Excel tool to easily copy location of spreadsheets

If you use a network drive (or Evernote or Dropbox) adding the location tool to your tool bar will save you having to email spreadsheets.  Sending the link is much quicker and gives access to the latest version of a changing document.  The tool allows you to copy the location of the file with a right click and control C.

Adding the (file) location tool to Excel or Word

(Note that the destination of this link is in Evernote - if your employer blocks you from Evernote, you may have to view it at home but it is worth your time.)

Technical update - IFRS and UK GAAP

Found this one hour webcast update kindly shared by wwwDeloitte.com (use STOJUL13 as the recording ID).  It has useful information, especially about the proposed changes for accounting treatment for leases and FRS102 the new standard to replace UKGAAP .

Tracking changes in Word (warning) and PDFs

Interesting discussion about risks of track changes in Word and recommendation of using pdfs instead

Track Changes option | LinkedIn:

UK company law library | AccountingWEB

Extremely useful resource: UK company law library | AccountingWEB:

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Spreadsheet skills: reducing file size

A good explanation of how to deal with the issue when the bottom right of your spreadsheet is much further away than you expected (or it needs to be): Spreadsheet skills: reducing file size:

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11 ways to protect your privacy on Facebook - Telegraph

11 ways to protect your privacy on Facebook - Telegraph:

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Six thinking hats for accountants | AccountingWEB

A thinking process for generating new ideas and planning to deal with obstacles that may be put up by others:

Six thinking hats for accountants | AccountingWEB:

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Six techniques for building a strategic finance department

Six techniques for building a strategic finance department:

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Making the most out of meetings

Revision tips for meetings: Making the most out of meetings:

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Latest trends in perks

http://www.businesspundit.com/the-perks-of-the-new-management-style-in-business/

Pensions automatic enrolment - official information sources

This link is to the (UK) Pensions Regulator with a host of resources about automatic enrolment.  Auto enrolment has started and is being rolled out starting with big companies first.

Useful article for introducing people to Evernote

It is certainly true that the more you use it, the more useful it becomes:

I've Been Using Evernote All Wrong. Here's Why It's Actually Amazing:

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Employment Law update 2013

Went to an employment law update arranged by Hays and presented by Julie Jones and Amanda Lyons of DMH Stallard.

Key points:

• Compromise Agreements are now called Settlement Agreements and there are new rules allowing Pre-Termination Negotiations (PTNs).  These allow discussion which cannot be used as evidence of unfair dismissal (unless discrimination).  Disclosures need to be made explaining this and allowing a colleague to sit in, so some organisations may not use these and rely on best practice instead.  See ACAS Code of Practice for Settlement Agreements for more.
• Employment Tribunals (ETs) will from 6 Apr 2014 have an extra step: Early Conciliation.  Before progressing to ET, the claimant must complete an on-line form and then if both parties wish it, ACAS will attempt to mediate.  If this does not work or either party does not wish to mediate, an Early Conciliation Certificate will be issued which will allow progression to ET.
• Employment Tribunal (ET) fees introduced 29 Jul 2013.  Issue fee and Hearing fee for simple/complex cases: £160/£250 and £230/£950 to be paid by claimant to deter frivolous claims.   Successful employer may claim up to £20k from claimant for costs if claim found to have no legal basis.
• Unfair dismissal has a new cap from 29 Jul 2013: £74,200 or one year's gross pay (applying to terminations after that date).
• Following the Woolworths case, for the purposes of collective redundancy consultation, establishment is now taken to mean a company rather than a building when calculating the total people being made redundant in a time period.
• Whistleblowing from 25 Jun 2013 must be in public interest, rather than in good faith as before.
• Vicarious liability was introduced on 25 Jun 2013 so that an act of an employee is an act of the company unless it can be clearly shown the employee was acting against company policy and had sufficient training etc.
• Changes to TUPE rules Jan 2014.  Renegotiation of terms of transferred employees is allowed one year after transfer.  Location of a workforce can be within scope of economical, technical or organisational (ETO) reasons.

Cautionary tale about Google Drive

This article will be especially useful for people considering swapping from Dropbox to Google Drive.  Driven to despair by Google Drive | PC Pro blog:

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