Leadership &amp; Management

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Business | Audit firms ‘overlooked’ in Brexit trade negotiations

The UK’s professional and business services sector, including accountancy and audit firms, is at risk because of the government’s failure to nail down future UK-EU arrangements on trade in services, a House of Lords committee has warned

14 Oct 2020

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Business | FRC wants more diversity at top of profession

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is calling on accountancy firms to prioritise increased diversity at the most senior levels of management, with partners being the least diverse when it comes to gender, ethnicity and disability, according to its latest report on the profession

13 Oct 2020

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Business | Finance sector recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

The former CEO of Grant Thornton, the billionaire brothers who recently acquired Asda and the head of GlaxoSmithkline are amongst those from the finance sector named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020

12 Oct 2020

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Business | Job support scheme expanded, three tier lockdowns to come

With the government set to introduce localised Covid-19 lockdowns of varying severity, the job support scheme (JSS) is to be expanded to support businesses required to close their doors as a result of coronavirus restrictions

12 Oct 2020

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Tax | Multiple jobs force tax and pay admin shift

The rise of the self-employed ‘quantum worker’, who takes on multiple assignments, demands a change in how businesses manage their payroll and tax management, says John Whelan, CEO of My Digital

12 Oct 2020

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Business | People in the news: Thomas Westcott, MHA MacIntyre Hudson, EY

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partners appointed at Thomas Westcott, MHA MacIntyre Hudson and Deloitte, financial services leader named at EY, and associate director appointed at RSM

9 Oct 2020

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Business | Deloitte appoints new audit leadership line-up

Deloitte has announced its new audit and assurance leadership team as the firm begins to implement operational separation of audit and other service lines

9 Oct 2020

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Business | Black history month: Young black talent key to long-term business representation

Marking the start of Black History Month, EY’s Zaheer Ahmad sets out what his firm is doing to tackle low black numbers in the accounting profession, including 30% targets for black work experience and school leaver recruitment

9 Oct 2020

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Business | How accounting practices succeed in difficult times

Faced with the Covid-19 crisis, forward thinking accountants have flourished while more traditional firms have struggled. Shane Lukas of AVN, the accountants’ association, sets out how firms can succeed while others fail

9 Oct 2020

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Business | Covid-19: guidance on furlough job retention bonus

HMRC has published guidance on how businesses can claim the government’s £1,000 job retention bonus, available to employers who keep furloughed workers on the payroll for the next three months

6 Oct 2020

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Business | People in the news: Moore Kingston Smith, Buzzacott, MHA Larking Gowen

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partners appointed at Moore Kingston Smith, MHA Larking Gowen, MHA Henderson Loggie and Buzzacott, and chairman elected at Employer Covenant Practitioners Association (ECPA)

2 Oct 2020

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Business | Geneva plans minimum wage of £3,500 per month

The Swiss canton of Geneva is to introduce a statutory minimum wage of CHF23 (£20.82) per hour, setting an average monthly minimum wage of around £3,500, one of the highest in the world

2 Oct 2020

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Business | CFO role gains importance in pandemic

The global pandemic is changing the role of the chief financial officer (CFO) according to research by ACCA and the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), which identified a growing shift to more strategic responsibility

2 Oct 2020

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Business | Deloitte backs new CBI business diversity push

Deloitte has given its backing to a new initiative launched by the CBI to increase racial and ethnic participation in British businesses at the highest levels, the first accountancy firm to signal its commitment

2 Oct 2020

Business | Pros and cons of home working

With Belfast coming out top in a survey of the best places to work from home, Matthew Scott sets out the best ways to make the most of the new normal, whether it is in the kitchen or sitting room, London or Manchester

25 Sep 2020