Articles from Financial Management (UK) (November 1, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Accountants urged to improve their client care.		Brief Article	244
Barbour aims to cut to the chase.		Brief Article	258
Blue-chip firms seek FM honours.			230
Can we budge it? If budgeting is flawed in the private sector, it's hopeless in the public sector, writes Merrill Cassell. But there is an approach that, if adopted, could negate many of the problems that beset the current process and destroy value.	Cassell, Merrill		1919
Capital letters.	Mackey, Paul	Letter to the Editor	484
Cartesis[R]: as more and more firms recognise the value of business performance management (BPM) solutions, Jonny Cheetham answers your questions on managing IT projects.	Cheetham, Jonny		909
Charities lack continuity plan: most third-sector bodies are unprepared for the words.	Boateng, Esther		416
Correction.		Correction Notice	39
Disciplinary cases.			633
DIY ABC: received wisdom states that sponsorship at board level is crucial when you're implementing an ABC system. Andrew Booth explains how Co-operative Insurance Services managed without it.	Booth, Andrew		841
Do your ohm work: enhanced capital allowances for firms that invest in approved energy-efficient equipment offer a significant cash-flow boost and potentially shorten payback periods.	Felgate, Garry		736
Editorial comment.	Prickett, Ruth		469
Elections to council 2004.			563
Experts predict revival for equities: all the signs are there for a strong comeback next year.	Hayward, Cathy		363
FCO offers global security advice.		Brief Article	80
Following its proposals to amend UITF Abstract 13, "Accounting for employee stock ownership plan trusts", the Accounting Standards Board's urgent issues task force (UITF) is consulting further on a related amendment to UITF Abstract 17, "Employee share schemes", before it finalises revisions to the former.		Brief Article	199
FTSE bosses widen pay chasm.		Brief Article	101
Further conference highlights.		Brief Article	222
Green signals 'danger' for CEOs: investor activism is an issue that firms can't afford to ignore.	Prickett, Ruth		426
Image conscious.	Johnson, A	Letter to the Editor	121
In search of a lingua franker: jargon-filled corporate reports can be more than an annoyance for users, writes Malcolm Smith If a company seems incapable of communicating clearly, there may be more sinister factors at play.	Smith, Malcolm		830
Investors rate social concerns.		Brief Article	96
Key IT systems fail to deliver: vendors have been accused of a 'conspiracy of silence'.	Hayward, Cathy		365
Native programs: the task of installing new information technology is tricky enough at home, let alone in a foreign operation, which can pose a whole set of extra problems. Cathy Hayward asks the experts to share their experiences of rolling out financial software internationally.	Hayward, Cathy		1615
No Canute do.	Roy, Barden	Letter to the Editor	128
On-line developments for CIMA.		Brief Article	98
Post modernist: Royal mail's chairman has developed a business model which acknowledges that human issues are anything but 'soft'. Cora Lynn Heimer Rathbone and Steve Macaulay explain his approach.	Rathbone, Cora Lynn Heimer; Macaulay, Steve		687
Presidential engagements.		Calendar	106
Roaring nineties.	Platt, CJ	Letter to the Editor	54
Safety in numbers: the volume, complexity and strictness of accounting standards have grown significantly over the past few years as the regulators strive to prevent another Enron. Accountants have never before been under such close scrutiny, writes Jake Claret, who explains how CIMA members can protect themselves should the finger of blame ever point their way.	Claret, Jake		858
Secrets of the knight revealed: Sir Brian Pitman shares his insights on shareholder value with Cathy Hayward.	Hayward, Cathy		376
Seminar preview.		Brief Article	159
Smaller listed firms plead for grace period on IASs.		Brief Article	311
Status symbols: in which situations can a long-term agency worker be considered an employee? The legislation might seem clear on the matter, writes Sue Nickson, but of course it's not so simple in reality.	Nickson, Sue		638
Success stories.	Agbanoma, Titus	Letter to the Editor	176
The International Federation of Accountants has released exposure drafts of seven statements of membership obligations.		Brief Article	82
They thought it was all over.	Hayward, Cathy	Cover Story	2359
Underinsured firms in danger.		Brief Article	185
Use it or lose it: it's often claimed that the need to spend budgets by the end of the year leads to wasteful expenditure. In their CIMA-backed research project, Noel Hyndman, Rowan Jones and Maurice Pendlebury examine the effect of annuality on budget-holders in a range of public-sector organisations.			1348
Waiting to exhale: the government has brought in a range of financial incentives for companies to help it honour its promises on cutting the UK's carbon dioxide emissions. Malcolm Hill, Laurie McAulay and Adrian Wilkinson explain the measures--and point to where accountants in business can play a key role in the strategic management of energy.	Hill, Malcolm; McAulay, Laurie; Wilkinson, Adrian		1233