A restructuring team from Deloitte has been appointed as administrators to loss-making high street clothing chain Bank Fashion which has collapsed, putting more than 1,500 jobs at risk

Carl Jackson, partner, and Andrew Watling, director of restructuring specialists Quantuma LLP have been appointed as joint administrators to Williams Press (Berks) Ltd

Concerns about May’s general election at home and worries about the future of the EU have resulted in a dip in optimism and risk appetite among chief financial officers (CFOs), according to research from Deloitte

In this month's roundup, there's a flurry of firm results from Johnston Carmichael reporting revenue boost as profits remain flat to Big Four network KPMG International continuing to grow with a 6.3% hike in revenue, action on late payments for small businesses and the financial fallout from tech failures

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Jane McCormick, head of tax and pensions at KPMG in the UK, has been promoted to head of tax for KPMG’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMA) region and a member of the Big Four firm’s EMA board. She has also been named senior tax partner for KPMG in the UK.

Accountants are making increasing use of social media, with adoption rates rising significantly over the past three years and more than eight in ten accountants now making regular use of social media sites, according to research from Wolters Kluwer (WK)

100 Group names GlaxoSmithKline CFO as chairman, new CEO for Insolvency Service and hires at Harris Lipman

CIPFA is to play a key role in the UK’s first cross-government Anti-Corruption Plan by providing counter fraud and counter-corruption tools for local authorities and the public sector