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Major Types of Audit Engagements

Audits involve the systematic and independent examination of an organization's statutory records, documents, vouchers, and book of accounts. Typically, audits seek to determine the extent to which an organization's financial and nonfinancial disclosures reflect its true position. During the audit, auditors attempt to ensure that a company's accounting books reflect are properly maintained as required by law. To meet the goals of corporate auditing, experts employ three discrete types of auditing methods. These are process, product, and system audits. Other...

The London City Gentleman: On London buses

For most of my life, I have hated buses. I don’t know why this should be so, nor can I say they really featured heavily in my existence. I was noting with some shame to an old school friend last weekend that we used to catch the bus into town when really it was no more than a 20-minute walk. To laziness, though, I will hold up my hand. Last November, I moved to Clapham Junction, which is really Battersea,...

Follow the flow in the market

Many people are excellent traders but they cannot make money. It is not their fault because they do not work hard but it is because they do not follow the flow in this industry. Every market has their own style and if you want to get successful, you have to follow these styles. Most of the time, these traders will want to take you in their own world and place the trades with their own minds. It may seem good...

Man is running London Marathon carrying 20kg in a Doko for The Gurkha Welfare Trust

Captain J Captain James Christy will be running The London Marathon this Sunday carrying 20kg in a Doko ( a basket with back and head straps). Here he explains why: On 22 April I will be running the London Marathon a gruelling race which I have chosen to make harder by carrying 20kg in a Doko basket in order to raise money and awareness for The Gurkha Welfare Trust (GWT). In particular I am fundraising in memory of Lt Edward...

How to Remove Pet Hair For Good

Our beloved pets can be a delight to be around, but dealing with the hair they leave on the seats, floors, clothes and other surfaces around the home can be less than amusing. If, like other people, you have found cleaning up pet hair to be a huge challenge, there is plenty you can do about it. And this doesn’t involve debating whether or not having a pet was a good idea in the first place. Here are some ideas...

Getting Ready For Your First Table Shuffleboard Game

The history of the shuffleboard game dates back to 15th century England. Back then, it was known as shove ha’penny - a pub game where players would shove silver pennies across a wooden table. In time, the game became more popular and started appearing in country houses across England. Three centuries later, the English colonies in North America were playing the shuffleboard game. But shuffleboard hasn’t been relegated to the history books, as it’s seen a resurgence in recent times...

The Basics Of Ethereum & ETH

When it comes to the world of cryptocurrencies, Ethereum is not far behind Bitcoin. In fact, this decentralised system offers a number of different properties and advantages when you buy Ethereum compared to Bitcoin. With its implementation across several businesses Ethereum is set to continue to grow and so now is the perfect time to invest. Despite this, many are still uncertain whether Ethereum is really better than Bitcoin and if its offerings outweigh that of the cryptocurrency making headlines....

Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?

Do you have what it takes to start up a new business? - Try our quiz below. These top 20 challenges that a study of 500 entrepreneurs found were the toughest to conquer for a new business. Nearly one-fifth of those polled said they worked a minimum of 13-hours every day in their first year of setting up their business, with seven per cent slaving away for 16 hours or more every day. One entrepreneur confessed the hardest thing about...

Adorable photographs show harvest mice playing in the spring sunshine

These adorable photographs show harvest mice playing around and climbing on branches of wheat and flowers in the spring sunshine. The eight mice, which are a mere three to five cm long, are owned by amateur photographer Alex Meek, 31, who loves his furry friends like his very own family. He said that the little rodents are hard to find in the wild so shot the photographs in his conservatory on last year's wheat stalks. Alex said: "People absolutely love...

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