The government is consulting on a series of targeted amendments to the insolvency arrangements for insurers, which would enable the UK authorities to better manage insurer distress

In this week’s accountancy career moves, a host of partner appointments at EY, Mazars, RSM and Buchler Phillips, promotions at BDO, Hentons and Langricks, plus permanent CEO for R3

PwC, Deloitte, EY, KPMG, Grant Thornton, RSM and Mazars have all pledged to put disability inclusion on their board agenda as part of The Valuable 500

More than half of FTSE 100 CEOs have had their salaries frozen this year while a reduction in bonuses for 2020 has seen average total single figure pay drop from around £4.3m to £3.5m, according to PwC analysis of the first 50 FTSE 100 companies to publish their 2021 annual remuneration reports

Carillion’s liquidators have secured a £250m funding deal with Litigation Capital Management (LCM) to take KPMG to court for audit failures leading up to the collapse of the public sector outsourcer

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a series of urban renewal projects worth £830m in towns and cities away from London as part of his promise to ‘level up’ the country's economy

At the end of March 2021, the estimated cost of the government’s response to the covid-19 pandemic had risen to £372bn according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO)

The High Court in London has ruled against landlords seeking the repayment of fees against the nominees of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) from hair salon group Regis UK

The UK lost an average of 22 restaurants per day over the last 13 months with 10% of venues in the UK failing to open their doors at the end of April according to the latest figures from CGA AlixPartners Market Recovery

The SFO is investigating suspected fraud, fraudulent trading and money laundering in relation to the financing and conduct of the business of companies within the Gupta Family Group Alliance (GFG), including its financing arrangements with Greensill Capital UK Ltd

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner promotions at EY, BDO and Mitchell Charlesworth, senior hires at FRP and Smith Cooper Independent Financial Solutions, and chief marketing role at RSM Global

Business leaders who fail to step outside their typical bubble and engage with the unfamiliar will see their board rooms on the back foot according to new report