Leadership &amp; Management

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Business | Lockdown has highlighted UK’s widening skills gap

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) calls on the government to look beyond the short-term and address the UK’s long-standing productivity woes, focusing future investments in skills in industries to help compete on the world stage and address social mobility

29 Jun 2020

Finance | Accountants ‘unsung’ heroes

Accountants are gaining recognition as the unsung business heroes of the current pandemic, with research suggesting they are the key go-to advisor, while a business improvement consultancy has launched a new award to acknowledge their contribution

26 Jun 2020

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Business | How to support staff mental health after lockdown lifts

From ensuring the right level of PPE through to helping vulnerable staff, Nuffield Health’s Brendan Street sets out the key points that employers need to think about as staff return to work

26 Jun 2020

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Finance | What lies ahead for accountancy firms large and small

From the Big Four to sole practitioners, there will be winners and losers. Carbon Accountancy’s John Leyden sets out the future challenges, from paying staff and partners to changing business models and keeping clients

23 Jun 2020

Business | LSE Chief appointed as FCA boss

The Treasury has announced Nikhil Rathi, previously head of the London Stock Exchange, is to be the new chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

22 Jun 2020

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Business | Competition and Markets Authority chair quits over slow pace of reform

Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), is to step down from the role in September, indicating some frustration with its limitations and the pace of reform

19 Jun 2020

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Business | Covid-19 sees jobless rates rise, business investment fall

The number of UK employees fell by more than 600,000 last month, while job vacancies are at a record low, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), as Covid-19 restrictions on business activity impacted the labour market

16 Jun 2020

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Business | Covid-19: returning military reservists eligible for support schemes

Military reservists who have been deployed during the pandemic will be able to access the government’s self employment scheme, and those returning to work in the coming months will be eligible for the coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS), the Chancellor has announced

16 Jun 2020

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Business | Impact on culture key to senior managers regime

Named senior managers need to abide by a regime that governs acceptable behaviour in FCA-regulated sectors, warns Mayer Brown partner James Whitaker

15 Jun 2020

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Business | Big firms making small steps back to the office

As the Big Four and mid-tier accountancy firms prepare for a partial return to office life, Philip Smith looks at what steps are being taken to protect their staff

12 Jun 2020

Business | Grant Thornton plans job cuts

Grant Thornton has begun a redundancy process involving 70 staff, making the top six firm the first of the major players in the UK accounting market to announce job losses during the current pandemic

12 Jun 2020

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Business | Accounting firm numbers decline as bookkeepers boom

The number of UK accounting firms was beginning to decline prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, but bookkeeping businesses are in an accelerated growth phase, according to research by cashflow specialist Float

12 Jun 2020

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Business | Covid-19: furlough extended for parents on statutory leave

Parents on statutory maternity and paternity leave who return to work in the coming months will be eligible for the government’s furlough scheme even after the 10 June cut-off date, the Treasury has announced

10 Jun 2020

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Business | Richard Hughes named new OBR chair

Richard Hughes, an economist who has worked for the Treasury, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and an independent think tank, is set to take over from Robert Chote as the new chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)

10 Jun 2020

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Business | FTSE 100 gender pay gap progress stalls

Slow progress on reducing the gender pay gap at the UK’s biggest companies means it will be almost 200 years before there is equal pay in the FTSE 100, while reporting and employment changes during the Covid-19 pandemic will make future trend analysis more complex

9 Jun 2020