Another accounting error for BT Group as £500m pension deficit mistake revealed
Audit

Another accounting error for BT Group as £500m pension deficit mistake reve...

7y Accountancy Age

Another accounting error for BT Group as £500m pen...

Willis Towers Watson’s miscalculation of the group’s pension deficit follows the recent accounting scandal which knocked £8bn off its stock market val...

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CEO of Soaring Falcon on technology, automation and firm growth
Technology

CEO of Soaring Falcon on technology, automation and firm growth

7y Accountancy Age

CEO of Soaring Falcon on technology, automation an...

Alex Falcon Huerta speaks to Accountancy Age about winning Best New Practice at the British Accountancy Awards in 2017, the biggest challenges of last...

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Following this discussion on how Open Banking impacts accountants by Xero’s Banking, Fintech, and Ecosystem director, Edward Berks. Accountancy Age ca...

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The balancing act of being a parent and a partner
Career

The balancing act of being a parent and a partner

7y Anna Draper

The balancing act of being a parent and a partner

Anna Draper shares how she balances being a parent of two young children with being a full-time audit partner at BDO Read More...

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Viewpoint: Making Tax Digital and the wider digitalisation of tax offer ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunities for the modern day tax function
Making Tax Digital

Viewpoint: Making Tax Digital and the wider digitalisation of tax offer ‘on...

7y AJ Chambers Recruitment | Sponsored

Viewpoint: Making Tax Digital and the wider digita...

Making Tax Digital is the call to arms that tax functions have been waiting for. It's time to make it happen! Read More...

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Top 50+50 UK Accountancy Firms 2018 – deadline extended!
Accounting Firms

Top 50+50 UK Accountancy Firms 2018 – deadline extended!

7y Accountancy Age

Top 50+50 UK Accountancy Firms 2018 – deadline ext...

The entry deadline for the Top 50+50 Accountancy Firms 2018 has been extended to 10 August 2018 Read More...

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Report reveals no progress on gender parity among FTSE 350 in last three years
Career

Report reveals no progress on gender parity among FTSE 350 in last three ye...

7y Accountancy Age

Report reveals no progress on gender parity among ...

The Women Count 2018 report shows that only 8% of executives on main boards are women Read More...

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FRC finds audit failures in UK pension scheme reporting
Audit

FRC finds audit failures in UK pension scheme reporting

7y Accountancy Age

FRC finds audit failures in UK pension scheme repo...

Nearly half of the audit work for pensions valuations inspected by the watchdog this year was found to have problems Read More...

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Day in the life: Rachel Nutt, partner at MHA MacIntyre Hudson
Career

Day in the life: Rachel Nutt, partner at MHA MacIntyre Hudson

7y Accountancy Age

Day in the life: Rachel Nutt, partner at MHA MacIn...

In our new day-in-the-life series, we find out what accountants in practice and industry get up to on a typical day Read More...

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KPMG South Africa hit hard as more clients sever ties following audit scandals
Audit

KPMG South Africa hit hard as more clients sever ties following audit scand...

7y Accountancy Age

KPMG South Africa hit hard as more clients sever t...

Mining company Gold Fields and mutual savings bank Finbond are the latest blow to the Big Four firm's audit clients Read More...

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Re-imagining tax collection and accountancy for the 21st century economy
Tax

Re-imagining tax collection and accountancy for the 21st century economy

7y Vivien Fuhrer

Re-imagining tax collection and accountancy for th...

How does blockchain hold the key to a fairer ecosystem? Read More...

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EY expands blockchain strategy in cryptocurrency tech acquisition
Big Four

EY expands blockchain strategy in cryptocurrency tech acquisition

7y Accountancy Age

EY expands blockchain strategy in cryptocurrency t...

Big Four giant EY acquires cyrpto technology from San Francisco-based startup Read More...

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Accounting industry joins Social Mobility Business Partnership
Career

Accounting industry joins Social Mobility Business Partnership

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Accounting industry joins Social Mobility Business...

Social mobility is not up to one organisation - it is up to all of us to work together towards improving it Read More...

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Deloitte to manage Gaucho administration with hundreds of jobs at stake
Big Four

Deloitte to manage Gaucho administration with hundreds of jobs at stake

7y Accountancy Age

Deloitte to manage Gaucho administration with hund...

Over 500 jobs already lost as Big Four firm moves its focus from Poundworld to the Gaucho group Read More...

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Big Four firm EY appoints 71 new equity partners
Big Four

Big Four firm EY appoints 71 new equity partners

7y Accountancy Age

Big Four firm EY appoints 71 new equity partners

EY continues on its upward trajectory by hiring 71 new equity partners, smashing the target for BME partners but falling short of the target for femal...

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Webinar: Be ready for Making Tax Digital
Making Tax Digital

Webinar: Be ready for Making Tax Digital

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Webinar: Be ready for Making Tax Digital

Find out how you can best prepare for Making Tax Digital with an Accountancy Age webinar on 27 July Read More...

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Will AI help or hinder the future of accountancy?
Career

Will AI help or hinder the future of accountancy?

7y Neil Everatt

Will AI help or hinder the future of accountancy?

By 2020 it's expected that accounting tasks, including audit, payroll, tax, and banking, will be full automated but what does this mean for the future...

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FRC fines reach record high after 24% increase this year
Audit

FRC fines reach record high after 24% increase this year

7y Accountancy Age

FRC fines reach record high after 24% increase thi...

After a string of high profile audit failings, including the collapse of Carillion, the FRC has been under increasing pressure from the government and...

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Deloitte launches women in cyber initiative to help close tech gender gap
Security

Deloitte launches women in cyber initiative to help close tech gender gap

7y Accountancy Age

Deloitte launches women in cyber initiative to hel...

Currently women only represent 11% of the global cyber security workforce despite talent shortages in the cyber industry Read More...

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UK finance businesses slow to adopt AI technology
Career

UK finance businesses slow to adopt AI technology

7y Accountancy Age

UK finance businesses slow to adopt AI technology

Only 4% of 600 finance professionals assessed have implemented AI systems in their workplace but what is preventing us from using AI at work? Read Mor...

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How will Brexit impact the accountancy jobs market?
Brexit & Economy

How will Brexit impact the accountancy jobs market?

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How will Brexit impact the accountancy jobs market...

Less than 10% of public practice professionals think Brexit will have a negative impact on the UK jobs market Read More...

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What does HMRC advise businesses on VAT fraud prevention?
VAT

What does HMRC advise businesses on VAT fraud prevention?

7y Nicola Sharp

What does HMRC advise businesses on VAT fraud prev...

HMRC explains that companies can avoid VAT penalties in future “by not becoming involved in any transactions connected with VAT fraud’’ Read More...

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BDO elects new senior partner for four-year term
People In Practice

BDO elects new senior partner for four-year term

7y Accountancy Age

BDO elects new senior partner for four-year term

Matthew White will succeed Mark Bomer to continue improving international growth, the culture of partnership, and inclusion at the top ten firm Read M...

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Should you hire graduates or experienced professionals?
Business

Should you hire graduates or experienced professionals?

7y Accountancy Age

Should you hire graduates or experienced professio...

Recruitment dilemma: should businesses hire graduates or experienced professionals? Read More...

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PwC replaces Deloitte as Linklaters auditor after Arsenal lawsuit
Audit

PwC replaces Deloitte as Linklaters auditor after Arsenal lawsuit

7y Accountancy Age

PwC replaces Deloitte as Linklaters auditor after ...

The conflict began when Arsenal stakeholder Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith filed a professional negligence claim against the Big Four and magic circle firm...

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New FRC Corporate Governance Code focuses on culture and diversity
Audit

New FRC Corporate Governance Code focuses on culture and diversity

7y Accountancy Age

New FRC Corporate Governance Code focuses on cultu...

The FRC's new Corporate Governance Code promotes trust, transparency and integrity in business in the face of the recent call for audit reforms Read M...

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No Going Back: why we need gender inclusiveness in the digital economy
Brexit & Economy

No Going Back: why we need gender inclusiveness in the digital economy

7y Accountancy Age

No Going Back: why we need gender inclusiveness in...

The Chatham House Making Gender Equality Happen forum discussed why we need more women in tech Read More...

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