February 2004

Technical articles

Turning a dream into reality
Peter Mageza has achieved success in South Africa and tells Colette Steckel of his journey from the township of Soweto as a child, to a career in banking and finance as a member of ACCA
Centenary wrap
Updates on events that have taken place so far as part of ACCA's year-long centenary celebrations
Good service?
Victoria Ashton reports on ACCA's recent global research programme to measure student satisfaction
Sacked
The collapse of the Italian food giant Parmalat has led to decisive action by one of the group's two main auditors, Grant Thornton, in a bid to recover its good name.
Disaster
Research from Compass Management Consulting has found that despite 98% of companies having a business continuity plan (BCP) in preparation for potential disasters, less than half actually implement the plans in the event of a crisis
International
CESR- the Committee of European Securities Regulators - has issued a warning that listed companies must carefully manage their communication of the impact of implementation of international accounting standards
Precious
An apparently perpetually falling dollar has had its often unwelcome impact on the euro and sterling, driving up their value and making manufacturing exports more expensive