Big Four accounting firm EY and tech company Adobe have announced an alliance to expand EY’s digital expertise and web content services to help clients with their digital projects, including web content management

HMRC has published a guide to pension scheme rates for the tax year 2016/17, confirming the capping of the standard lifetime allowance at £1m, while the annual allowance stands at £40,000. From 6 April 2016 the annual allowance is reduced if the taxpayer’s income for the tax year is more than £150,000. The annual allowance is reduced by £1 for every £2 of income above £150,000, subject to a minimum reduced annual allowance of £10,000

Southwest accounting firm Francis Clark has quit the LEA Global/Leading Edge Alliance of accounting firms to join global network PKF International, as the brand continues to re-establish its presence in the UK

MHA MacIntyre Hudson is to grow its regional presence with the merger of its Birmingham office with local accountancy practice, Shoesmiths, based in Edgbaston, boosting the firm's growth potential in the west Midlands

In a busy week for accountancy jobs, Mercer & Hole’s Alison Palmer is promoted to director, RGL Forensics boosts partner line-up, new intake of partners at both RSM and James Cowper Kreston, and finance chief for Turner Contemporary

Women working in financial services are in danger of missing out on valuable international experience because of long standing misconceptions about their readiness to work abroad, according to research by PwC

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is looking to hire additional legal chairs for its independent tribunals which are set up to hear specific disciplinary and sanctions cases against auditors and accountants facing financial irregularities

Scott-Moncrieff is to merge with Edinburgh-based firm, Ogilvie & Company, expanding the tax advice and trust management team at the accountancy firm

Global views on the future of audit are so diverse that countries cannot reach consensus on how quickly to introduce changes which some jurisdictions feel are long overdue, with a marked divide between countries where audit is still developing and those where it is long established, according to research by ACCA and Grant Thornton

With less than three months to go until the EU referendum, under half of UK companies have considered what effect the result  will have on their organisation, according to a poll by ICSA, the Governance Institute and the Core Partnership, reflecting the findings of a recent Grant Thornton survey

Ahead of the introduction of the new flat-rate state pension in April, the National Audit Office (NAO) is warning that pension payments for people with Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMP) who contracted out in the 1980s, could receive a lower income, criticising the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) for poor communications on the issue, reports Pat Sweet

In the latest career moves and promotions across the world of tax and accounting, Creaseys, Deloitte and RSM hire partners and confirm internal promotions, while accounting recruitment specialist, Change Recruitment Group, strengthens specialist team