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HR | Third of accountants stressed at work

One in three accountants in the UK are suffering from stress or more serious mental health issues despite reasonable levels of support from employers, reveals CABA research

30 Oct 2015

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HR | Mergers at accounting firms require right skills mix to minimise risk

Growing post-merger means identifying skills' gaps and retaining and hiring the right staff, but a lack of planning at this stage hampers growth and can put acquisitions and mergers at risk for accountancy firms, says Paul Lindsell, MD of ThoughtSpark

30 Oct 2015

HR | People in the news: KPMG, OneEGroup, BHP, Haines Watts, CAQ, EY. IFRS Foundation

This week’s career moves sees KPMG growing family wealth team, tax disputes expert at OneEGroup, recognition for EY's Clack, graduate boost at BHP, partner hire at Haines Watts, UK representation on IFRS Foundation and CAQ appointment

30 Oct 2015

HR | FTSE 100 hits 25% female board numbers, FTSE 350 lags behind

The UK’s FTSE 100 companies have now met a voluntary target of 25% women board members according to the final report from Lord Davies, which says this marks ‘a major milestone’ but calls for a new target of 33% female board members at FTSE 350 firms by 2020

29 Oct 2015

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HR | How to survive a disciplinary hearing - advice for accountants

As an accountant or an accounting firm, the prospect of a disciplinary hearing in front of your professional body or even more serious, the accounting watchdog itself - the Financial Reporting Council - can be daunting. Tracy Lacey-Smith, partner at SA Law, examines the key issues to consider when preparing for a disciplinary hearing

29 Oct 2015

HR | Governments calls for action on gender pay gap and boardroom roles

The government has announced new measures to eradicate gender pay inequality, which include making larger employers publish information about their bonuses for men and women, extending gender pay gap reporting to include the public sector, and working to eliminate all-male boards in the FTSE 350

26 Oct 2015

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Business | Baker Tilly name dropped as firm rebrands as RSM in the UK

Top ten accounting firm Baker Tilly is changing its name to RSM, with immediate effect, in a major rebranding of the firm in a move which erases all traces of the firm’s previous name and network alliances, and formally adopts the name RSM, in line with all the other member firms in the RSM network worldwide, which has declared its intention to target the middle market globally

26 Oct 2015

HR | Thomas Westcott and Butterworth Jones to merge

South west accounting firms, Thomas Westcott and Butterworth Jones, are merging to create a regional firm branded as a joint operation with 18 offices across the south west and combined income in excess of £10m

23 Oct 2015

HR | PwC launches return to work programme for experienced accountants

In a bid to support people returning to work, Big Four firm PwC has launched a 12-week return to work programme, branded as ‘Back to Business’, to help people back into the workplace after an extended career break, which is designed to encourage women to restart their careers, but is open to all

23 Oct 2015

HR | LGBT recognition for EY in OUTstanding awards

Senior members of EY’s management team have been recognised for their contributions to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) inclusion inside and outside the workplace by the OUTstanding professional network

23 Oct 2015

HR | People in the news: Grant Thornton, Grainger, PwC, Rothmans, RDP Newmans

This week’s career moves see FTSE 350 property group Grainger reshape the board with all women appointments, Grant Thornton names head of tax for Welsh office, PwC boosts education strategy team and Rothmans expands Southampton team

23 Oct 2015

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HR | Grant Thornton revenues up 1.6% to £521m after restructuring downturn

Grant Thornton (GT) has reported largely unchanged revenue of £521m for the financial year ending 30 June 2015, a 1.6% increase on the 2014 figure of £512m, in results which were dented by a sharp drop in the restructuring and recovery income stream down by nearly a quarter year on year

23 Oct 2015

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HR | ICAEW shakes up oversight with independent regulatory board

The ICAEW is overhauling the regulatory arrangements at the accounting body to ensure that oversight and governance issues are given a fully independent footing and, as part of the shake-up, it is setting up a new regulatory board with non-accounting professional members

20 Oct 2015

HR | Accountant in jail over serial frauds

An accountant from High Wycombe has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison after admitting six counts of fraud against her employers, totalling over £250,000, which the court heard was spent on luxury holidays, a new car, jewellery and clothes

16 Oct 2015

HR | Accountancy sector identified as high risk for money laundering

Accountants are at high risk from abuse of their services for money laundering purposes, particularly from 'high end' clients, according to a new national risk assessment report into the money laundering and terrorist financing risks faced by the UK, released by the government

15 Oct 2015