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| 22/02/2012 | As the latest UK Customer Satisfaction Index figures are released by the Institute of Customer Service*KPMG is today urging consumer-facing businesses to give greater attention to social media |
| 22/02/2012 | The growth in the use of Cloud services to replace traditional IT service provision presents significant challenges to both taxpayers and tax authorities, according to KPMG in the UK |
| 22/02/2012 | Richard Fleming, Chris Laverty, Ed Boyle and Joff Pope of KPMG, joint administrators of Peacocks, have today announced the sale of the business to Edinburgh Woollen Mill. |
| 21/02/2012 | A survey of leading executives across Europe and the Middle East has shown that businesses are continuing to cut costs and focus on efficiencies |
| 21/02/2012 | of the publication of the latest NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics, later today, Andrew Hine, Partner and UK Head of Public Healthcare at KPMG, comments |
| 21/02/2012 | KPMG takes top prize in the Islamic finance awards for an unprecedented 5th year in a row |
| 21/02/2012 | KPMG has appointed John Leech as UK Head of its Automotive practice |
| 16/02/2012 | John Leech, Partner in KPMG’s Automotive practice comments on the SMMT car production figures |
| 16/02/2012 | UK insurers’ hopes that they may have been excluded from the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regime have been dashed by last week’s release of proposed regulations from the IRS. |
| 15/02/2012 | KPMG has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. |
| 14/02/2012 | Leading UK pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales fall 2.1% in January against the same month last year |
| 13/02/2012 | Retailers and consumer goods companies say mobile technology will be the key driver to maximize sales over the next two years ahead of more traditional ways to generate business such as business intelligence or supply chain management |
| 13/02/2012 | The joint special administrators of MF Global UK have confirmed that they started making interim distribution payments to those with agreed client money claims on Friday 10th February. |
| 13/02/2012 | Consumer Markets companies are showing greater appetite for risk reviews, as finance leaders and their boards meet more frequently to discuss the key risks according to KPMG’s latest global CFO Consumer Markets survey |
| 10/02/2012 | KPMG is pleased to announce it has entered into a strategic alliance with the Institute for Family Business (IFB). |
| 09/02/2012 | Adrian Harkin, global FATCA leader at KPMG, responds to the proposed FATCA regulations issued yesterday by the US Internal Revenue Services (IRS)
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| 09/02/2012 | KPMG Chief Economist, Andrew Smith, comments on today’s decision from the Bank of England to maintain interest rates at 0.5% and increase the size of the Asset Purchase Programme by £50 billion to £325 billion |
| 08/02/2012 | The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs – published today – provides the most comprehensive guide to the UK labour market, drawing on original survey data provided by recruitment consultancies. |
| 08/02/2012 | Professional services firm KPMG is launching a new apprenticeship programme based in its Canary Wharf offices in London, within its Risk Consulting practice. |
| 07/02/2012 | UK retail sales values were down 0.3% on a like-for-like basis from January 2011, when sales had risen 2.3%, picking up after December 2010’s snow disruption. |
| 06/02/2012 | Rising tuition fees and an uncertain jobs market are making higher education an increasingly serious business that is all about ensuring employability for the future, according to a survey by KPMG. |
| 03/02/2012 | More than half of UK businesses are concerned about the safety of their data as cloud computing takes off but their fear is not preventing adoption |
| 03/02/2012 | the wake of the Government tabling amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill and ahead of the Report Stage on 8th February, Andrew Hine, Partner and UK Head of Public Healthcare at KPMG, comments |
| 03/02/2012 | Continued high unemployment and rises in the costs of living may make it difficult for individuals to commit to existing payment arrangements with their creditors. |
| 03/02/2012 | The latest statistics from the Insolvency Service show a broadly flat quarter on quarter picture with insolvencies rising just 0.4 percent from the third to the fourth quarter last year. |
| 01/02/2012 | KPMG in the UK welcomes the issue of the Accounting Standards Board’s (ASB’s) latest Financial Reporting Exposure Draft (FRED) |
| 01/02/2012 | John Leech, head of KPMG’s automotive practice comments on the monthly Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI). |
| 31/01/2012 | The European Commission’s proposal for an EU wide tax on financial transactions (FTT) has generated much public and political discussion since it was published on September 28, 2011. |
| 30/01/2012 | The total amount of fraud in 2011 topped £3.5 billion – a record year – according to KPMG’s Fraud Barometer, as Britons across the country continue to struggle with tough economic conditions |
| 30/01/2012 | KPMG’s Global Construction Survey finds that top global engineering and construction leaders expect the energy/power industry to offer the biggest opportunities for growth in 2012 |
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