These are the publications of relevance to those working in public practice:
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- The Companies Act 2006 - Its Implications for Company Directors (PDF)
 - Booklet explaining how this new legislation has important implications for the two million UK businesses which trade as limited companies, as well as for all those who own shares in them, trade with them or provide business or professional services to them.
- Accountants and Business Link - A Good Practice Guide for Closer Co-operation
- Paper outlining suggested processes to create partnership schemes between Business Link (and other business support agencies) and the accountancy profession bodies
- Burying the Billable Hour
- Booklet by Ronald J. Baker providing theories and concepts to enable practitioners to move from hourly billing to value pricing.
- Business Link - Working with the Accountancy Profession
- Booklet about Business Link and the information and advisory support it offers.
- Business Link and the Accountancy Profession Voluntary Code of Practice
- Booklet outlining the voluntary Code of Practice designed to encourage closer working relations between the Accountancy Profession and Business Link Partnerships.
- Corporate Governance - The Stakeholder Challenge
- Booklet by Roger Cowe
- Buying and Selling a Family Business
- Booklet by David Harvey MA FCA FCCA examining the process of buying - or selling - an unlisted family business from the perspectives of both the acquirer and the vendor.
- Guide to services for practitioners (PDF)
- A guide to growing range of support services, featuring information on the practice facilities offered by commercial providers endorsed by ACCA UK.
- Incorporation
- Booklet aimed at business people who wish to consider the merits of incorporating a new or existing business.
- Keeping Afloat
- Booklet outlining how experienced practising accountants can help small businesses manage their finances, install proper credit control procedures, plan for the future and guard against threats.
- Keeping it in the Family
- Booklet describing best practice for passing family business from one generation to the next by David Harvey FCCA FCA MIPR
- Limited Liability Partnerships
- Booklet introducing the the main features of the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and how it will differ in practice from existing business formats.
- Prompt Payment
- Booklet offering practical and sensible advice on how firms can protect themselves against late or non-payment of their bills.
- Trashing the Timesheet
- Booklet by Ronald J Baker. A companion to Burying the Billable Hour, it explains why the common practice of completing timesheets and tracking time spent in accountancy practices is not an adequate indicator of team member (i.e. staff) effectiveness or efficiency.
- Why Audit Matters to Practitioners
- Booklet outlining why audit remains a valuable activity for ACCA practising members and why it is anticipated that many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will continue to demand this service.
- You Are Your Customer List
- Booklet by Ronald J Baker. A companion to Trashing the Timesheet and Burying the Billable Hour, it emphasises the importance of customer selection, retention and firing to an accountancy practice's team member's morale, quality of life and profitability.
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