Leadership &amp; Management

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HR | People in the news: Alvarez & Marsal, RSM, KPMG

In this week’s accountancy career moves, three senior hires at Alvarez & Marsal and partner appointments at RSM and KPMG

21 Aug 2020

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Business | BAME 2020: Zaheer Ahmad, head of strategic delivery, EY

In the third part of Accountancy Daily’s BAME 2020 series, EY’s Zaheer Ahmad talks about his experience of diversity and inclusion at EY, the police service and the importance of challenging the status quo

21 Aug 2020

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Business | Eating out: what’s on the menu for struggling restaurants?

As Pizza Express’ CVA sees the closure of 73 outlets, with 1,110 job losses across the UK, BLM’s insolvency law specialist Stuart Evans looks at the options available for high street restaurant chains

21 Aug 2020

Restructuring & Insolvency

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Firms see important office role but no presenteeism

As PwC expects 50% office capacity by end of September and a more even split between office and home working, other Big Four firms are joining the return-to-office move

21 Aug 2020

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HR | People in the news: Milsted Langdon, BDO, KPMG

In this week’s accountancy career moves, CEO appointed at Blick Rothenberg, partner appointments at Milsted Langdon and BDO, and KPMG names their head of tax and legal services

14 Aug 2020

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Business | Smaller firms offer transformed career path for accountancy professionals

The pandemic and need to adopt flexible, agile work are creating ‘great’ opportunities for accountants in small and medium practices

14 Aug 2020

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Business | BAME 2020: Hamid Ghafoor, partner, BDO

In the second part of the BAME 2020 series, Accountancy Daily speaks with BDO’s Hamid Ghafoor, who fears recent backwards steps in the fight for true equality and inclusion

14 Aug 2020

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Business | UK CEOs lead on Covid-19 wellbeing support

UK CEOs were ahead of the game in providing wellbeing and practical support to employees during the Covid-19 disruption, according to a PwC assessment of the global response by business to the pandemic

14 Aug 2020

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Business | ICAEW wants Chancellor to act on job creation

As the UK economy heads into the deepest recession on record, ICAEW warns rising rates of redundancies and signs of a recruitment freeze amongst companies underlines the need for the Chancellor to use his autumn budget to shift from job protection to job creation

13 Aug 2020

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Business | Covid-19: a third of SMEs carried on without government support

On average 29% of SMEs have kept calm and carried on with no action needed, according to survey from Purbeck Insurance Services, showing how SMEs are coping well with the pandemic

13 Aug 2020

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Business | ONS: employment plummets by largest margin in a decade

Employment fell by 220,000 between April and June, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey, the largest decrease in over a decade

11 Aug 2020

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Business | FTSE finance chiefs’ pay cut by 12% as Covid-19 bites

Investor pay revolts reached a five-year low last year as boards keep stricter watch on remuneration, Deloitte survey of FTSE 100 executive pay reveals

11 Aug 2020

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Business | Covid-19: budgeting for health and safety upgrades

As businesses begin to bring staff back into the office, Nerdwallet’s Nic Redfern casts an eye over the necessary steps to make work spaces safe

11 Aug 2020

Business | FTSE 100 CEO pay flat in 2019

Pay packages for FTSE 100 bosses remained flat this year and are likely to fall as a result of Covid-19, but CEO pay levels remain over 100 times greater than the average UK full-time worker

7 Aug 2020

Business | People in the news: Blick, RSM, KPMG

In this week’s accountancy career moves, CEO appointed at Blick Rothenberg, partner promotion at RSM and EY, and KPMG names their global head of tax and legal services

7 Aug 2020