Leadership &amp; Management

HR | Baker Tilly acquires consulting firm Outperform UK

Continuing the trend for investment in the consulting sector, mid-tier firm Baker Tilly has acquired Outperform UK Ltd, a consulting firm that provides solutions to public and private sector organisations to improve their bid, project, programme and portfolio management performance

3 Jul 2015

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HR | Abseiling accountants take a leap for Great Ormond Street Hospital

Despite the roasting weather and inevitable scare factor, dozens of volunteers from Grant Thornton UK LLP abseiled down the firm's London Euston building this week to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

3 Jul 2015

HR | People in the news: BDO, Shakespeare’s Globe, NEST, FRC

The latest career moves across the accountancy profession from new executive director at NEST to National Audit Office scoops KPMG partner and CFO hire at Shakespeare’s Globe

3 Jul 2015

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HR | AfID urgently seeking accountant volunteers for overseas roles

Tired of the usual nine to five job, or rather 50-hour weeks? Why not think about volunteering your accounting skills and expertise on a project for Accounting for International Development (AfID)

3 Jul 2015

HR | Grant Thornton invests in tech start-up Geniac to support entrepreneurs

Grant Thornton (GT) has made its first investment in a start-up tech company, backing London-based Geniac in with a deal worth up to £22m to develop the business, which provides accounting and administration services for entrepreneurial small businesses.

3 Jul 2015

HR | CABA time management course for over-worked accountants

CABA is launching a course addressing time management for busy accountants, launching in October. The course content, based on doctoral research by Dr Hilary Lindsay, lecturer at the Open University Business School, looks at time management as an essential element within career adaptability

3 Jul 2015

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HR | Finance Mole: raging at the vending machine

Disgruntled by the obscure choices in the vending machine, Finance Mole takes on the unassuming crisp purveyor to try to get some sensible afternoon snacks

3 Jul 2015

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HR | Kingscott Dix merges with Guilfoyle Sage Gloucester

Accounting firm Kingscott Dix Ltd (KD) has merged with Guilfoyle Sage Gloucester in a move to boost its agricultural client base and grow its presence across Gloucestershire

2 Jul 2015

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HR | Menzies LLP merges with Harris Lipman to create £40m firm

Accountancy firm Menzies LLP has merged with Harris Lipman LLP, creating a combined partnership that will operate under the Menzies name and generate fee income of almost £40m, fulfilling aim to extend geographic reach, reports Sara White

1 Jul 2015

HR | EY promotes 753 partners worldwide up 12%

EY has promoted 753 employees to partner, its largest increase since 2008 and a 12% increase over 2014, including a record number of women partners

1 Jul 2015

HR | Deloitte acquires LRA Worldwide to boost brand consulting arm

In the latest Big Four acquisitions in the consulting sector, Deloitte has acquired substantially all of the assets of LRA Worldwide (LRA), a fast-growing US-based consulting firm specialising in customer experience measurement, and will become part of Deloitte Advisory, the firm’s risk and financial advisory practice

30 Jun 2015

HR | Price Bailey makes employees shareholders at accounting firm

Price Bailey accountants has taken the unusual step of offering all 300 employees a stake in the firm with a share scheme which will make all members of staff shareholders, a first for the professional services sector

30 Jun 2015

Finance | SMEs need flexible corporate governance framework

A one-size-fits-all approach to corporate governance for SMEs will not work because their needs are so different to those of bigger corporations, and they require a flexible framework in order to boost efficiency and performance, according to research from ACCA

30 Jun 2015

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HR | Lowick Rose LLP fails in Court of Appeal challenge to £15m damages claim

Accountants Lowick Rose LLP has failed in a Court of Appeal challenge to a ruling that leaves the firm, in liquidation, liable to pay £15m in damages for negligence

30 Jun 2015

HR | PRA and FCA tighten rules on remuneration and bonus clawbacks

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have published new remuneration rules which include changes to deferral and clawback of variable remuneration, including bonuses, with a built-in 10-year window for payback and tougher penalties for senior managers across the banking and financial services sector

23 Jun 2015