Progressive Practices: Marshall & Co

July 28th, 2010 admin

AccountingWeb has an intriguing contest going on to discover the most progressive firm in the UK . It’s intriguing at multiple levels. The firms get to pitch yet with one exception have provided no links to their site The pitches vary widely but are mostly generic as Mark Lee would put it They are all tiny firms – what happened there? They are invited to answer questions on the website …


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  1. July 31st, 2010 at 05:44
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    Very interesting post. Keep us posting dude !!

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