Today, just three working days into 2018, the typical FTSE100 chief executive has already banked what it will take the average UK employee the rest of the year to earn, according to calculations by the High Pay Centre and the CIPD

From endless speculation about the effect of Brexit on business and jobs to the tax implications of the gig economy, the arrival of three major IFRS standards on revenue recognition, financial instruments and leases, not to mention the challenges of recruiting and retaining great staff, Rachel Willcox talks to leading tax and accounting experts about their concerns and hopes for 2018

Choosing the optimimum way to manage and run an accounting practice is not a pure science, but there are two distinct approaches, either the commercially driven, revenue-led firm where fee income is a key driver to those who are looking for a more balanced lifestyle with shared responsibility for the business, says merger expert Keith Underwood

Acquisitive accounting firm Baldwins, has taken over chartered accountants Cassons Business Advisers LLP, a Manchester based practice with two offices in the north west and an estimated £4m in fee income

Luceco, which manufactures and distributes LED lighting products and wiring accessories, has been forced to issue a profit warning after discovering errors in valuing the company’s stock which have seen its group financial controller resign

The chairman of FTSE 100 housebuilder Persimmon and the chair of its remuneration committee have both resigned following a row over the company’s pay policies, which have attracted considerable criticism for the size of bonus payments to senior executives

The downgrade to the growth forecast will hit productivity and keep average earnings at pre-2008 levels, worse than could have been predicted even back in 2010, warns Thomas Pope, research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies

This week CCH Daily has a chat with Iona Stretton, senior manager in EY’s tax practice, on the challenges she faces when getting individuals to understand the implications of new technologies and her fear of seeing age old, thriving businesses collapse due to them not staying up to date with technological changes

Deloitte has publicly reported its ethnicity pay gap for the first time, with the data showing the mean pay gap for its Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees is 12.9%

From the outset, control over the UK’s borders was always going to be a pivotal factor in the Brexit negotiations. Here Croner-i HR experts ask how the government plans to safeguard the position of EU citizens living in the UK and set out the key areas where there is some clarity

In our exclusive survey of FTSE 100 boards, Philip Smith analyses the undeniable power of the Big four in corporate boardrooms and in the Financial Reporting Council's (FRC) senior executive team, with 61 out of 100 audit committee chairs held by a Big Four alumni

PwC in Hong Kong has for the first time accepted payment in Bitcoin for its advisory services, the Big Four firm has announced