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HR | People in the news: Azets, Simpkins Edwards, Unity Advisory

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at Cooper Parry, Unity Advisory, Azets, HaysMac, S&W, Moore Kingston Smith, PKF Smith Cooper, Simpkins Edwards, Burgess Hodgson

1 May 2026

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Business | Only 12% of accountancy firms led by women

Very few women reach senior roles in accountancy firms, despite parity at more junior levels. Sarah Beale, AAT CEO, discusses how to improve the situation from mentorship to balancing pay and flexible working

1 May 2026

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HR | How to manage probationary periods

Download our free CIPD HR-inform How To Guide to managing probationary periods

24 Apr 2026

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Business | Will AI make accountants expendable?

Using AI to reshape accountancy and finance jobs by removing the everyday dross work and refocusing humans on judgment and accountability, will prevent untimely demise of accountants, argues Nicolas Genest, founder and CEO of CodeBoxx

24 Apr 2026

HR | People in the news: Sumer, Price Bailey, Menzies

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at Sumer, Menzies, Price Bailey, PKF Francis Clark, Azets, Kilsby Williams, Dunkley’s, AJ Bell, The Pensions Regulator

24 Apr 2026

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HR | Accountancy salaries up 4.3% but far fewer graduate jobs

Average salary growth tracks slightly below UK average but staff in demand given double figure increases with accounts receivable and project accountants benefiting most, but huge gender pay gap remains, finds Reed salary tracker

20 Apr 2026

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HR | People in the news: AAB, Blick Rothenberg, S&W

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at AAB, S&W, Blick Rothenberg, Saffery, PwC, RSM, Crowe, Hurst, Alvarez & Marsal, PKF Smith Cooper, CIPD

17 Apr 2026

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Finance | Why CPD cannot be a tick-box exercise for accountants

CPD should be treated as a comprehensive and career-long strategy as a static skillset is no longer sufficient, if it ever was, says Jonathan Barber, executive director – UK, Institute of Financial Accountants

17 Apr 2026

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Hiring trainees ‘a tale of great expectations’ as young accountants hate spending 20 hours a month on menial inputting of data due to lack of integrated accounting systems

17 Apr 2026

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HR | Managing stress in the workplace

Stress Awareness Month is the ideal time to make sure healthy work-life balance policies are in place to support employees

17 Apr 2026

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HR | People in the news: HaysMac, Mercer & Hole, RSM

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at Hays Mac, RSM, Mercer & Hole, AAB, HW Fisher, Rawlinson & Hunter, Advania, TT Electronics

10 Apr 2026

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HR | Former PwC manager and mixologist fired from The Apprentice

‘Effervescent’ accountant falls at interview hurdle as Lord Sugar not enthralled by Priyesh Bathia’s plan for mobile cocktail business

10 Apr 2026

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HR | Managing long-term sickness absence

Stacie Cheadle, Croner technical writer, looks at the issue of long-term sickness absence and how employers can manage it effectively

10 Apr 2026

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Finance | EY rolls out agentic AI to 130k staff to overhaul audit

In shift to AI driven audit, EY invests in agentic AI tools with global rollout to audit staff backed by immersive training, built on Microsoft framework

8 Apr 2026

HR | Student loan repayment interest capped at 6%

Following fierce criticism of excessive interest rates on student loans, government plans to cap repayments at 6% from new academic year but no change to thresholds

7 Apr 2026