/01/12 |
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PQ magazine awards 2012 - THE SHORTLIST |
| 23/01/12 |
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Training better than money |
| 18/01/12 |
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ACCA experts run rule over December sitting |
| 18/01/12 |
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CIMA results hit the streets |
| 13/01/12 |
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Current job trends |
| 13/01/12 |
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ACCA 'online-only' options |
| 13/01/12 |
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Double success for ICAEW PQ |
| 12/01/12 |
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New rules a success |
| 12/01/12 |
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Ernst & Young top ‘gay-friendly’ employer |
| 12/01/12 |
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Record fine for PwC |
| 06/01/12 |
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Last call for PQ Award nominations |
| 06/01/12 |
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ATC International awarded Gold status by ACCA |
| 21/12/11 |
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New earlier date for ACCA results |
| 21/12/11 |
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Having a ball in Brum |
| 16/12/11 |
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Latest issue hits the street |
| 16/12/11 |
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A CIMA no longer equals an ACCA? |
| 16/12/11 |
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How was P1 and P2? |
| 15/12/11 |
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CIMA members feel 'recession-proof' |
| 15/12/11 |
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The easiest exam in history? |
| 13/12/11 |
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Time for tax professionals to 'do their bit' |
| 13/12/11 |
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Accountant Mark Fournier at centre of media storm |
| 13/12/11 |
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ACCA exam feedback for F9 and P6 |
| 12/12/11 |
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And then came the wind... |
| 09/12/11 |
| Snow, wind, P5 and F8 |
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ACCA exam feedback - December 2011 |
| 07/12/11 |
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ACCA exam feedback for P7 and F7... |
| 07/12/11 |
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Snow shows again in Scotland! |
| 05/12/11 |
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Barnier Audit Reforms |
| 02/12/11 |
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Higher apprenticeships in tax |
| 02/12/11 |
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Happy Birthday Enron - 10 years on |
| 02/12/11 |
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ACCA exams - give us your feedback |
| 02/12/11 |
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CIMA SUMMIT OVER PASS RATES |
| 01/12/11 |
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PQ Awards nomination deadline extended |
| 29/11/11 |
| Print off the application form at 'pq awards' |
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CIMA November 2011 exam feedback |
| 25/11/11 |
| Send your feedback and thoughts to graham@pqaccountant.com |
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More ACCA exam tips in study zone |
| 22/11/11 |
| PQ magazine have the December exams covered! |
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Get your career racing with McLaren |
| 21/11/11 |
| Work for a company that is committed to quality and excellence in everything it does |
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ACCA December 2011 exam tips |
| 14/11/11 |
| All your exam tips in one page - visit our study zone |
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Going concern - Sharman reports |
| 08/11/11 |
| Going concern and liquidity risks - lessons for companies and auditors |
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FTSE directors 'given' 49% rise, but why... |
| 28/10/11 |
| Earnings related to performance - you are joking! |
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ACCA December exams - PQ discount offer |
| 28/10/11 |
| Condensed, easy to use revision guide - £5 off! |
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New online tax service launched |
| 28/10/11 |
| What can you get for £195 a year? |
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CIMA EXAM TIPS ARE HERE! |
| 19/10/11 |
| Exam tips for the November 2011 sitting |
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ACCAs beware: is exam technique letting you down? |
| 19/10/11 |
| Is your exam technique 'shockingly poor'? |
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Do you need debt help? |
| 19/10/11 |
| Debt help please |
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FRC to be refocused and streamlined! |
| 18/10/11 |
| Giving the FRC a clearer role, by April 2012 |
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KPMG goes all 3-D on us |
| 18/10/11 |
| KPMG gives potential recruits a taste of office life online |
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Just say no to the 49 Club |
| 17/10/11 |
| What can PQs do to avoid joining the 49% Club |
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What happened to the CIMA P2 pass rate? |
| 17/10/11 |
| CIMA needs to do something about the Performance Management paper pass rates |
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FRC could be allowed to settle outstanding cases |
| 17/10/11 |
| Move to clear up FRC backlog could end need to go to a tribunal |
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Who is A N Other? |
| 17/10/11 |
| HMRC wants employers to use the full and offical names of employees! |
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The Pin-Stripe mafia |
| 17/10/11 |
| New report from Prem Sikka and Austin Mitchell MP |
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CIPFA finally launches new syllabus |
| 11/10/11 |
| CIPFA unveils its new syllabus |
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Corporate Governance changes |
| 11/10/11 |
| The FRC beefs up the corporate code, again |
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Is double dip coming - ask a CFO! |
| 10/10/11 |
| Is a double dip just around the corner - well, maybe |
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A quarter of new KPMG partners are women |
| 10/10/11 |
| KPMG - moving in the right direction |
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Tutors targeted in new tax campaign |
| 10/10/11 |
| Tutors next on HMRC's list |
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FRC's Stephen Haddrill attacks French auditors |
| 10/10/11 |
| Where French auditors soft on French banks? |
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Don't Forget - 8 October |
| 07/10/11 |
| If you are planning to sit in December then get your entry in now |
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New audit rules for SMEs |
| 06/10/11 |
| Government wants to cut SMEs audit red tape |
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E and Y to face probe over Anglo Irish |
| 04/10/11 |
| Ernst & Young ready to fight claims it didn't do a proper job at Anglo Irish Bank |
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School leaver scheme to grow |
| 04/10/11 |
| KPMG wants more A level students to sign up to them before they go to college |
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CIMA exam tips for November |
| 04/10/11 |
| What is coming up in November? Only the examiner knows, however... |
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ACCA FREE masterclasses |
| 04/10/11 |
| Increase your chances of passing F5 and P5 with a Kaplan masterclass |
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EC proposals will undermine confidence |
| 28/09/11 |
| Audit market reform could damage audit, says PwC chairman Ian Powell |
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No experience = no pass at P6 |
| 28/09/11 |
| There is a reason why tax papers are taxing - too many students don't have practical experience |
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Big 4 - shock report leaked |
| 27/09/11 |
| It will be a totally new world if the EC audit report becomes reality |
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P2 pass rate plummets |
| 26/09/11 |
| CIMA resit results out - but P2 pass rates slump |
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Exam leak in China |
| 23/09/11 |
| What happens when the exams are posted online? |
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Enhance your job prospects |
| 23/09/11 |
| Do you have the right mindset to get the job? |
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The unvarnished truth |
| 23/09/11 |
| Sometimes it pays to tell the truth |
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PQ Awards 2012 – time to nominate |
| 23/09/11 |
| The November deadline for this year’s PQ awards is looming large. Isn’t there someone you know who deserves to be walking down the PQ magazine red carpet come February next year? |
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ACCAs - watch your options! |
| 19/09/11 |
| P4-P7 - whay do 2 out of 3 sitters fail? |
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Send us your errors |
| 19/09/11 |
| How good are the study manuals & are they error free? |
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75,000 graduates needed |
| 19/09/11 |
| KPMG is on a talent drive for the future |
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Riding out the recession |
| 16/09/11 |
| CIMA students earning on average £32,218 - that's salary and bonus |
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Online exams: The debate continues |
| 16/09/11 |
| PQs are not sure they want to go online |
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Online exams: The debate continues |
| 16/09/11 |
| PQs are not sure they want to go online |
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Case in point - the ICAEW exams |
| 16/09/11 |
| Why are ICAEW pass rates in the case study slipping |
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Accoutancy student jailed |
| 16/09/11 |
| Bradford University accountancy graduate heading for jail |
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Case in point - the ICAEW exams |
| 16/09/11 |
| ICAEW students are struggling to pass the final test of competence |
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Remember the numbers 888 |
| 08/09/11 |
| The ACCA has decided to simplify the exam entry process. So take note. |
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Time to investigate |
| 08/09/11 |
| Big 4 under attack over monopoly |
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CIPFA results on the up |
| 08/09/11 |
| How are CIPFA students doing when it comes to the exams? |
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Case in point - the ICAEW exams |
| 08/09/11 |
| ICAEW students are struggling to pass the final test of competence |
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Where's the glamour? |
| 08/09/11 |
| Is accountancy the glamorous world you thought it would be? |
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Mum’s the word |
| 08/09/11 |
| It's time to grow up when it comes to job hunting |
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ICAEW Professional results |
| 08/09/11 |
| Chartered accountancy students doing well? |
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Birmingham Careers Fair for PQs |
| 31/08/11 |
| The Careers Fair that adds up! |
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ACCA paper-by-paper June 2011 results |
| 24/08/11 |
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Number plate quiz – how did you do? |
| 24/08/11 |
| In our September issue we asked you to match the personalised ‘accountancy’ car number plates by value (page 42). |
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ACCA's remember 888 |
| 24/08/11 |
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CIMA resits for all |
| 24/08/11 |
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Is audit working? |
| 24/08/11 |
| The Big 4's control of the audit market is under attack |
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Interviews from hell |
| 24/08/11 |
| The right and wrong ways to get your next step on the careers ladder |
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Accountancy student looter awaits sentence |
| 22/08/11 |
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CIPFA June exam results are in |
| 29/07/11 |
| CIPFA pass rates on the rise |
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ACCA exams to go online |
| 18/07/11 |
| The ACCA plans to offer its professional exams online by 2015/16. |
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CIMA May exams hit the street |
| 14/07/11 |
| CIMA releases the May 2011 exam results |
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New practice CBTs for AATs |
| 11/07/11 |
| Four new practice CBTs and model answers are now available on AAT's website. |
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FRS 29 (IFRS 7) amendments |
| 11/07/11 |
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AAT opens door to other bodies |
| 11/07/11 |
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CIPFA unveils new syllabus |
| 08/07/11 |
| The revised papers will be examined in June 2012, with final level students sitting their new test in December 2012. |
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Management accounting goes global |
| 08/07/11 |
| The accountancy world has a new professional designation – the Chartered Global Management Accountant. |
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CIPFA June exam results are in |
| 08/07/11 |
| CIPFA pass rates on the rise |
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AAT students sells project on eBay |
| 08/07/11 |
| AAT student Rayhan Uddin has been found guilty by the investigation team of selling his Unit 10 project on eBay in ‘circumstances likely to undermine the credibility of the AAT qualification, reflect adversely on the reputation of the Association and its membership and bring the Association into disrepute’. |
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Surprises aren’t good for career |
| 08/07/11 |
| The key to being a good accountant is ensuring you provide the board with ‘no surprises’, especially when it comes to the numbers, explained Charles Hartwell at the recent ICAEW prize giving ceremony. |
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Sproul takes charge |
| 08/07/11 |
| First he got rid of his chauffeur now the new head of Deloitte, David Sproul, is cutting the executive team down from 19 to 14 (ICAEW Council take note). He has also used the shake-up to bring in his own people as head of audit and consulting. Responding to increased government regulatory scrutiny Sproul has created a new post at the firm of public policy and risk and given it to Margaret Ewing. |
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Work, earn and learn |
| 24/06/11 |
| Business secretary Vince Cable recently endorsed the drive for debt free degrees at the opening of LCA business school. He said with major changes afoot LCA and the private sector gave students the flexibility they are demanding. |
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ACCA exams Part II |
| 16/06/11 |
| F5, F7 and P3 stood out as the ‘problem’ papers for ACCA PQs in week two of the ACCA June exams. |
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ACCA exams to go online |
| 16/06/11 |
| The ACCA plans to offer its professional exams online by 2015/16. |
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The new UK student visa rules |
| 14/06/11 |
| Only Platinum and Gold status ACCA colleges will be able to deliver courses to overseas students after 4 July, under the latest changes to the immigration rules announced by Home Office. |
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CIMA ERB reporting |
| 10/06/11 |
| PQ magazine’s Exam Review Board have posted their profession verdict of the May CIMA exams (full report in next issue). Overall felt to be a decent set of exams, although the performance pillar would have caused students most difficulties. P1 was ‘tough’ with sale mix variances causing problems. P2 also had mixed variances and NPV. The question is is performing NPV calculations in the P2 syllabus?
PQ magazine will be published on 16 June.
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AAT exam results update |
| 10/06/11 |
| AAT students are struggling with written tasks that make up section 2 of the FNPF paper, says the AAT’s assessment team in its latest report (found in full the next issue of PQ magazine). The pass rate of this paper has slumped to just 52.2% in February and the AAT said that while students are able to provide good answers to the tasks they would benefit from guidance on how much of the exam time they should allocate to each section of the CBT. |
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Have your say |
| 10/06/11 |
| Is the time right for your accountancy body to introduce computer-based exams, or are you happy to continue with pen and paper? That is just one of the questions in our Exam Survey. |
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Four new standards |
| 10/06/11 |
| The IASB has released four new accounting standards. |
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ACCA June exam feedback |
| 10/06/11 |
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URGENT: ACCA P2 JUNE SITTING |
| 26/05/11 |
| All those sitting Graham Holt’s P2 exam should note: IFRS 9 is examinable from June 2011. |
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CIPFA unveils new syllabus |
| 13/05/11 |
| The revised papers will be examined in June 2012, with final level students sitting their new test in December 2012. |
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CIMA exam help |
| 09/05/11 |
| PQ magazine has the usual top exam tips in the study zone of this website for the May test, but with the exams fast approaching we have now joined forces with BPP to provide exam candidates more in-depth paper guidance. |
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ACCA gets bigger and bigger |
| 09/05/11 |
| There has been no recession at the ACCA. Latest figures released by the Association shows it grew by 7,000 members in 2010/11 to 147,000. |
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Watching the accountant |
| 09/05/11 |
| The Apprentice is about to hit our screens again and this time around there is an accountant to cheer on. Edward Hunter, 25, from Reading, is “a wheeler-dealer who accidentally became a finance professional”. |
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