How Grant Thornton’s Training Move Reflects a Shift in Accounting Leadership
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How Grant Thornton’s Training Move Reflects a Shift in Accounting Leadershi...

2d Accountancy Age

How Grant Thornton’s Training Move Reflects a Shif...

The accounting profession is facing a leadership bottleneck. Grant Thornton’s partnership with Raise the Bar suggests the industry is beginning to tre...

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EY’s Pay Rise Reflects a Changing Partnership Economy
Accounting Firms

EY’s Pay Rise Reflects a Changing Partnership Economy

3d Accountancy Age

EY’s Pay Rise Reflects a Changing Partnership Econ...

EY’s latest results tell a familiar story of contrasts: modest revenue growth, a tougher market for consulting, and yet a near-double-digit rise in pa...

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Why Gen Z Is Walking Away from Accounting
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Why Gen Z Is Walking Away from Accounting

5d Accountancy Age

Why Gen Z Is Walking Away from Accounting

KPMG’s latest figures show a quarter of under-30s leaving financial services in the past year. That headline matters to accountancy because the driver...

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PwC’s graduate glow up meets a tougher market for trainee accountants
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PwC’s graduate glow up meets a tougher market for trainee accountants

1m Accountancy Age

PwC’s graduate glow up meets a tougher market for ...

PwC remains a top graduate employer, yet the firm is tightening its intake due to automation and softer demand. Learn how automation is shifting entry...

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PwC cuts jobs as consulting slowdown weighs on revenue
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PwC cuts jobs as consulting slowdown weighs on revenue

1m Accountancy Age

PwC cuts jobs as consulting slowdown weighs on rev...

PwC UK has reduced staff numbers as consulting revenue falls 3%, yet profits climb 20% to £1.37bn. The firm cites cost management and operational rest...

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FRC launches ‘scalebox’ to help smaller firms challenge Big Four dominance
Audit

FRC launches ‘scalebox’ to help smaller firms challenge Big Four dominance

2m Accountancy Age

FRC launches ‘scalebox’ to help smaller firms chal...

The Financial Reporting Council has unveiled a new scalebox initiative to mentor smaller audit firms and improve competition with the Big Four. Read M...

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Grant Thornton appoints Ruth Walsh as Partner and Head of Talent Solutions
Big Four

Grant Thornton appoints Ruth Walsh as Partner and Head of Talent Solutions

2m Accountancy Age

Grant Thornton appoints Ruth Walsh as Partner and ...

Grant Thornton UK has promoted Ruth Walsh to Partner and Head of Talent Solutions, reinforcing the firm’s focus on senior talent to support its growth...

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Deloitte brings nearly 1,500 new graduates and apprentices into UK workforce
Accounting Firms

Deloitte brings nearly 1,500 new graduates and apprentices into UK workforc...

2m Accountancy Age

Deloitte brings nearly 1,500 new graduates and app...

Deloitte is set to onboard almost 1,500 graduates, apprentices and industrial placement students across 17 UK offices, with a further 98 joining in De...

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Grant Thornton UK reshapes leadership with Quickenden and Mountjoy
Accounting Firms

Grant Thornton UK reshapes leadership with Quickenden and Mountjoy

2m Accountancy Age

Grant Thornton UK reshapes leadership with Quicken...

Grant Thornton UK has appointed Stuart Quickenden as chairman and promoted David Mountjoy to partner to lead financial modelling. Both moves strengthe...

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The accountancy shake-up: From talent tides to operational optimisation
Accounting Firms

The accountancy shake-up: From talent tides to operational optimisation

3m Dayshape

The accountancy shake-up: From talent tides to ope...

Old ways of planning, operating, and growing? They’re transforming. Explore the changes making waves. Read More...

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Big Four lag behind smaller firms in AI adoption, says ex-EY chair
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Big Four lag behind smaller firms in AI adoption, says ex-EY chair

3m Accountancy Age

Big Four lag behind smaller firms in AI adoption, ...

Former EY UK chair Hywel Ball highlights the challenges the Big Four face in adopting AI, suggesting that smaller, more agile firms are leading the wa...

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FTSE AIM 100: PwC and BDO battle for value
Accounting Firms

FTSE AIM 100: PwC and BDO battle for value

3m Accountancy Age

FTSE AIM 100: PwC and BDO battle for value

The latest Adviser Rankings Ltd figures for AIM auditors reveal a quarter of mixed fortunes for firms across the rankings. While PKF Littlejohn contin...

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Deloitte's Glencore audits under FRC scrutiny
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Deloitte's Glencore audits under FRC scrutiny

3m Accountancy Age

Deloitte's Glencore audits under FRC scrutiny

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a formal investigation into Deloitte’s audits of Glencore plc and its UK subsidiary, Glencore Energ...

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When the apple doesn’t fall far from the audit firm
Audit

When the apple doesn’t fall far from the audit firm

4m Accountancy Age

When the apple doesn’t fall far from the audit fir...

When right is nobody’s business, wrong sets the culture. The recent PCAOB fines totalling $8.5 million for cheating on ethics exams at Deloitte, PwC a...

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Big accountancy firms fail to monitor AI’s impact on audit quality, says FRC
Accounting Firms

Big accountancy firms fail to monitor AI’s impact on audit quality, says FR...

4m Accountancy Age

Big accountancy firms fail to monitor AI’s impact ...

The FRC has warned that big accountancy firms aren’t tracking how AI tools affect audit quality, raising concerns over oversight amid growing reliance...

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Big Four firms fined over exam cheating scandal
Big Four

Big Four firms fined over exam cheating scandal

4m Accountancy Age

Big Four firms fined over exam cheating scandal

The Dutch arms of Deloitte, PwC and EY have been fined a combined $8.5mn after US regulators uncovered widespread exam cheating involving “hundreds” o...

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Deloitte named in Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality
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Deloitte named in Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality

4m Accountancy Age

Deloitte named in Times Top 50 Employers for Gende...

Deloitte UK has been named one of The Times’ Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality for the tenth consecutive year, marking a decade-long commitme...

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KPMG fined £1.25m for Carr’s Group audit breaches
Audit

KPMG fined £1.25m for Carr’s Group audit breaches

5m Accountancy Age

KPMG fined £1.25m for Carr’s Group audit breaches

KPMG has been fined £1.25m by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) over serious breaches of audit independence rules during its 2021 audit of farm an...

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Deloitte to cut bonuses and slow promotions due to missed targets
Accounting Firms

Deloitte to cut bonuses and slow promotions due to missed targets

5m Accountancy Age

Deloitte to cut bonuses and slow promotions due to...

Deloitte UK will reduce bonuses and slow promotions across parts of the firm after its technology and transformation (T&T) consulting division mis...

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EY faces £2bn lawsuit over “extremely serious” audit failings at NMC Health
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EY faces £2bn lawsuit over “extremely serious” audit failings at NMC Health

5m Accountancy Age

EY faces £2bn lawsuit over “extremely serious” aud...

The UK accounting watchdog has identified “extremely serious” failings in EY’s audits of NMC Health, according to claims aired at the High Court this ...

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PwC axes 1,500 jobs in the US amid low attrition and slow growth
Accounting Firms

PwC axes 1,500 jobs in the US amid low attrition and slow growth

6m Marina Mouka

PwC axes 1,500 jobs in the US amid low attrition a...

Staff blindsided as Big Four firm makes second round of cuts under US chief Paul Griggs Read More...

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EY names Alison Duncan as first woman UK chair
Accounting Firms

EY names Alison Duncan as first woman UK chair

7m Accountancy Age

EY names Alison Duncan as first woman UK chair

Alison Duncan EY has named Alison Duncan as its next UK chair, subject to a partner vote, marking a significant governance shift and historic leadersh...

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PwC fined £2.9m over audit failures at Gupta’s Wyelands Bank
Accounting Firms

PwC fined £2.9m over audit failures at Gupta’s Wyelands Bank

7m Marina Mouka

PwC fined £2.9m over audit failures at Gupta’s Wye...

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has fined PwC £2.9 million and issued a severe reprimand over “serious failings” in its 2019 audit of Wyelands B...

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EY axes 30 partners in biggest executive purge in decades
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EY axes 30 partners in biggest executive purge in decades

7m Accountancy Age

EY axes 30 partners in biggest executive purge in ...

Ernst & Young (EY) is set to implement one of its most substantial partner redundancy initiatives in decades, aiming to safeguard profitability am...

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KPMG to consolidate global partnerships in major restructuring effort
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KPMG to consolidate global partnerships in major restructuring effort

8m Marina Mouka

KPMG to consolidate global partnerships in major r...

KPMG is set to merge dozens of its national affiliates in a sweeping overhaul of its global structure, aiming to boost growth and improve audit qualit...

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Top 50+50 Accountancy Firms 2024: Evelyn Partners pips Grant Thornton to the post
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Top 50+50 Accountancy Firms 2024: Evelyn Partners pips Grant Thornton to th...

11m Accountancy Age

Top 50+50 Accountancy Firms 2024: Evelyn Partners ...

Celebrating excellence in the accounting profession, Accountancy Age's Top 50+50 2024 spotlights the top accountancy firms in the UK. Brought to...

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Top 50+50 Accountancy Firms 2023: PwC maintain top spot
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Top 50+50 Accountancy Firms 2023: PwC maintain top spot

2y Rebeca Clark

Top 50+50 Accountancy Firms 2023: PwC maintain top...

Celebrating excellence in the accounting profession, Accountancy Age's Top 50+50 2023 spotlights the top accountancy firms in the UK. Brought to...

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