Grant Thornton is warning that one in four insurers are not ready for the reporting and disclosure requirements of Solvency II which will be introduced at the beginning of next year, with very little time left to complete their preparations

Senior financial executives in the US have become more cautious about prospects for the year ahead according to research from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), which found expectations for profit, revenue and expansion have all dipped at the start of 2015 

In the next few weeks, the government is planning to ramp up its publicity campaign about the changes to Scottish powers under devolution to make sure that every Scot is up to speed with the imminent extensions of power

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched a three-month consultation on plans to introduce legally-binding EU-wide remuneration policies which would require UK banks to put a limit on bonus payments

Worcestershire based accounting firm, Focus Accountancy is set to merge with Haines Watts Worcester, a member of the Haines Watts Group, creating a million pound turnover accounting practice 

The UK has recorded its best performance at increasing women’s participation in the workforce for 15 years, although it remains well behind the Nordic countries in encouraging overall female economic empowerment, largely because of  the low proportion of women in full-time employment, according to research from PwC 

Legal experts at Gateley LLP, Sophie Brookes and Christopher Davies, review the latest case decisions from company identity issues over a costly mistake at Companies House in Taylor & Sons, Ramsay dispute over use of automated signature machine and the timetable for the introduction of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act, including the move to confirmation statement filings at Companies House

The latest career news from firms including expansion of the legal practice at Deloitte, PKF Cooper Parry partner named chair of ICAEW’s insolvency and restructuring group and partner appointments at Baker Tilly

HMRC has released updated tables for employers to calculate statutory paternity pay (SPP) for employees, now that both mothers and fathers with babies due on or after 5 April 2015 are able to share up to 50 weeks of parental leave