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Restoration of trust in UK business must start from the top, ACCA says

ACCA
  • Rules on company directors must be reviewed
  • Transparency is important but must be a means for enhancing stakeholder engagement and incentivising responsible conduct

 

Martin Turner elected as ACCA President for 2013 / 14

ACCA

Deputy President and Vice President also appointed

 

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has announced that health sector management consultant Martin Turner FCCA is ACCA’s President for 2013 / 14.

The global professional body for accountants has also appointed Anthony Harbinson FCCA as its Deputy President and Alexandra Chin FCCA as its Vice President.

Culture in Practice – review of corporate culture

ACCA

International panel of experts convened to examine corporate culture
Findings to be published in 2014
 

Lampedusa tragedy: journey to the EU ends in death

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

The GUE/NGL Group expresses its horror and shame upon hearing the news of the terrible tragedy that unfolded yesterday a few kilometres off the shore of Lampedusa.

GUE/NGL President Gabi Zimmer said: "We can't keep turning a blind eye to these tragedies that continue to happen on our doorstep."

She continued: "We call on European leaders to take responsibility and develop a fair and human asylum policy as well as take concrete action on real sea-rescue plans that will help save the lives of migrants at sea."

Germany joins European Child Alert platform, allowing swift dissemination of AMBER Alerts across the border

AMBER Alert Europe

Initiative Vermisste Kinder joins citizen sourcing platform AMBER Alert Europe; 2.5 million EU citizens now on the lookout for missing and abducted children

AMBER Alert Europe

AMBER Alert Europe, the European Centre for Missing Children, is a foundation that strives to improve the protection of missing children and to prevent children from going missing by empowering them and raising awareness on the issue of missing children and its root c

Every German state, industry and income group would benefit from a transatlantic free trade agreement

Bertelsmann Stiftung

A study by the Bertelsmann Stiftung predicts 160,000 new jobs / the manufacturing industries in North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg would benefit the most

5th European Innovation Summit: Europe needs to wake up: 5 calls for action

Knowledge4Innovation

(Brussels, 3 October 2013) Knowledge4Innovation (K4I) held the 5th European Innovation Summit, which took place in the European Parliament from 30 September until 2 October 2013. The summit was organised in cooperation with most prominent innovation stakeholder platforms in the EU.

EHFG 2013: LIFESTYLE DISEASES POSE THREAT TO HEALTH SYSTEMS AND NATIONAL ECONOMIES

EHFG - European Health Forum Gastein

For health systems to become crisis-proof and sustainable, they must face up to the challenges presented by the rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), according to experts at the European Health Forum Gastein. An UN political declaration has set the target of a 25 % reduction in deaths due to NCDs by 2025. 

FCS RF extends illegal and unfounded TIR restrictions to Privolzhsky Customs Region

IRU - International Road Transport Union

Further to the information dated 23 September, the IRU was informed that the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation (FCS RF) has extended the scope of its illegal restriction on TIR guarantees to the Privolzhsky Customs Region, further defying the UN’s and the international community’s conclusion that this action is in breach of the TIR Convention and international law.

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