BDO furloughs 700 employees, firms cut pay
Big Four

BDO furloughs 700 employees, firms cut pay

5y Shannon Moyer

BDO furloughs 700 employees, firms cut pay

Mid-tier firm furloughs staff two weeks after attending a virtual meeting with several competitors on government assistance Read More...

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Reports suggest Big Four, BDO and Grant Thornton discuss furlough behind closed doors
Big Four

Reports suggest Big Four, BDO and Grant Thornton discuss furlough behind cl...

5y Shannon Moyer

Reports suggest Big Four, BDO and Grant Thornton d...

Top six UK accounting firms met virtually in a meeting organised by the ICAEW to discuss the potential hit their reputations would take if they utilis...

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NMC Health's debt soars
Business

NMC Health's debt soars

5y Shannon Moyer

NMC Health's debt soars

UAE-based healthcare company’s debt surges to an estimated $5bn Read More...

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Campbell Dallas and Baldwins North East set to merge
Business

Campbell Dallas and Baldwins North East set to merge

5y Tom Lemmon

Campbell Dallas and Baldwins North East set to mer...

Campbell Dallas and Baldwins North East are to merge, according to an internal email seen by Accountancy Age. Chris Horne, managing partner of Campbe...

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Baldwins founder departs, North becomes CEO
Accounting Firms

Baldwins founder departs, North becomes CEO

5y Tom Lemmon

Baldwins founder departs, North becomes CEO

Directors of Baldwins - John Baldwin, David Baldwin and Shaun Knight - have all left the business with immediate effect, Cogital Group has confirmed. ...

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ACCA and NTT Data UK extend partnership to drive digital transformation
Company News

ACCA and NTT Data UK extend partnership to drive digital transformation

5y Chris Jewers

ACCA and NTT Data UK extend partnership to drive d...

ACCA and NTT Data UK have extended their partnership by five years to push forward the association’s digital transformation efforts. Accountancy Age s...

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Moore Global chairman Richard Moore to step down after 15 years
Company News

Moore Global chairman Richard Moore to step down after 15 years

5y Shannon Moyer

Moore Global chairman Richard Moore to step down a...

Following his appointment to chairman in 2004, Richard Moore helped grow the company's revenues from the millions to the billions, operating in over 1...

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BDO's annual report shows overall growth thanks to mid-market focus
Business

BDO's annual report shows overall growth thanks to mid-market focus

5y Shannon Moyer

BDO's annual report shows overall growth thanks to...

BDO's annual report shows growth across several sectors within the company, following its February 2019 merger with Moore Stephens. Read More...

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Two partners who quit KPMG over bullying launch own firm
Company News

Two partners who quit KPMG over bullying launch own firm

5y Chris Jewers

Two partners who quit KPMG over bullying launch ow...

Maggie Brereton and Ina Kjaer have registered Eos Deal Advisory, naming their firm after the Greek goddess of the dawn, with a plan to break from mach...

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Haysmacintyre appoints new managing partner
Company News

Haysmacintyre appoints new managing partner

5y Tom Lemmon

Haysmacintyre appoints new managing partner

haysmacintyre today announced Jeremy Beard as their new Managing Partner. Beard, who has been a partner at the firm for 24 years, takes over from Ian ...

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5 people arrested in Patisserie Valerie scandal
Company News

5 people arrested in Patisserie Valerie scandal

5y Tom Lemmon

5 people arrested in Patisserie Valerie scandal

Five unnamed people have been arrested in connection with the accounting fraud scandal at Patisserie Valerie which led to the collapse of the cafe cha...

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Proposed fines “do little” to tackle late payment problems
Company News

Proposed fines “do little” to tackle late payment problems

5y Tom Lemmon

Proposed fines “do little” to tackle late payment ...

On Wednesday this week, the government announced proposals for a range of new powers for the Small Business Commissioner to tackle the problem of late...

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Williams Lea appoints new global chief financial officer
Career

Williams Lea appoints new global chief financial officer

5y Dave Beach

Williams Lea appoints new global chief financial o...

Williams Lea have announced the appointment of Dan O’Brien as chief financial officer (CFO). “Williams Lea is at a pivotal point in its rich history ...

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Deloitte appoints first female Managing Partner for Consulting
Big Four

Deloitte appoints first female Managing Partner for Consulting

5y Dave Beach

Deloitte appoints first female Managing Partner fo...

Anne-Marie Malley has been appointed managing partner for Consulting in the UK, the first woman in the firm's history to hold the position Read More...

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Mazars acquires healthcare company Hall Liddy
Company News

Mazars acquires healthcare company Hall Liddy

5y Dave Beach

Mazars acquires healthcare company Hall Liddy

Mazars has announced the acquisition of Hall Liddy, a medical accounting firm in the NorthWest, with over 2,600 clients.   “The healthcare sector has ...

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HP and Autonomy - The use of evidence in and from foreign proceedings
Company News

HP and Autonomy - The use of evidence in and from foreign proceedings

5y Charles Pugh and Edmond Fung

HP and Autonomy - The use of evidence in and from...

Oury Clark solicitors give an insight into the HP and Autonomy accounting fraud case, assessing the use of foreign evidence in proceedings. The trial ...

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HW Fisher announce Compliance on Demand acquisition while Price Bailey partner with Ashtons Legal
Company News

HW Fisher announce Compliance on Demand acquisition while Price Bailey part...

5y Tom Lemmon

HW Fisher announce Compliance on Demand acquisitio...

HW Fisher announced their acquisition of Compliance on Demand. Separately, Price Bailey announced a partnership with Ashtons Legal Read More...

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Employee engagement demand prompts Deloitte acquisition
Company News

Employee engagement demand prompts Deloitte acquisition

5y Dave Beach

Employee engagement demand prompts Deloitte acquis...

Deloitte has absorbed Stitch Communications to boost its Global Employer Services offering amid heightened client demands for employee engagement. Goo...

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Top 20 shake-up as Saffery Champness hires S&W partner
Career

Top 20 shake-up as Saffery Champness hires S&W partner

5y Dave Beach

Top 20 shake-up as Saffery Champness hires S&W par...

New partner appointed at Saffery Champness from Smith & Williamson Read More...

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Poor leadership hits small business while confidence sinks to two year low
Business

Poor leadership hits small business while confidence sinks to two year low

5y Tom Lemmon

Poor leadership hits small business while confiden...

A lack of strong leadership, primarily caused by a “soft skills gap”, is preventing SMEs from tackling the myriad of challenges they face, according t...

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Outdated processes mean large firms frequently pay staff incorrectly or late
Company News

Outdated processes mean large firms frequently pay staff incorrectly or lat...

6y Tom Lemmon

Outdated processes mean large firms frequently pay...

Three-quarters of large companies in the UK process payments incorrectly or late due to the continued use of manual data entry in the payroll process,...

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1,000 jobs lost as Jamie Oliver restaurant chain goes into administration
Company News

1,000 jobs lost as Jamie Oliver restaurant chain goes into administration

6y Tom Lemmon

1,000 jobs lost as Jamie Oliver restaurant chain g...

22 of 25 Jamie Oliver-owned restaurants have closed, after the celebrity chef’s restaurant chain went into administration today, resulting in approxim...

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EY and Thomson Reuters announce strategic alliance between Onesource and Tax Technology and Transformation services
Company News

EY and Thomson Reuters announce strategic alliance between Onesource and Ta...

6y Tom Lemmon

EY and Thomson Reuters announce strategic alliance...

EY and Thomson Reuters will form an alliance which brings together Reuters’ Onesource with EY’s Tax Technology and Transformation services Read More...

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BDO expansion continues with the appointment of three new partners
Company News

BDO expansion continues with the appointment of three new partners

6y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

BDO expansion continues with the appointment of th...

Now that the BDO and Moore Stephens LLP merger is complete, what’s next? Read More...

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KPMG revenues rose by 8 percent this year in strongest growth in a decade
Company News

KPMG revenues rose by 8 percent this year in strongest growth in a decade

6y Beth McLoughlin

KPMG revenues rose by 8 percent this year in stron...

The company’s annual review shows strong growth, including in audit practice, over the past year Read More...

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Baker Tilly come together with RGL Forensics to create global accounting practice
Company News

Baker Tilly come together with RGL Forensics to create global accounting pr...

6y Accountancy Age

Baker Tilly come together with RGL Forensics to cr...

The two come together to answer the growing demand for a global specialism in financial investigation practitioners Read More...

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New look and offices for Mercer & Hole
Company News

New look and offices for Mercer & Hole

6y Beth McLoughlin

New look and offices for Mercer & Hole

The move to a Lombard Street location and rebranding are reflections of the growth and ambition of the company Read More...

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