Links

The Principal's own professional body is found at: http://www.accaglobal.com .There are separate links on that home page for Students, Members, Employers, Learning Providers, and the General Public. The latter section provides information on the activities of ACCA, its complaints procedure, and finding an accountant.

For Public Sector Organisations  (PSOs) in Scotland, the following are useful sites:  http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk for Audit Scotland, the main regulatory body that checks public money is spent properly; http://www.scot.nhs.uk  for NHS Scotland with useful links via ‘About NHS Scotland’ to the main NHS bodies such as NHS Highland and other smaller organisations e.g. the H&I Health Research Institute; http://www.scotland.gov.uk for Scottish Government site with links via ‘Public Sector’ then ‘Local Government’ to information on the economic performance of the 32 Scottish local authorities.

Small Business may find the following sites of interest :                  http://www.scottish-enterprise.com that includes information on starting, funding, and growing your business; ;  http://www.hie.co.uk provides similar information for the Highland area with details on how its account managers work with small business and links to local HIE offices and Business Gateway;  http://www.fsb.org.uk/scotland provides details of the benefits of the Federation of Small Business (legal advice, business taxation, employment law,etc).

Further details on AB Consulting's own areas of experience may be obtained on request from:  info@abconsulting.org.uk.