January is regularly the most popular time of the year for employees to seek out new challenges and change employment. FD Recruit sets out the key things to consider when applying for a new job

It is the duty of the chief human resources officer (CHRO) and chief financial officer (CFO) to ensure that there is a unified workforce within an organisation, yet this does not seem to be the case, says Dee Houchen, senior product marketing director, ERP Apps at Oracle

The government has published final details of the gender pay gap reporting requirements for large employers, alongside an online pay comparison tool which shows financial managers and directors report the second highest gap in pay rates

Audit is a dynamic discipline and changes in the pipeline are likely to have a significant impact on audits of all sizes as technical complexity means that audit is becoming increasingly specialised while threshold changes is reducing the number of mandatory audits. Audit specialist Katharine Bagshaw FCA reviews the current audit landscape 

The Treasury and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are seeking views on a package of measures to tackle three different areas of pensions scams, including a ban on cold calling in relation to pensions, over fears that the new pensions regime is being targeted by fraudsters

When eyeing up a potential merger or acquisition it is essential to ensure that due diligence is top of the agenda when buying a business to avoid any unexpected contingent or liabilities. Mercer & Hole's Caroline Stark and Phil Fenn consider the key issues when planning a merger and acquisition

The trustees of the IFRS Foundation, responsible for the oversight and governance of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), have amended its constitution, reducing the size of the board from 16 to 14 and reclassifying the geographical distribution of trustees

Professional development news roundup includes PKF Cooper Parry fees hit £22m, Big Four and ICAEW meet Brexit minister, Shaw Gibbs and Grant Thornton expand, FCA caps pension early exit charges

Amid regulatory, technological and political volatility, Calum Fuller, assistant editor at Accountancy, looks at the future shape of the UK’s accounting profession in the face of a spate of mergers and consolidations

There have been mixed reactions to the government’s green paper on changes to the corporate governance framework, which sets out proposals to increase shareholder influence on executive pay, improve links between the board and workers, and bring large privately-held companies within scope

Government, in its latest green paper, has targeted privately owned businesses with its plans to extend corporate governance as well as review executive pay in an aim to strengthen the UK’s governing framework 

MPs are calling for urgent action from charities to tackle boardroom diversity, after a report found over half (57.4%) of the UK’s top 500 charities have no Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) board members