Leadership and management skills are essential, even in the best of times, but during a crisis they are crucial to any business or organisation. Judith Christian-Carter, individual learning consultant, takes a look at some recent research into how leaders and managers have adapted to rapidly changing circumstances as a result of the current pandemic

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner appointments at Mazars, Streets and Grant Thornton, audit and accounting writer joins Croner-i team, and director general for HMRC customer service group

Phil Verity has been re-elected as senior partner of top ten firm Mazars by the 130 UK partners, and is to serve a third consecutive four-year term, starting from next month

Will Wright and Steve Absolom from KPMG’s restructuring practice have been appointed joint administrators to casual dining operator Dining Street Ltd and its two subsidiaries, Richoux Ltd and Newultra Ltd, which have seen trade dry up during the pandemic

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner appointments at Wylie & Bisset, Streets Chartered Accountants, RSM and BDO, managing director elected at Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, and senior tax specialist named at Catax

Top twenty player Moore Kingston Smith, the London firm of the Moore UK network, has acquired the audit and accounting business of tax specialist Frank Hirth

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is calling for the high income child benefit charge (HICBC) threshold to rise to avoid it hitting basic-rate taxpayers for the first time in April

Karen Young, director of Hays Accountancy & Finance, examines the key findings of the annual Hays Salary Guide 2020 which sees 54% of employers planning to recruit staff over the next 12 months

The BBC is facing an uncertain financial future, with significant challenges to its main source of income, and the need to introduce greater savings, according to the National Audit Office (NAO)

The number of UK businesses now in significant financial distress has jumped by 13%, but administrations last year fell to historic lows as government support measures offered a pandemic lifeline for many companies

More than half of companies reporting in the last six months paid no bonuses to executives, indicating boards are following investor guidance and demonstrating restraint when making decisions on executive pay amid Covid-19

A review commissioned by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has recommended improvements to the way in which independent board evaluations are carried out in the UK listed sector