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  • What Shared Parental Leave means for employees and job candidates

    • 20 Apr 2015

    Shared Parental Leave (SPL) is the new employment law that everyone is talking about, and opinions have been divided.

  • Leadership & Development: Driving growth in an eme

    Leadership Development - Driving growth in an emerging market

    • 20 Jan 2015

    Top female business leader Gabriela Hernández Cardoso, CEO & General Counsel for GE Latin America, speaks of the importance of career-long learning and the need to be creative and collaborative in a volatile marketplace.

  • Download the latest issue of Dialogue now

    Download the latest issue of Dialogue now

    • 12 Jan 2015

    Dialogue is a leading business journal which focuses on key issues and challenges faced by business leaders and managers around the world.

  • Robert Baker of Cedar

    The Need for Business Transformation in Light of the Scottish Independence Vote

    • 17 Sep 2014
    • Robert Baker

    Robert Baker of Cedar talks GAAPweb through the business decisions that need to be made as the Scottish referendum takes place.

  • Robert Half

    Is CFO the new pre-CEO?

    • 2 Sep 2014
    • Lisa Walls-Hester

    FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 Chief Executive Officers are increasingly being seen to be former Chief Financial Officers and this trend looks set to continue, as the finance executive becomes a key official with a voice that gets the ear of not only the CEO, but also of investors and other stakeholders.

  • CFOs increase permanent headcount

    • 26 Aug 2014

    Nearly half of CFOs across UK plan to increase permanent headcount finds Robert Half Professional Hiring Index

  • Accountants looking to move jobs in H2 2014

    • 16 Aug 2014

    Sellick Partnership reveals the findings of their latest salary survey, which shows that 50% of finance professionals looking to move jobs in the next 6 months.

  • Newly qualified jobs

    Newly Qualified, What next?

    • 30 Jun 2014
    • Rosie Evans in association with Gleeson Recruitment

    If you're a newly qualified accountant thinking about next steps, then read our article to find out about developing your NQ career plan and our tips for success after getting your accountancy qualification.

  • Lisa Weaver

    Change is coming - overview of FRS 102 and its effects

    • 17 Jun 2014
    • Lisa Weaver

    Over the next 12 months accountants must prepare themselves and their clients for a fundamental change in the way companies and other reporting entities report their financial results.

  • Accounting & finance skills in demand in the UAE

    Accounting & finance skills in demand in the UAE

    • 26 Mar 2014
    • Gareth El Mettouri

    When looking for a new role in Finance and Accounting, have you ever considered relocating to the United Arab Emirates? In recent years, the kind of lifestyle the UAE can offer has been a considerable draw for many Accounting professionals.

  • PQ Magazine Awards 2014 - Winners announced

    • 28 Jan 2014

    Now in their 12th year, the PQ Magazine Awards are the UK's premier accountancy awards for part qualified and newly qualified accountants. This annual event recognises the best institutions, lecturers and students in the accountancy world. The categories include PQ Personality of the Year, which has been sponsored by GAAPweb for the past two years; and NQ of the Year which was supported by GAAPweb this year.

  • Michael Thiessen

    Moving from a permanent to interim finance role

    • 15 Jan 2014
    • Michael Thiessen

    Michael fills us in about working life as an accountant in Canada, New York and the UK, his experiences of working with a recruitment agency and his transition from interim to permanent role.

  • Become a Blogger for GAAPweb

    • 3 Jun 2013

    Would you like to contribute to the GAAPweb blog? This article outlines the requirements, guidelines and suggested topics for a blog contributor.

  • Robert Walters

    Accountancy contract pay rises in the North

    • 26 Apr 2013

    Contract rates for accountants working in the North of the UK are up 5.2% year-on-year, according to results from the 2013 Robert Walters Salary Survey. This compares with increases of 0.5% across the UK as a whole, 0.4% in London and 0.0% in the Midlands.

  • Craig Clark-Darby, Consultant at Marks Sattin

    It's not about the money say some accountants

    • 25 Oct 2012
    • Craig Clark-Darby

    Determining the main motivation for a candidate wanting to move to a new and virtually identical role as the one they already have, has always been crucial information for the seasoned recruitment consultant.

  • Martin Finch

    An accountant's role in a dynamic environment

    • 19 Jan 2012
    • Martin Finch

    In the current economic climate many companies and indeed the Government itself are more focussed than ever on operational costs. Accountants tend to be very comfortable recording, controlling and accounting for costs within the business but the value of the work completed by accountants and the potential for accountants to add value to a business often goes un-noticed.

  • ACA qualified?

    ASDA hosts open house to seek out fresh finance talent

    • 10 Oct 2011

    Are you qualified, about to qualify or a recently qualified ACA/ICAS/CTA (or equivalent) from Practice looking for an ideal industry move?

  • The Next Generation of Managers

    • 18 Aug 2011
    • Jane Scott Paul

    With university fees on the increase, many young people are looking at alternative routes into their chosen careers. Should employers now be looking to school leavers instead of graduates for their next generation of managers?

  • Ashley Whipman, Associate Director at Robert Half

    A Serious Approach to Social Media

    • 23 Jun 2011
    • Ashley Whipman

    Allowing employees to use social media at work can create benefits for an accountancy firm, especially if rules and expectations are set up front.

  • Caroline Simon

    The Credit Control challenge

    • 23 Sep 2010
    • Caroline Simon

    Experienced Credit Controller, Caroline Simon, tells GAAPweb about the struggles of being a Credit Controller.