Look and learn with ATV

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The Accountancy Television (ATV) in the UK will start providing its services in 1993. The channel will feature news relevant to the accounting profession, interviews, reports on technical innovations and training services. The Bristish Broadcasting Corp (BBC) will transmit the programs through remote control smart card technology. Also, customers have the advantage of choosing the time they want to avail of the services. Market researches commissioned by investors showed a positive response to the venture as manifested in the number of inquiries from possible subscripers which has reached more than 11,000. Subscription rate will range from 750 pounds sterling for individuals to 4,000 pounds for companies with 10,000 employees. ATV is a joint project among BBC, five accounting bodies and accounting trainers BPP.

Television broadcasting stations, Services, Accounting, Telecommunications systems, Study and teaching, Television stations, Educational programs (Mass media), Educational broadcasting

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Where the badger is coming from

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Bill Morrisson is the current Chairman of the Auditing Practices Board (APB) and a deputy senior partner at KPMG Peat Marwick. During his 36 years in the accounting profession, he has had his fair share of controversies. These include his crusade for the creation of a single British Insitute of Chartered Accountants that would include the English, Welsh and Scottish sectors, consolidation of his firm Thomson McLintock and Peats, exclusive acceptance of graduates at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland and collaborating on the Likierman report on professional liability. Known for his resiliency and deep commitment, Morrisson took up the role of APB Chairman at a time when auditing was losing public esteem but has successfully managed the regulatory body.

Management, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Auditing Practices Committee, Morrisson, Bill

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The man with the golden touch

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Chartered accountant Vy Menon has managed a series of successful British textile and clothing companies. In an interview with Accounting magazine, Menon discusses his career and his views on management. Menon went into industry after qualifying as a chartered accountant. His experience as a consultant led to his appointment as director of Dixons, a textile firm that Menon helped to turn around during the recession of 1982. Menon became director of family-owned clothing retailer S Casket Holdings in Oct 1986. Menon has expanded the company's product line, shifted its marketing emphasis from independent to chain retailers, and acquired a fashion fabric company.

Finance, Interview, Corporations, Clothing industry, Menon, Vy, S Casket (Holdings) PLC

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