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Business | Brexit worries force CFOs to curb UK investment

The UK’s top CFO’s are implementing risk aversion strategies in the face of continued Brexit uncertainty over the year ahead, with almost all believing that the prospect of widely unanticipated surprise events is a rapidly growing concern for their company, a poll of senior finance executives has found

16 May 2019

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Business | KPMG restructures leadership team after audit failures

KPMG UK is to make significant changes to its executive governance structure, including setting up a new audit executive committee and reshaping its executive leadership team following a string of audit failures

16 May 2019

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Business | Quantuma merger expands presence outside south east

Business advisory firm Quantuma has completed a merger with Kingsland Business Recovery, which sees the firm open three new offices across the Midlands and Yorkshire as part of expansion plans beyond its base in southern England

15 May 2019

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Business | Shareholder revolt over Standard Life Aberdeen CFO pay

FTSE 100 asset management company Standard Life Aberdeen has seen a significant shareholder revolt over its planned pay package for Stephanie Bruce, a former PwC partner due to join as its new chief financial officer (CFO) next month, with 42% voting against the remuneration report in one of the largest such AGM protests to date

15 May 2019

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Business | TaxAssist Accountants opens in Lewisham

Nationwide franchise accounting service, TaxAssist Accountants has extended its reach with the opening of a new shop in Lewisham in south London, run by Hicham Al Maghouch

14 May 2019

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Business | TWP Accounting merges with Weybridge practice

Accountancy firm TWP has merged with Schonhut, Carr & Co to expand the Surrey-based practice

14 May 2019

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Business | One in three accountants feel stressed every day

The accountancy profession is in the grip of a mental health crisis, with a CABA study finding that a third (31%) of chartered accountants feel stressed on a daily basis, a major concern for employers during Mental Health Awareness Week

13 May 2019

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Business | People in the news: Wilson Wright, Grunberg & Co, RSM, BDO, Blick, R3

In this week's accountancy career moves, partner hires at BDO, RSM, Blick Rothenberg and Albert Goodman, senior partner at Wilson Wright, promotions at Grunberg & Co, R3 president named

10 May 2019

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Business | Haines Watts merges with north east RHK Accountants

Top 20 accountancy firm Haines Watts has merged with Gateshead-based RHK Accountants, a private client specialist with fee income of £1.6m, to strengthen its north east presence following a string of acquisitions, reports Sara White

10 May 2019

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| Law firms fail to tackle money laundering robustly

A significant number of law firms are not doing enough to prevent money laundering, with some falling seriously short, leading to disciplinary action by the regulator

10 May 2019

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Finance | ‘Squeezed’ generation X falling behind on pension savings

Workers in their forties and fifties from generation X have left organising their pension very late, with indications they are now scrabbling to make up for lost time, as this age group accounted for the largest proportion of contributions last year

10 May 2019

Leadership & Management

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Business | Artificial intelligence, robots and accountants

Concerns about the increased automation of accountancy tasks and transactional business should not instil fear into accountants despite the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), says Simon Wright, managing director at CareersinAudit.com

10 May 2019

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Business | Smith & Williamson to make London office move

Top 10 accounting firm Smith & Williamson has revealed plans to move into new London premises which it says are designed to incorporate opportunities for greater flexibility and more effective collaborative spaces

9 May 2019

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Business | Standard Chartered sees shareholder revolt on exec pay

Standard Chartered Bank has faced a major shareholder revolt over its directors’ remuneration with over a third voting against the company’s policies at its AGM, amid concerns about pension arrangements for senior management

9 May 2019

Leadership & Management

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Business | Smith Cooper reports 25% hike in revenue to £19m

Top 50 accountancy firm Smith Cooper has announced its most successful financial year to date, with group revenue for the year to 31 March 2019 up by 25% to £19m from organic growth

8 May 2019

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Business | Shareholders fail to curb excessive executive pay

Measures to give shareholders the powers to tackle excessive executive pay have flopped, as in the five years since the ‘say on pay’ reforms were introduced, every single FTSE 100 company pay policy put to AGMs has been passed, according to the High Pay Centre (HPC)

7 May 2019

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