Vision 2020: The changing face of business
Accounting Firms

Vision 2020: The changing face of business

8y Accountancy Age

Vision 2020: The changing face of business

Carl Reader looks at how the changing nature of business is impacting independent practices Read More...

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Deloitte launches ‘digital identity’ prototype in blockchain push
Accounting Firms

Deloitte launches ‘digital identity’ prototype in blockchain push

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

Deloitte launches ‘digital identity’ prototype in ...

Big Four firm leverages power of blockchain technology to give customers a universal ‘digital identity’ Read More...

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Avoidance scheme crackdown sees HMRC net £494m
Administration

Avoidance scheme crackdown sees HMRC net £494m

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

Avoidance scheme crackdown sees HMRC net £494m

Taxman’s Counter Avoidance Directorate behind the massive increase in revenue, law firm claims Read More...

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BDO confirms Eagland as managing partner
Accounting Firms

BDO confirms Eagland as managing partner

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

BDO confirms Eagland as managing partner

Paul Eagland will replace Simon Michaels as BDO's managing partner on 1 October Read More...

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EY audit conflicts weigh on Royal Dutch Shell-BG Group deal
Audit

EY audit conflicts weigh on Royal Dutch Shell-BG Group deal

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

EY audit conflicts weigh on Royal Dutch Shell-BG G...

EY has been BG auditor since 2013, while it was recently appointed Royal Dutch Shell auditor Read More...

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Begbies Traynor hop onto ex-Socceroo skipper bankruptcy
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Begbies Traynor hop onto ex-Socceroo skipper bankruptcy

8y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Begbies Traynor hop onto ex-Socceroo skipper bankr...

Former Blackburn, West Ham and Australia captain Lucas Neill enters bankruptcy proceedings Read More...

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CVR Global joins Geneva Group International
Accounting Firms

CVR Global joins Geneva Group International

8y Chris Warmoll , Writer

CVR Global joins Geneva Group International

GGI's netwrok has more than 500 members and 700 member offices worldwide Read More...

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Three million UK jobs depend on EU exports, ICAS research finds
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Three million UK jobs depend on EU exports, ICAS research finds

8y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Three million UK jobs depend on EU exports, ICAS r...

Cost of UK contribution to 2015 EU budget, ICAS found, was £8.5bn – just 0.5% of the UK’s estimated total GDP of £1.79trn for 2015 Read More...

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Company insolvencies rise, but wider trend is down
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Company insolvencies rise, but wider trend is down

8y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Company insolvencies rise, but wider trend is down

The 5.4% rise is the first uptick since Q1 2014, primarily caused by a big surge in compulsory winding-up orders in Q1 2016 Read More...

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PwC appointed to Private Eye printer, Polestar
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PwC appointed to Private Eye printer, Polestar

8y Chris Warmoll , Writer

PwC appointed to Private Eye printer, Polestar

Polestar, which prints over 50m products a week, is the latest big employer to fall on hard times in the same week as Austin Reed and BHS collapsed in...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Retail insolvencies, firms' comings and goings and Accountex
Accounting Firms

Friday Afternoon Live: Retail insolvencies, firms' comings and goings and A...

8y Accountancy Age

Friday Afternoon Live: Retail insolvencies, firms'...

Head of Editorial Kevin Reed looks at the week's news, including the BHS and Austin Reed administration, Accountex and much more. Read More...

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Shipleys and Smith Pearman announce merger
Accounting Firms

Shipleys and Smith Pearman announce merger

8y Richard Crump , Writer

Shipleys and Smith Pearman announce merger

Smith Pearman staff at their office in Ripley, Surrey will be relocating to the nearby Shipleys office in Woolsack Way, Godalming Read More...

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PwC elects Kevin Ellis as chairman and senior partner
Accounting Firms

PwC elects Kevin Ellis as chairman and senior partner

8y Richard Crump , Writer

PwC elects Kevin Ellis as chairman and senior part...

PwC elects Kevin Ellis as its new chairman and senior partner in the UK and Middle East Read More...

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FRC announces 14% levy rise in annual budget
Audit

FRC announces 14% levy rise in annual budget

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

FRC announces 14% levy rise in annual budget

FRC to raise levies as government funding withdrawn Read More...

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MPs launch probe into BHS sale
Business Recovery

MPs launch probe into BHS sale

8y Richard Crump , Writer

MPs launch probe into BHS sale

MPs launch probe into the sale of BHS that will look at role of auditors and accountancy firms in sale process Read More...

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Taxman secures MSC tribunal victory
Administration

Taxman secures MSC tribunal victory

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

Taxman secures MSC tribunal victory

HMRC protects nearly £400,000 in tax following first-tier tribunal win, and expects to claw back a further £9m Read More...

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R3 calls for creditor 'breathing space' to help turn companies around
Accounting Standards

R3 calls for creditor 'breathing space' to help turn companies around

8y Chris Warmoll , Writer

R3 calls for creditor 'breathing space' to help tu...

A short moratorium will give struggling companies a chance to be open with their creditors and negotiate a way out of their problems transparently, sa...

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Scottish insolvency levels continue long-term decline
Business Recovery

Scottish insolvency levels continue long-term decline

8y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Scottish insolvency levels continue long-term decl...

Out of a dozen sectors profiled only oil and gas and manufacturing were deemed to have a higher than normal risk of insolvency Read More...

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Ex-CIoT president avoids jail following child porn sentencing
People Business

Ex-CIoT president avoids jail following child porn sentencing

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

Ex-CIoT president avoids jail following child porn...

Former CIoT president Stephen Coleclough was sentenced to 14 months in prison, suspended for two years. Read More...

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How Brexit will change the UK tax environment
Corporate Tax

How Brexit will change the UK tax environment

8y Accountancy Age

How Brexit will change the UK tax environment

Phillip Gershuny, senior tax partner at Hogan Lovells, outlines how a European exit could affect UK taxes Read More...

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Colin: Austin Reed's 'tailored' administration
Business Recovery

Colin: Austin Reed's 'tailored' administration

8y Taking Stock

Colin: Austin Reed's 'tailored' administration

Colin envisions how the Austin Reed administration is unfolding behind closed doors Read More...

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Britons in risk of ‘Brexit tax’ if UK leaves EU, claims OECD
Administration

Britons in risk of ‘Brexit tax’ if UK leaves EU, claims OECD

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

Britons in risk of ‘Brexit tax’ if UK leaves EU, c...

Brexit could hit UK GDP by as much as 3% by 2020, the international economic body has claimed Read More...

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FRC to introduce ‘prohibitions’ to UK governance code to prevent conflicts
Audit

FRC to introduce ‘prohibitions’ to UK governance code to prevent conflicts

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

FRC to introduce ‘prohibitions’ to UK governance c...

Latest FRC UK Corporate Governance Code update further restricts auditors in bid to minimise conflict of interest Read More...

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EU’s MOSS changes could see UK companies charging French VAT
Accounting Firms

EU’s MOSS changes could see UK companies charging French VAT

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

EU’s MOSS changes could see UK companies charging ...

London accountancy firm Blick Rothenberg warns of potential damages VAT changes could cause UK businesses Read More...

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AlixPartners appointed administrators at Austin Reed
Accounting Firms

AlixPartners appointed administrators at Austin Reed

8y Richard Crump , Writer

AlixPartners appointed administrators at Austin Re...

Peter Saville, Kevin Coates and Catherine Williamson, of AlixPartners, appointed joint administrators of Austin Reed Read More...

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Top ten firm pinches partner from EY
Administration

Top ten firm pinches partner from EY

8y Fraser Simpson , Reporter

Top ten firm pinches partner from EY

Smith & Williamson announce appointment of former EY worker John Cooney as partner, ten years after leaving the firm Read More...

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Quantuma appointed administrators at S J Bellows Nurseries
Accounting Firms

Quantuma appointed administrators at S J Bellows Nurseries

8y Richard Crump , Writer

Quantuma appointed administrators at S J Bellows N...

Simon Campbell and Carl Jackson of Quantuma appointed as joint administrators to S J Bellows Nurseries Limited Read More...

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