KPMG’s quotable chairman got the biggest reaction at the CGMA launch event by challenging senior finance executives to understand and embrace social media. John Stokdyk reports.
Social media has turned the rules of doing business upside down.
It will come as no surprise to the accountancy community that social media is now an integral part of the profession and has an increasing role in the job hunting process.
As part of its marketing push for Self Assessment season, HMRC has become active on Twitter as @hmrcgovuk.
Paul Chambers, the finance manager who lost his job for posting a tweet threatening to blow Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport "sky high", has failed to get his conviction overturned.
More and more businesses are using social media as a marketing tool, but with increasing use of this medium comes the risk of committing one of several common 'sins', explains Elaine Clark.
Former trainee accountant will find out in the next month or two whether his conviction and £1,000 for posting a Tweet threatening to blow Doncaster airport “sky high” will be upheld.
Simon Quance's dos and don'ts for business users of different social media platforms.
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