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9 Feb 2010

Retailers frozen out in worst January for 15 years

Bad weather contributed to a grim January for retailers, according to statistics compiled by the British Retail Consortium and KPMG | Today

Grant Thornton takes on media specialist

Grant Thornton UK has boosted its media sector team with the acquisition of specialist firm Aulren, the market leader in the film royalty auditing business | Today

Fresh warning over tax code errors

HMRC has issued a further warning over problems in a new IT system for National Insurance and PAYE that could mean taxpayers being issued with the wrong codes | 8 Feb 10

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Video Spotlight

Not just a recession, time to press the reset button for business

Donald Macleod, president and CEO of National Semiconductor, talks about the challenges for his business and how the CA qualification helped him on the path to heading up one of the biggest companies in the US. For our full interview, see February's CA Magazine

Jobs of the week

Forward Features

Click here to take a look at CA Magazine's forward features through to January 2011

Word on the tweet

Guy Clapperton explains why social media such as Twitter and Facebook can be valuable business tools in the professional world

Empty handed

The demand for charities’ services may be increasing, but income is dropping. They will need to look at new ways of making and saving money if they want to survive in the new economic landscape

Make your marque

Richard Goslan finds that intellectual assets can take many forms, but they should never be ignored

Interview: Donald Macleod

From humble beginnings, Donald Macleod has risen through the ranks to become president and CEO of US giant National Semiconductors – but still has a place in his heart for Scotland