Whether you're looking for news that affects your salary or money-management hints, these handy articles will keep you up to speed:
The gender-related pay gap
is finally narrowing among younger accountants, research has found.
Salary size and benefits are becoming
more important to new employees than job security.
As a pay gap looms in finance roles,
jobseekers are prioritising job security over salary rises.
Accountants are having
increasingly high expectations of counteroffers, a specialist recruiter has found.
Recent salary rises in the finance industry are
still not enough for many accountants, according to research.
Read the
full findings of AAT's 2011 salary survey HERE!.
New AAT research suggests that
high-end vocational qualifications offer better financial returns in the current economic climate.
Are your daily expenses just galloping away from you?
Put them back in the frame with a photo finish.
Degree holders are pulling in higher salaries than non-degree holders,
says the ONS.
Is the salary divide between men and women
just the natural result of gender-based career preferences?
Although wealth is being restored to financial institutions,
Robert Half and ICAEW say that bonuses are not being equally spread.
Budget proposals to unify income tax and National Insurance have received
a big thumbs-up from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals.
Freelancers group
welcomes tax plans announced in UK Budget but questions key details.
Listen up, Chancellor: the Forum of Private Business
has backed proposals to simplify income tax.
An HMRC tax-disclosure scheme touted as suitable for plumbers
may have much wider appeal, says an accountancy firm.
UK accounting salaries are in great shape,
according to Reed's Job Index.
A new KPMG recruitment programme
aims to pay students while they study.
Recruitment group Robert Half has revealed
its hottest 11 financial jobs (and salaries) for 2011.
Feeling indispensable? You should be:
employers are fighting harder to hold on to their best staff – and salaries are on the rise.
Good news for flexible workers:
it's now against the law for employers to top up the national minimum wage with expenses.
Job-hunting accounting staff from the public sector may not be able to bank on the private sector to provide higher salaries,
says CIMA.
Have employees been stretching the truth when it comes to expenses claims?
A new survey says a resounding Yes.
Recruitment firm Ambition says that accountants are on course for
a juicy Christmas bonus at the end of 2010.
Think the recruitment business is in the doldrums?
New figures have a different view.
The Forum of Private Business thinks that the government's new pension policies have retired sound business sense.
Click here to find out why.
Starting October 2012 there will be
new legal duties on employers designed
to help more people save for their retirement.
Are you part of a start-up business? Find out how
a break from National Insurance contributions could help your firm.
Pay rises are back on the agenda as survey shows
half of UK firms plan to lift pay freezes and more than a quarter will start recruiting again in 2010.
New poll shows that over half of
UK employees are not expecting a pay rise in 2010.
A new survey into accounting salaries has highlighted a
50% pay gap between the genders.
Considering becoming a
full AAT member? Want to boost your earning potential by 15%? Here are all the benefits of membership – besides the letters after your name!
How much does a financial controller earn? Check out our guide to UK accounting salaries.
Fancy a pay rise? Check out this article on
pay increases in the public sector versus private. Which sector would you choose?
What is the next step in your career? For anyone considering a career in management accounting,
here's an overview of the earning potential of management accountants.
You've found a new job but it involves taking a pay cut. Do you accept
the reduced earnings, stay at your current job or keep looking?
Just when does it pay to take a pay cut?
Are you on the right salary?
Find out how much a bookkeeper can earn in the UK with our handy salary guide.
Can your height affect your earning potential?
Find out whether it pays to be tall in the workplace.
How much does an assistant accountant earn? Find out how much a junior clerk working in the UK can take home at various levels of experience.
It's important to have goals in life.
Check out the UK's highest paid accountants and remember: One day, it could be you!
If you deserve a pay rise, don't wait for your boss to notice. Take action.
Here are some tried and tested ways to get your hands on more cash.