Leadership &amp; Management

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HR | Redundancy and multiple sites: who’s at risk?

Stacie Cheadle, Croner-i technical writer, explains how employers with multiple sites should approach a redundancy consultation when similar roles affected

7 Mar 2025

Legal & Guidance

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Business | Hazlewoods expands Bristol operation

Independently owned Top 30 firm Hazlewoods has moved to a larger office in the heart of Bristol’s business district as part of ambitious growth with plans to hire more staff across the south west

6 Mar 2025

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HR | Statutory sick pay from day one gets green light

Government will go ahead with abolition of the three-day waiting period for statutory sick pay with an 80% low earnings limit, although the timing is not clear

5 Mar 2025

Legal & Guidance

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Business | Obituary: Sandra Thompson, PwC partner and UKEB board member

The UK Endorsement Board has announced the very sad death of hugely respected former PwC partner and UKEB board member Sandra Thompson

4 Mar 2025

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Business | MPs call for faster action on rogue employment firms

The chair of the Business & Trade Committee is calling for ‘strategic changes’ to the Employment Rights Bill to clamp down on worker exploitation and enforce umbrella company non-compliance

4 Mar 2025

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HR | Employee right to switch off plan dropped

The government has ditched plan to stop employers contacting staff outside of working hours after backlash from companies

3 Mar 2025

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Business | The evolving role of chartered accountants

Aisling Harney ACA, senior director at OneStream, says Chartered Week is an exciting time to be a finance professional as expectations change, requiring a shift from a focus on financial health of businesses to driving strategic growth and providing a crucial advisory role

28 Feb 2025

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HR | People in the news: Deloitte, Evelyn, Johnston Carmichael

In this week’s career news, partner promotions and hires at BTG Advisory, Simmons Gainsford, PwC, Deloitte, Lloyd’s of London, John Wood Group

28 Feb 2025

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HR | Preventing age discrimination in the workplace

With the average tribunal claim hitting £103,000, Stacie Cheadle, Croner-i content consultant, looks at what employers can do to prevent age discrimination at work

28 Feb 2025

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Business | Top jobs at FTSE firms still dominated by men

The number of women on boards has hit 43% at the FTSE 350, but securing one of the critical top jobs of CEO and chair remains a challenge, while parity target will be missed

27 Feb 2025

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Finance | AAT shakes up governance with Sir Stephen Hillier as first chair

Sir Stephen Hillier has been appointed as the first board chair of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) as part of an overhaul of governance structure

24 Feb 2025

Finance

Corporate Governance

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HR | People in the news: Grant Thornton, Hurst, Armstrong Watson

In this week’s career news, partner promotions and hires at Grant Thornton, Moore Kingston Smith, Wright Vigar, Armstrong Watson, Hurst, Leonard Curtis, PKF Smith Cooper, TheCityUK

21 Feb 2025

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Business | AI: can it solve accounting skills crisis?

With the number of accounting graduates in sharp decline, Dr Ian Gregory, CTO at Advancetrack, asks how firms are going to fill the skills shortage and ensure the accountancy profession remains vibrant and attractive to new recruits

21 Feb 2025