Business | Accountants need to spot when clients face financial pressure

Advisers need to be the trusted sounding board for directors when they face financial distress from creditor pressure to personal exposure, says Alex Rogan, restructuring and insolvency partner at Richardson Lissack

13 Oct 2026

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Business | BDO rolls out AI tool to audit and consulting teams

BDO deploys AI-enabled Fieldguide platform across consulting, audit and risk teams to integrate AI agents into project planning and day-to-day service delivery for clients

12 Oct 2026

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Business | Five ways AI output can go wrong, according to the FRC

Julien Gruhier, head of AI at Croner Intelligence, explains the FRC guidance on potential risks for accountants and tax professionals when using AI tools

12 Oct 2026

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Business | People in the news: Saffery, Carpenter Box, Attune

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at Saffery, Carpenter Box, Attune, HaysMac, FRP, Xeinadin, Alexander & Co, Goodman Jones

9 Oct 2026

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Business | Accountancy firm delivers first batch of free calculators

Managing director of Cumbrian accountancy firm JF Hornby & Co returns to his former high school as calculator scheme begins to add up

9 Oct 2026

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Business | How one SME was scammed out of £71k in a single phone call

Sophie Hossack, head of partnerships at Allica Bank, examines the experiences of an SME client ripped off by a fraudster, and provides tips and advice on how to identify scams and counter the growing fraud risk

8 Oct 2026

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Business | Moore Kingston Smith to rebrand as Auren in European shift

Private equity backed Top 20 firm Moore Kingston Smith to be renamed Auren as part of major restructure to create single overarching brand with five like-minded European firms

7 Oct 2026

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Business | ‘Misleading’ accounts contained fake audit report filed by director

Former director of Spitalfields market wholesaler falsified full audit report to give impression leading UK firm was the company auditor

7 Oct 2026

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Business | US listed group snaps up UK Andersen Tax firm

New York-listed Andersen Group acquires UK based firm, Andersen Tax, in first move on competitive London market

6 Oct 2026

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Business | Buzzacott names Peter Chapman as managing partner

Top 30 firm and partner-owned Buzzacott elects Peter Chapman as managing partner, bringing in audit specialist to succeed Tony Hopson, who will go back to his tax client portfolio

6 Oct 2026

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Business | 'Critical crossroads' for accountants as 43% eye exit

Share of accountants intending to leave profession has ‘almost quintupled’ in a year, with heavy workloads remaining leading factor behind planned departures

2 Oct 2026

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Business | HW Fisher acquires Hampstead firm Fisher Phillips

Private equity backed HW Fisher expands in London with acquisition of accountancy practice Fisher Phillips LLP

1 Oct 2026

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Business | Deloitte partner pay hits £1.1m as revenue tops £5bn

Deloitte retains number one spot in Top 75 reporting return to growth in FY26 with revenue up 3% at £5.01bn after redundancies in audit and assurance team

30 Sep 2026

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Business | ACCA accountant wins £118k payout after ‘sham’ redundancy

Chartered accountant and group finance director at Scottish removals business awarded £118,223 compensation after tribunal brands redundancy a ‘sham’

29 Sep 2026

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Business | BDO hires 525 accountancy trainees

Shrugging off talk of collapse of training contracts, fifth largest accountancy firm BDO hires 525 trainees across its UK offices but numbers are down 12%

23 Sep 2026

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