Leadership &amp; Management

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Business | Duff & Phelps plans to rebrand company as Kroll

Duff & Phelps, the provider of services and digital products related to governance, risk and transparency, and a major UK restructuring firm, has announced plans to transition the company name to Kroll

25 Feb 2021

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Business | Third of FTSE board positions held by women

More than a third (34.3%) of FTSE 350 board positions are now held by women with numbers rising from 682 to 1,026 in five years, final Hampton-Alexander Review report reveals

24 Feb 2021

Companies

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Business | Gender pay gap reporting enforcement delayed to October

Due to the continued effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the deadline for filing gender pay gap reports has been delayed for six months

24 Feb 2021

Companies

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Business | TC Group merges with London accountancy practice

TC Group has concluded a merger with London-based accountancy practice, The Company Books, whose clients will be managed from TC’s offices in Farnham and Croydon

24 Feb 2021

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Business | People in the news: EY, Azets, Shaw Gibbs, MHA Henderson Loggie

In this week’s accountancy career moves, promotions and new hires at EY, Deloitte and Grant Thornton, management changes at Azets and audit chief for Engine B

19 Feb 2021

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Business | Praxity accounting firms report global revenues of $7bn

Accounting firms in the Praxity Global Alliance have reported record combined global revenues of $6.96bn for the year ended 31 December 2020, an increase of 9.1% year on year

17 Feb 2021

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Business | Jeffreys Henry bolsters growth plans with private equity funding

Accountancy firm Jeffreys Henry has secured private equity funding to expand the business, but has not disclosed the level of investment

16 Feb 2021

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Business | KPMG confirms resignation of Bill Michael as chair

KPMG UK confirms that Bill Michael, its chair and senior partner, has resigned and will leave the firm at the end of this month

12 Feb 2021

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Business | KPMG chair steps aside over lockdown meeting

Days after a meeting with members of the KPMG consulting team where staff were told to stop moaning about the latest lockdown, KPMG boss steps aside

11 Feb 2021

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Business | Mazars reports 7.8% hike in global fee income

Global accounting network Mazars has reported a significant fee income increase of 7.8% to €1.9bn (£1.6bn) in 2019/20 as partner profits drop

11 Feb 2021

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Business | Property management acquisition for Begbies Traynor

Begbies Traynor Group has acquired the entire issued share capital of chartered surveyors Hargreaves Newberry Gyngell Limited

9 Feb 2021

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Business | Shepherd and Wedderburn builds up Scottish private client practice

Shepherd and Wedderburn has acquired Dentons’ Scottish private client team, creating one of Scotland’s largest private client practices

5 Feb 2021

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Business | FTSE 100 has ‘zero’ black senior board executives

There are currently no black executives at the top of the UK’s biggest companies, with no chairs, CEOs or CFOs in the FTSE 100, according to research compiled by executive recruitment and diversity consultancy agency Green Park

5 Feb 2021

Companies

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Business | People in the news: KPMG, Begbies Traynor, Kreston Reeves, Mazars

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner hires at Mazars, Burgis and Bullock, and Begbies Traynor Group, deal advisory lead for KPMG and business development head for Kreston Reeves

5 Feb 2021