May 2007

Technical articles

Outsourcing in the financial services industry
by David Jennings
relevant to Professional Scheme Paper 3.5 and new ACCA Qualification Paper P3
Examiner's approach to Paper P3
by Steve Skidmore
relevant to Paper P3, Business Analysis
Corporation tax losses - part 1
by Julie Hawkins
relevant to new ACCA Qualification Paper F6 (IRL)
Examiner's approach to Paper P5
by Shane Johnson
relevant to Paper P5
Mind the gap
by Gareth Owen
relevant to all Professional Scheme and new ACCA Qualification students

Leader of the pack
student accountant finds out how to develop your leadership skills
SMEs in the dark about bribery and corruption
ACCA reveals how bribery and corruption are just as likely to target small and medium-sized companies as it is to hit large companies
ACCA wins Queen's Award for Enterprise
ACCA has won its fourth Queen’s Award for Enterprise
student engage
student accountant went behind the scenes at the event to find out what happened when you put key ACCA personnel in the spotlight to answer your questions about the new ACCA Qualification
5000 degrees
Victoria Ashton talks to Ong Chee Ming, the 5,000th Oxford Brookes BSc honours graduate in applied accounting
ESRA improves new sustainability reporting with new European project
The European Sustainability Reporting Association (ESRA), of which ACCA is the UK representative, launched the newly formed ESRA reporting project – formerly the European Sustainability Reporting Awards – on 26 March 2007
Past... present... and perhaps
Lesley Meall discovers how audit can be your springboard to your future