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Gas prices are predicted to keep falling in the coming weeks to less than 17p/therm by September. Prices reached record highs in April this year - with prices on the spot market reaching 24p/therm - but falling demand is expected to bring rates down.

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The Better Payment Practice Group (BPPG) has devised a 12-step collection process for small to medium-sized enterprises to avoid late payment. The guidance is a response to a study of more than 1,000 firms by the Credit Management Research Centre. It found that less than half of invoices for businesses in manufacturing, wholesale and financial services are paid on time.

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Avoiding discrimination

Can you tell me whether it is a good idea to ask on our agency application forms whether potential workers are disabled or not? I have done so in the past, but I have been informed that it could prove to be discriminative?
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Stand up and be counted_3

It is the duty of an accountant to expose corruption. The profession must make a stand and confront the issue

Court deal is PFI first_3

A consortium led by support services company Amey will build and run court facilities in south-west England in the next 25 years in a groundbreaking private finance initiative (PFI) deal. This is the first PFI deal to involve more than one department, including the Lord Chancellor’s Department. The £32 million deal includes court facilities in Bristol and Worle.

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Coping with devaluation_3

Q: How can you best manage contracts in an environment where devaluation has occurred and foreign currency is in short supply? At the moment, this is causing big problems for my company in Zimbabwe. Some suppliers are asking for frequent price increases,

‘Biggest’ UK green deal_3

Scotland’s largest public sector procurement agency, the Authorities Buying Consortium, is to buy 112GW hours of renewable energy from ScottishPower. It claims that the two-year deal is the single biggest purchase of green energy in the UK.