Related Links

The Big Four
The famous 'Big Five' became the 'Big Four' with the collapse of Arthur Andersen post-Enron.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
http://www.pwcglobal.com/uk
Deloitte and Touche
http://www.deloitte.co.uk/
Ernst and Young
http://www.ey.com/uk
KPMG
http://www.kpmg.co.uk/

Associations
American Accounting Association
Promotes ‘worldwide excellence in accounting education, research and practice’. Site includes information on membership, annual meeting dates, call for papers.
http://aaahq.org/index.cfm
Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
Professional body for accounting technicians. Site includes information on
membership, education and training scheme etc.
http://www.aat.co.uk
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Leading professional accountancy body.
http://www.accaglobal.com/
The Association of International Accountants (AIA)
The Association of International Accountants (AIA) is one of five statutorily Recognised Qualifying Bodies (RQBs) in the United Kingdom for company auditors under the Companies Act 1989. It merged in April 2003 with the Institute of Company Accountants (IComA).
http://www.aia.org.uk
British Association of Accounting (BAA)
Includes the latest on BAA conferences and meetings.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~baa/
Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
One of the oldest of the professional accounting bodies in the country.
Site includes information on membership, conferences and meetings
and studying with CIPFA. You can also subscribe to the free CIPFA newsletter.
http://www.cipfa.org.uk
The Institute of Financial Services (IFS), the official brand of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB)
Its aim is "to be the leading educational body in the financial services sector,
providing both vocational and professional qualifications, training and continuing
professional development (CPD) both in the UK and worldwide."
http://www.ifslearning.com
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Newspaper style layout providing practical information on exams, publications
and CIMA activities worldwide.
http://www.cimaglobal.com
Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)
Leading body in the UK concerned solely with tax.
Site is split into 2 parts: Tax for the Beginner and Tax for the Expert.
http://www.tax.org.uk/
European Accounting Association (EAA)
Information relating to the association, its publications and its conferences.
http://www.eaa-online.org
Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)
http://www.icaew.co.uk/
The largest professional accountancy body in Europe. Its qualification,
which allows its members to call themselves Chartered Accountants and
to use the designatory letters ACA or FCA, is recognised around the world
as a prestigious business qualification. Site includes details about the institute,
membership and useful advance information about the technical content of
forthcoming exams.
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI)
http://www.icai.ie/
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS)
http://www.icas.org.uk/
Institute of Internal Auditors
"The primary body in the UK and Ireland representing, promoting and
developing the professional practice of internal auditing".
http://www.iia.org.uk/

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Magazines and Journals
Accountancy
Monthly magazine on all the industry news for finance and accountancy professionals.
http://www.accountancymag.co.uk/
Accountancy Age
Online information resources for business and finance professionals.
http://www.accountancyage.com/
Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/aaaj/aaaj.jsp
Behavioral Research in Accounting
http://hsb.baylor.edu/html/davisc/abo/bria/briahome.htm
International Journal of Auditing (Wiley)
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc?ID=6204
International Journal of Intelligent Systems in Accounting,
Finance & Management (Wiley)
www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsepjsu?SUBJECT
=Business,%20Finance%20%26amp;%20Management#A
Journal of Accounting Abstracts
Electronic compendium of abstracts of working papers and
accepted papers being published by the Accounting Research Network (ARN).
http://hsb.baylor.edu/html/davisc/abo/reporter/summer96/abstract.htm
Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance (Wiley)
www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsepjsu?SUBJECT
=Business,%20Finance%20%26amp;%20Management#A

Resource Centres
Accounting WEB
The award winning internet community for accountancy professionals, includes discussion, news and searchable directory of over 2,000 accountancy firms in the UK. You can click on the links at the top of the page to search for a job.
http://accountingweb.careerbank.com/
RAW – Rutgers Accounting Web
Useful site with a vast quantity of useful links to accounting firms, resources, magazines from Rutgers University.
http://accounting.rutgers.edu/
AccountingEducation.com
The global community for accounting educators and students hosting a large
range of useful resources like an international news service and journals
abstracting service (all free to use)
http://www. AccountingEducation.com
Taxstudent.com
The support site for Taxation: Policy and Practice textbook, but also
providing a great starting point for anyone looking to get to grips with UK
taxation.
http://www.Taxstudent.com

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Careers and Job Search
PricewaterhouseCoopers
The new name for the merged outfit of Coopers and Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. The merged company will have an ‘appetite’ for 1,000 people a week making it the 61st largest employer in the world with a workforce of 135,000.
http://www.pwcglobal.com/uk
Deloitte and Touche
Recruitment site.
http://www.deloitte.co.uk/recruitment/
Careers with Ernst and Young
http://www.ey.com
KPMG
"KPMG is determined to be the leading accountancy and business advisory firm in the UK. To be leaders we look for leaders to join us."
Colin Sharman OBE, International Chairman.
http://www.kpmg.co.uk/
Accounting WEB
The award winning Internet community for accountancy professionals includes a job search facility.
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/cgi-site/jobs.cgi
Jobsite
Search for your next accounting contract
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/
Milkround online
Diary dates and career advice
http://www.milkround.com/
PSD Finance and Accountancy Contracts
PSD Finance & Accountancy Contracts provide short & long term contract recruitment services, supplying all levels of finance & accountancy professionals from part qualified accountants through to Finance Directors and Management Consultants.
http://www.psd.co.uk/
The Guardian
Search for the latest vacancies in The Guardian job vacancy pages. Sign up for Career Manager for free and let it do the hard work for you – all you have to do is log on and browse the searches it finds for you.
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk
Workthing
Workthing offers real jobs in UK companies and expert advice that helps you make the
best decisions.
www.all-accountancy-jobs-uk.co.uk

Investments and Personal Finance
Investor Guide
Information on investing, stock exchange etc.
http://www.investorguide.com/home.html
FinanceWise
The first search engine to focus specifically on financial-only content.
http://www.financewise.com/
MoneyWeb
Information on all matters concerning pensions, mortgages, investments, life insurance etc.
http://www.moneyweb.co.uk/
The Motley Fool
Money matters site which seeks to educate, amuse, and enrich the individual investor; to prove to you that the best person to manage your money is YOU; to propose that key to investment success is doing one's homework; and to show that 'homework' can be fun.
http://www.fool.com/
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http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/