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Top 50 Accountants

Accountancy Age reports that of this year’s top 50 firms, 39 (78%) have seen their growth rates squashed and nine saw their revenues decline. Only nine saw their growth rate increased. 3,000 jobs in the top 50 firms were lost. In the next 50 firms, almost half had growth rates Read More

2013-07-25T16:39:54+01:00June 30, 2009|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Statistics and trends|

Celebrity Divorces

One of the weekend newspapers did a hotlist of the most expensive celebrity divorces: 1. Michael Jordan – 17 year marriage, £110m settlement 2. Neil Diamond – 26 year marriage, £95m 3. Steven Spielberg - £64m. Pre-nuptial on a napkin thrown out 4. Harrison Ford - £54m and share of Read More

2013-07-25T14:51:45+01:00June 30, 2009|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Statistics and trends|

Women in Business – Trends

Private businesses 66% of privately held businesses (PHB) in the UK have a woman in the boardroom – compared to 94% in the Philippines, 88% in Russia and 81% in China. The International Business Report (IBR) by Grant Thornton interviewed 7,200 PHBs across 32 countries and 22% felt the pay Read More

2013-07-25T14:46:50+01:00June 29, 2009|Kim's Blog, Statistics and trends|
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