There has been a sharp increase in the number of younger accountants approaching the Chartered Accountants’ Benevolent Association (CABA) for support over the past year, according to the charity’s annual impact report.
Half (48%) of small business owners in Scotland think that independence would be a negative step for their company and over 90% have already decided how they will vote in the September referendum, according to research by Ingenious Britain
The average salary for finance directors has hit £105,000 with the majority receiving a mixture of salary and performance related bonuses, rising to £130,000 for the top jobs.
Getting on for half of the accountancy sector’s time is not spent on productive work, although productivity levels are in line with international averages, shows research from Oxford-based iOpener Institute
Plans to reform the taxation of LLPs will hit law firms hard as they consider whether to call for an injection of partner equity, reports Rachel Fielding
The UK creditors of Lehman Brothers International Europe (LBIE), the UK arm of the US bank which failed five years ago, are to recoup all the money owed to them as PwC administrators have announced they will return 100% of dividends to unsecured creditors, including hedge funds, assets managers and other major banks
There is a gap between organisations’ public commitment to creating diversity in the workplace and the experiences of the most recent generation of female workers, which means some risk missing out on the most skilled talent pool, according to research from PwC
The government is looking at the legality of introducing all-female shortlists for board level roles and is considering making it compulsory to have at least one woman on the shortlist in the selection process to improve the gender balance in top management
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