Leadership &amp; Management

HR | Price Bailey launches strategic corporate finance subsidiary

Accounting firm Price Bailey is to set up a subsidiary, Price Bailey Strategic Corporate Finance Ltd, to bring together the practice's existing business strategy and corporate finance teams into a single unified unit

13 Aug 2015

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HR | FTSE 100 pension liability doubles in 10 years

Over the last 10 years, the total pension liability of FTSE 100 companies has almost doubled, according to calculations by financial and actuarial consultancy LCP which suggest the financial risks to pension sponsors are increasing under IAS 19 reporting requirements

12 Aug 2015

Pensions

HR | Chantrey Vellacott business recovery partners in management buyout

The partners in the business recovery division of Chantrey Vellacott have completed a management buyout of the division, setting up a firm called CVR Global LLP which will operate as an independent provider of restructuring, insolvency and pensions advisory services

10 Aug 2015

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HR | Auto enrolment pensions: are you ready for rollout?

As nearly half a million small businesses are going to have to set up a workplace auto enrolment pension over the next two years, accountancy firms will be at the frontline when it comes to advising clients. Matthew Mitten, director of Enrolsme, provides useful insight and tips on how to get started

7 Aug 2015

Pensions

Finance | IIRC consults on integrated reporting training matrix

The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has released draft proposals for a training 'competence matrix', which sets out training requirements to help with the adoption of integrated reporting, and will form the framework for training courses available through profesional institutes and academia

6 Aug 2015

| SEC adopts pay ratio disclosure rule

The US Securities and Exchange Committee (SEC) has voted to adopt a rule requiring public companies to disclose the ratio of the annual total compensation of the CEO to the median of the annual total compensation of the company's employees

6 Aug 2015

Corporate Governance

Finance | Legal updates: August 2015

In this month's roundup of accounting legal cases and legislation, Gateley plc law experts examine the government's delay to plans to introduce a ban on the use of corporate directors, contract issues at stake in Arnold v Britton, and Ace Paper Ltd cases, and tricky interview situations lead to employment tribunal

3 Aug 2015

Financial Reporting

Corporate Governance

Law & Guidance

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HR | Gender equality at accounting firms: rejecting the status quo

Becoming a partner is tough, often requiring long working hours and a lack of worklife balance, but the lack of gender equality at the top echelons of accounting firms becoming an issue for accounting firms as client companies look for move diversity, says Rachel Willcox

28 Jul 2015

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HR | Career aspirations: do I want to be a partner?

As ownership models transform the shape of accounting firms with mid-tier firm Grant Thornton and Price Bailey taking the first steps to sharing ownership in their practices, Jaimie Kaffash asks whether today's aspiring accountants really want to make partner these days

27 Jul 2015

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HR | Accounting firms: training and planning for the future

Accounting firms are at a crossroads as they balance the career aspirations of young accountants with complex succession issues as the rising demographic takes hold. A new approach to career development is essential, says Julia Penny FCA

24 Jul 2015

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HR | Finance Mole heads to Glastonbury

As the festival season gets into full swing, Finance Mole takes momentary leave of his senses and takes a bunch of colleagues to Glastonbury. It's all peace, love and music heaven until someone mentions big business and worse still, the role of accountants

24 Jul 2015

| Lords to quiz FRC chair and ex Lloyds chief Bischoff on banking culture

Sir Win Bischoff, chairman of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and former chairman of Lloyds Bank, will be appearing before the House of Lords’ economic affairs committee to give evidence as part of a one-off session on banking culture this Tuesday

13 Jul 2015

Corporate Governance

HR | CABA course launched to help accountants deal with ageing

The Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association (CABA) is launching a course to help accountants age positively and navigate later life successfully, in response to growing call for more support for retired professionals

13 Jul 2015

HR | KPMG acquires Towers Watson HR service delivery practice

KPMG is to acquire the human resources service delivery (HRSD) practice of HR professional services firm Towers Watson for an undisclosed sum and will take over the comapny's offices in the UK and US, as well as the Asia Pacific region

10 Jul 2015

HR | Tony Nicholl named CCAB chairman

Northern Ireland accountant Tony Nicholl has been appointed chairman of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB), the umbrella group representing UK accountancy bodies, and has said his focus will be on building trust in the profession and examining the relationship between business and the EU in the run-up to the referendum on EU membership

8 Jul 2015