Deloitte resigns Rangers audit brief after threats to staff
Audit

Deloitte resigns Rangers audit brief after threats to staff

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Deloitte resigns Rangers audit brief after threats...

Deloitte say staff targeted with threatening and intimidating messages stretching back to its appointment in 2013 Read More...

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BDO accredits nine new partners
Accounting Firms

BDO accredits nine new partners

9y Catherine Brown

BDO accredits nine new partners

Broad range of service line and regions represented in BDO's latest round of partner appointments Read More...

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Internal audit code helps drive behavioural shift in boardroom, survey finds
Accounting Standards

Internal audit code helps drive behavioural shift in boardroom, survey find...

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Internal audit code helps drive behavioural shift ...

Among the bigger shifts in corporate behaviour was access to the board Read More...

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Baker Tilly broadens consulting offering
Accounting Firms

Baker Tilly broadens consulting offering

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Baker Tilly broadens consulting offering

Baker Tilly acquires Outperform UK to broaden its offering in portfolio management support Read More...

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HMRC to merge specialist investigations and criminal investigations teams
Corporate Tax

HMRC to merge specialist investigations and criminal investigations teams

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC to merge specialist investigations and crimin...

Merger will make HMRC more effective in tackling serious tax crime, Accountancy Age reveals Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Firms' websites not up to scratch & micro-biz pension struggles
Accounting Firms

Friday Afternoon Live: Firms' websites not up to scratch & micro-biz pensio...

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Firms' websites not up to s...

Three of the Top Ten accountancy firms' websites are not mobile-friendly; while micro-businesses are struggling to cope with their accounting and auto...

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Emergency Budget: Shackles 'on', but Tory tinkering already set
Corporate Tax

Emergency Budget: Shackles 'on', but Tory tinkering already set

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Emergency Budget: Shackles 'on', but Tory tinkerin...

No-one seems sure of whether this Emergency Budget will be all-change or dull as dishwater, but 'triple-lock tax' and tax avoidance set to loom large...

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KPMG emerges victorious in battle for Barclays £44m audit
Accounting Firms

KPMG emerges victorious in battle for Barclays £44m audit

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

KPMG emerges victorious in battle for Barclays £44...

PwC was replaced by the bank in order to comply with new regulations that require auditors to be replaced more frequently Read More...

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Grant Thornton makes first ever tech sector investment
Accounting Firms

Grant Thornton makes first ever tech sector investment

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Grant Thornton makes first ever tech sector invest...

In a deal worth up to £22m, Grant Thornton invests in tech startup Geniac Read More...

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EY appoints PwC partner as new UK head of business assurance
Accounting Firms

EY appoints PwC partner as new UK head of business assurance

9y Richard Crump , Writer

EY appoints PwC partner as new UK head of business...

PwC partner of 11 years joins EY as head of its business assurance practice in the UK and Ireland Read More...

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Government policymakers lack financial literacy - ACCA
Accounting Standards

Government policymakers lack financial literacy - ACCA

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Government policymakers lack financial literacy - ...

Government accounting hamstrung by lack of financial literacy among policymakers, ACCA report finds Read More...

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Micro-businesses struggle to prepare for auto-enrolment
Company News

Micro-businesses struggle to prepare for auto-enrolment

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Micro-businesses struggle to prepare for auto-enro...

UK micro-businesses are tempted to cut corners as auto-enrolment staging dates loom, Intuit Quickbooks research reveals Read More...

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Finance and life insurance experts join FRC board
People Business

Finance and life insurance experts join FRC board

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Finance and life insurance experts join FRC board

Former bosses of BUPA and Swiss Re appointed to accounting watchdog board Read More...

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Colin: Fantasy finance for Disney CFO
People Business

Colin: Fantasy finance for Disney CFO

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Fantasy finance for Disney CFO

Colin wonders whether Disney's first female CFO Christine McCarthy will find the job any different to other finance posts Read More...

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Three of Top Ten firms' websites ‘unfit' for mobile use
Accounting Firms

Three of Top Ten firms' websites ‘unfit' for mobile use

9y Beth Abel

Three of Top Ten firms' websites ‘unfit' for mobil...

Google ranks three Top Ten firms' websites as 'not friendly' to be viewed via mobile devices, Accountancy Age can reveal Read More...

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Supreme Court rules US LLCs can be treated as partnerships for UK tax
Corporate Tax

Supreme Court rules US LLCs can be treated as partnerships for UK tax

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Supreme Court rules US LLCs can be treated as part...

Landmark ruling allows Delaware-based limited liability companies to be treated as partnerships for UK tax purposes Read More...

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Ex-Aero Inventory FD struck off and fined by FRC
People Business

Ex-Aero Inventory FD struck off and fined by FRC

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Ex-Aero Inventory FD struck off and fined by FRC

FRC bans former Aero Inventory finance director Hugh Bevan from practicing for three years and slaps him with a £170,000 fine Read More...

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Gloucestershire firms merge to create 50-strong business
Accounting Firms

Gloucestershire firms merge to create 50-strong business

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Gloucestershire firms merge to create 50-strong bu...

Kingscott Dix and Guilfoyle Sage Gloucester to become a five-director practice Read More...

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HMRC targets wealthy tax cheats with Northern Ireland taskforce
Personal Tax

HMRC targets wealthy tax cheats with Northern Ireland taskforce

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC targets wealthy tax cheats with Northern Irel...

Taskforce will target those with with records that do not match their lifestyles Read More...

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Thomson Reuters finds accountants lag behind in tech change
Technology

Thomson Reuters finds accountants lag behind in tech change

9y Beth Abel

Thomson Reuters finds accountants lag behind in te...

A Thomson Reuters survey shows accountants are failing to switch to improved tech systems Read More...

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Education push for new CIoT president Jones
Accounting Standards

Education push for new CIoT president Jones

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Education push for new CIoT president Jones

Chris Jones plans to educate the three 'key pillars' of taxation: Taxpayers, tax advisers, and the tax authorities Read More...

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EY talent chief dismisses 'posh' test as firm promotes 753 to partner
Accounting Firms

EY talent chief dismisses 'posh' test as firm promotes 753 to partner

9y Richard Crump , Writer

EY talent chief dismisses 'posh' test as firm prom...

EY's global talent chief says recruiting on background flawed as firm promotes 753 people to partner worldwide with women accounting for more than 30%...

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Menzies merges with Harris Lipman to create £40m firm
Accounting Firms

Menzies merges with Harris Lipman to create £40m firm

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

Menzies merges with Harris Lipman to create £40m f...

Menzies extends reach into north London with Harris Lipman merger Read More...

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Micro-businesses overwhelmed by accounting
Accounting Software

Micro-businesses overwhelmed by accounting

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Micro-businesses overwhelmed by accounting

One in five (20%) micro-business owners confess that their main method to manage their financial accounts is via pen and paper Read More...

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Labour to cease pushing for 50p rate
Personal Tax

Labour to cease pushing for 50p rate

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Labour to cease pushing for 50p rate

Shadow chancellor Chris Leslie says party will 'move on' from pushing for 50p top rate of tax Read More...

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$10bn fee boost belies issues faced by international networks
Accounting Firms

$10bn fee boost belies issues faced by international networks

9y Philip Smith.

$10bn fee boost belies issues faced by internation...

Increasing regulation, member firm defections and a fragile global economy have failed to halt international growth, find Philip Smith Read More...

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IPs predict rise in cross-border insolvencies
Business Recovery

IPs predict rise in cross-border insolvencies

9y Richard Crump , Writer

IPs predict rise in cross-border insolvencies

Insolvency practitioners expect to see a hike in cross-border insolvencies, research finds Read More...

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