Finance Mole: nutty humiliation

Finance Mole is caught out when he takes advantage of the free sweet supply in the office kitchen

Making a mark

To succeed you need to take control of your own personal development and work hard to make a change, says Kath Haines

Called to account: May 2013

Tax QC loses case, Featherman barred over £160k fraud, ICAS expulsion for CPD non-compliance, Sigma director disqualified over opaque accounting

Economic trends: John Redwood

Investors hunting for sizeable yields are looking to riskier assets — it could point the way out of the financial lag in the west, says John Redwood

Development updates: May 2013

BDO merger, Holland & Co join Monahans, Kaplan’s tax apprenticeships, static pay rates, RSM sells pensions arm

Practice versus business debate

Has the practice versus industry career debate changed given the recent changes in the audit thresholds, asks Richard Clark