PwC and KPMG have come top of a list of 75 leading UK employers who have done the most to promote social mobility in the workplace

Company reporters preparing year end financial statements need to take into account variable risk factors from going concern to materiality in the context of Brexit. Andrew Marshall FCA, senior technical partner at KPMG explains the key issues to consider

‘Trust fund syndrome’ is gripping family-owned businesses and forcing many of them out of family ownership after two generations, warns Smith & Williamson 

UK companies are more likely to experience internal fraud than the global average, with internal culture failing to prioritise the risks

Big Four firm KPMG has taken on the administrations of two companies – a medical innovation start-up and an established polythene film manufacturer – which have both collapsed putting over 200 jobs at risk

Four senior advisers from Scotland’s leading accountancy practices have set up a corporate finance office in Edinburgh offering a director-led M&A service for SMEs

The government is ploughing more money into grants for customs intermediaries and agents to help companies prepare for Brexit

Listed companies are under pressure to align executive pension contributions with the workforce, after the Investment Association (IA) said it will give a ‘red top’, its highest level of warning, to any companies with existing directors who are paid more than 25% of salary as a pension contribution

MPs are calling for faster progress on audit reform, as the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee launched an inquiry into Thomas Cook’s leadership and auditors EY and PwC

Setting a barrier between business and personal finances is an essential part of turning a business from a side project into a professional operation. Lisa Hogg, director at Wilson Field, explains

Government pledges to overhaul the airline insolvency regime in the wake of Thomas Cook’s collapse have run into opposition