Why do companies produce reports and accounts? Who reads them – and what are the rules about what goes in (and what stays out)? This one-day course looks at the legal requirements on the signing off, auditing and publishing of reports and accounts, and examines in detail the various components included therein – from the P&L to the balance sheet, the business review to the directors’ and auditors’ reports.

Delegates will be given tips on how best to read company accounts, and the day concludes with a discussion session in which they will apply their learning by analysing the published accounts of a major listed business.

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