Leadership &amp; Management

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Business | Alex Bottom to head up Hillier Hopkins

Top 50 chartered accountant and tax adviser firm Hillier Hopkins has appointed Alex Bottom as managing principal effective immediately, replacing Grant Franklin who is stepping down after eight years

5 Apr 2019

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Finance | UK regulator to review KPMG’s audit practice

KPMG is facing further scrutiny by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), which is to carry out an assessment of the governance, controls and culture within KPMG’s audit practice, in the wake of its ongoing investigation of the firm’s auditing of collapsed auditor Carillion and the ‘unacceptable’ deterioration in quality highlighted in its annual quality review

2 Apr 2019

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Finance | How finance teams can Marie Kondo their work

Debbie Green, vice president of ERP at Oracle, discusses how finance teams can declutter, improve their productivity and feel more joy using the KonMari approach

29 Mar 2019

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Business | NAO critical of DWP’s failure to improve disabled employment rates

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spent £386m on employment support programmes and Job Centre-based support for disabled people in 2017-18, but has only limited evidence of the effectiveness of this funding

28 Mar 2019

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Business | Call to end ‘eyewatering’ executive pay packages

MPs want an end to ‘eyewatering’ remuneration packages for top bosses and are calling for companies to do more to link executives’ pay to that of the rest of their workforce, in the wake of ‘shaming’ decisions such as those at Persimmon, Royal Mail and Unilever

26 Mar 2019

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Business | Artificial intelligence: the pros and cons of AI for accountants

Artificial intelligence (AI) can reduce the volume of transactional work and improve productivity through the use intelligent accounts payable management systems but it cannot replace humans. Alan Rajah, partner at Lawrence Grant Chartered Accountants, examines the use of AI in accounting and finance teams

26 Mar 2019

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Finance | Beyond the red flags – the alternative fraud triangle

The level of fraud in businesses is growing exponentially but the only way to get to grips with the scale of the problem is to drill down to the fundamental reasons why it happens and risk factors for finance departments, says Arun Chauhan, founder and managing director of Tenet Compliance & Litigation

25 Mar 2019

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Business | ICAEW set to launch pay-per-view system for guidance

ICAEW plans to open up some of the professional content currently available exclusively to faculty members with a new pay-per-view system, which will allow all members to buy one-off guidance without joining a faculty

21 Mar 2019

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Business | Engagement letters: what you need to know

Engagement letters are relevant to every accounting and professional services firm, irrespective of size or the services provided. It is crucial firms ensure their engagement letters are updated whenever a client relationship starts or terms change. Rachel Farris FCA CTA provides the top five tips for accountants

20 Mar 2019

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Business | FRC’s Mike Suffield to join ACCA in summer

Mike Suffield is leaving his role as acting executive director of audit and actuarial regulation at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to join ACCA as its director of professional insights in August 2019, after it was announced last week that the FRC would be disbanded to make way for a new audit regulator

19 Mar 2019

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Business | Number of UK millionaires drops 16%

The number of people in the UK earning more than £1m per year has dropped from 19,000 in 2015/16 to 16,000 in 2016/17, with the introduction of the EU bankers’ bonus cap playing a key role, according to UHY Hacker Young

15 Mar 2019

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Business | FTSE 350 boards challenged over ‘one and done’ female diversity

The Investment Association (IA) and the Hampton-Alexander review have written to 69, or one in five, of the FTSE 350 companies, challenging them about the lack of gender diversity on their boards, with suggestions their approach is ‘tokenistic’

15 Mar 2019

Business | How can accounting firms improve their brand image?

The Big Four audit firms have strong identities and take brand seriously, but outside the top tier, accounting firms project a fairly autonomous image and do not differentiate themselves. David Shalam, creative director at Studio 2br provides five tips for building a brand that stands out

15 Mar 2019

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Business | FRC sets date for Women in Finance mentoring event

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) will be holding a Women in Finance networking event focusing on sponsorship and mentoring to disucss ways to increase the representation of women at the senior level of accounting firms

14 Mar 2019

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Business | Hentons extends national reach with London merger

Leeds based accountancy and advisory firm Hentons is merging with London specialist music industry practice C C Panayi & Co, whose clients include four times Brits winner Emeli Sandé, as part of its national expansion plans

14 Mar 2019