Commerce and industry accounting professionals are considering their next moves carefully, sacrificing salary for progression, while demand for interim professionals continues. Helen Firth, C&I manager at Morgan McKinley analyses the latest recruitment trends

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has confirmed that Mike Suffield, acting executive director of audit and actuarial regulation is to step down after a year in post, with a central banking regulator seconded to head up audit firm monitoring and supervision

The Serious Fraud Office is working on clarifying the rules on reporting fraud and corruption in an effort to encourage more companies to come forward when they unearth wrongdoing. Alistair Graham, partner, and Paul Whitfield-Jones, senior associate, of Mayer Brown International LLP, consider the legal implications over privileged material

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner promotions and hires at Kingston Smith and FRP Advisory, hires at Kreston Reeves, Gabelle and Ascendis, and board appointments at UKGI and ESMA

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to increase its budget significantly in 2019/20 to £37.8m and plans to hire additional staff to improve its oversight and monitoring of audit firms, and support its transition to a new regulatory body

KPMG and PwC are the UK's biggest recruiters of cyber security experts, with EY and Deloitte close behind, making the Big Four the country’s top four cyber employers

Patrick Day, associate director at Portfolio Payroll, explains the key legislative changes for employers and employees, highlighting compliance issues from the requirement for payslips for all workers to use of non-disclosure agreements and the increase in auto enrolment pension contributions

The UK has overtaken Japan as the most expensive location to send expatriates, despite salaries remaining static, because of increases in tax and essential costs, including housing

Economic and political pessimism among 17-36 year-olds is widespread, and businesses need to do more to keep the younger generation engaged with the workplace as only half plan to stay with employers for maximum two years, Deloitte research has found

In this week’s accountancy career news, director promotions at Milsted Langdon, hires at Thorne Widgery, Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and Centage, and CMI recognition for FRC board member

The UK’s top business leaders at FTSE 100 companies are still most likely to come from a finance background rather than any other sector, but diversity and gender representation has worsened

The world of accounting and finance can hold multiple sources of stress, from year-end and regulatory reporting changes to new business demands. Matt Weston, managing director of Robert Half UK looks at ways to reduce stress across finance teams