The introduction of gender pay reporting rules for companies with more than 250 employees has been delayed and the new regulations are not expected to come into force until next April at the earliest with the first reporting period unlikely to be before April 2018. Kathy Daniels, employment law author, considers the key implementation issues 

The business, innovation, and skills (BIS) committee has launched an inquiry on corporate governance, focussing on executive pay, directors’ duties, and the composition of boardrooms, including worker representation and gender balance in executive positions

Thirteen leading CEOs have joined Odgers Berndtson’s ‘CEO for a day’ scheme to give students an insight into what life is like for the UK’s top executives

James Roberts is to leave his role as BDO senior audit partner next month after 40 years in practice

Mid-tier firm Leonard Curtis has confirmed its newly-established legal services division, which it will run from Manchester headed by its head of business restructuring Andrew Gregory

In the latest career development updates, HgCapital ties up Connolly deal to build accounting network, CEO pay packages continue to grow, KPMG changes graduate recruitment process 

In a bid to build its IT specialism in audit, Big Four firm PwC is set to recruit more than 1,000 technology specialists over the next four years in its UK risk assurance business to meet increasing client demand for digital, regulatory and cyber security services

The acquisition of mid-tier accounting firm Harris Lipman contributed to 20% growth at Menzies LLP, which saw the firm retain its ranking in the top 20 league table, as results for the year to 31 June 2016 show

Jeffreys Henry has named Justin Randall as the London-based accounting firm’s first managing partner, with responsibility for taking the lead on developing and implementing a growth strategy at the firm, currently ranked at number 71 in Accountancy’s Top 75 firms league table

Despite opinion polls showing that the UK’s financial directors and CFOs strongly favoured remaining in the EU, the UK is now attempting to plot a future operating on the outside, so what are the immediate risks and considerations for top finance teams, asks Phil Scott, managing director at FD Recruit

The former global chairman and UK CEO of Big Four giant Deloitte John Connolly has joined forces with private equity firm HgCapital to create CogitalGroup in a bid to build a full service accounting and professional services firm through acquisition

The new owners of mid-tier firm Blick Rothenberg are set to face enormous hurdles if they are to attempt their reported ambitions of taking on the Big Four, Calum Fuller reports