Leadership &amp; Management

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Business | Cooper Parry posts 10% revenue growth

Cooper Parry, which quit the PKF network last May in a dispute over plans for geographic expansion, has reported near double digit organic growth

30 Jan 2020

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Business | LLPs: duties to the partnership and loss of earnings - part 2

The legal status of limited liability partnerships (LLPs) puts a heavy onus on partners but when things go wrong, mistakes can cost partners their earnings. Lydia Danon, partner at Young & Keidan, explains potential pitfalls

30 Jan 2020

Law & Guidance

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| Professional scepticism in audit: part 2

In the second part of a two-part series, Croner-i senior technical writer Michelle Roberts ACA looks at how auditors can avoid criticism for failing to provide evidence of professional scepticism by ensuring all discussion, challenges and judgments are documented

27 Jan 2020

Auditing

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Business | Partner expulsion case offers lessons to LLP firms and their partners

The recent High Court ruling on a dispute regarding the expulsion of a partner from one of the Big Four under the firm’s 2017 LLP agreement (LLPA) raises warning signs for accountancy practices. Andreas White, employment partner at Kingsley Napley, examines the ruling

27 Jan 2020

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Business | FCA wants rethink on Smith & Williamson merger with Tilney

Smith & Williamson’s plans to merge with wealth manager Tilney in a £1.8bn deal have hit problems, with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) identifying ‘a number of issues’ with the proposed structure

24 Jan 2020

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HR | People in the news: Milsted Langdon, Crowe, UHY Hacker Young, BP

In this week’s accountancy career moves, a partner appointment at Cowgills, directors hires at UHY Hacker Young and Crowe, a CFO promotion at BP and a chair promotion at Milsted Langdon

24 Jan 2020

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HR | Poor mental health costs UK employers £45bn a year

Organisations need to change their corporate culture and improve their understanding of mental health issues to support employees and reduce the damaging impact of the always-on work culture

24 Jan 2020

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Business | Slow progress on gender pay equality at top of HMRC

HMRC and the Treasury are making slow progress towards meeting the Civil Service’s ambition to become the UK’s most inclusive employer by 2020, according to the latest gender pay gap reporting

24 Jan 2020

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Business | Spurs add accountants to the game plan

The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London (CONEL) hosted over 120 prospective accountancy students at Make Your Future Count - its accounting apprenticeships and careers conference, Zak Jakubowski spoke to trainees about their accountancy aspirations

24 Jan 2020

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HR | Search begins for OBR chair to replace Robert Chote

The Chancellor has launched the process to appoint the next chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the body which provides independent economic forecasts and independent analysis of public finances for the government

23 Jan 2020

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Business | FS firms pause post-Brexit relocation plans

With 10 days to go until the UK officially leaves the EU, financial services firms have gone quiet on relocation announcements, and are focusing instead on the nature of post Brexit relationships, according to research from EY

21 Jan 2020

Companies

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Finance | Investors want more insight into relationship between board and employees

Companies need to improve their reporting on workforce-related issues by providing clearer and more consistent information about how staff interface with wider the business strategy, says UK standard setter

20 Jan 2020

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Business | Wealth series: advising an entrepreneur after a business sale – part 3

Ian Dembinski, head of client development at Rathbone Investment Management, explores the partnership between accountant and wealth manager in guiding entrepreneurs through the sale of their business and managing their wealth in the longer term

20 Jan 2020

Companies

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Business | Mazars global reports hike in fee income to €1.77bn

Mazars, the international accounting and audit network, has reported a 10.4% hike in revenue to €1.77bn (£1.51bn) for year end 2019, marking record organic growth spurred by expansion in China

17 Jan 2020

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HR | People in the news: Hurst, Mercer & Hole, Beever and Struthers

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner appointments at Hurst, Mercer & Hole, partner promotion at PwC and senior audit hires at Beever and Struthers and DTE

17 Jan 2020