Mental health issues rather than employment topics headed the list of enquiries to the Chartered Accountants’ Benevolent Association (CABA) for the first time over the summer, but the signs are that accountants are managing their work/life balance well

The Chartered Accountants’ Benevolent Association (CABA) has launched a  free legal support web site for chartered accountants and their dependants

The no vote in the Scottish referendum marked a last-minute decision to stay in the Union, but the hasty timetable set out to define future devolved tax powers for Scotland, could create a morass of new tax law for anyone living or working north of the border with businesses facing PAYE complexity and unexpected residency issues

Finance director Beverley Dew hired at Kier Group, Dow Schofield Watts names Kate Beckett as a partner and Clough & Company boosts its audit team

In the week the new corporate governance code has tightened up the rules about devising and reporting on remuneration policies, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has named eight companies that have failed to take seriously shareholder concerns on pay

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued an updated version of the UK Corporate Governance Code which the regulator says is designed to significantly enhance the quality of information investors receive about the long-term health and strategy of listed companies, and raise the bar for risk management 

Robert Jonathan Hunt, Ian David Green and Robert John Moran of PwC have today been appointed as administrators to Phones 4u Ltd, a leading independent mobile phone retailer with an annual turnover of £1bn, operating from more than 700 outlets with 5,596 employees