KPMG is one of the first signatories of a new race at work charter launched by the Prime Minister as part of the government’s push to drive forward a step-change in the recruitment and progression of ethnic minority employees, which also includes proposals for mandatory pay gap reporting

More than 130 jobs have been saved at a North Wales firm after the business and assets were sold as a going concern in a pre-pack deal by administrators from Begbies Traynor

Paul Marmor, head of international services at Sherrards Solicitors, considers how UK international companies and EU businesses trading in the UK can prepare for the potential legal implications of Brexit?

Most companies think that having workers on boards is not a good idea and the majority are not planning to introduce this approach, according to research from ICSA: The Governance Institute in the wake of proposed changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals for amendments to its standards and financial services passporting rules, plus the regulatory regime for credit ratings agencies and data reporting services providers in the event the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019 without an implementation period

To coincide with World Mental Health Day, Rob Alder, head of business development at AAT, offers tips on how to identify and help to reduce stress in employees

 Upmarket cake and café chain Patisserie Valerie has suspended its chief financial officer and halted trading of its shares on AIM following the discovery of ‘significant, potentially fraudulent, accounting irregularities’

In the first in a series on the charity sector, James Bunney finds that fraud is exacerbated by an abundance of trust and the reluctance of trustees to confront instances of fraud head-on

Alex Wolff, senior vice president of strategy at Kyriba gives a snapshot of the significant regulatory compliance and accounting changes affecting UK finance directors and treasury teams from IFRS 16 to GDPR penalties and MiFiD II

With the Big Four audit market facing a competition review by the Competition and Markets Authority, Jon Roberts, partner and head of assurance at mid-tier firm Grant Thornton UK, asks how to rebuild trust and integrity for the longer term in the audit profession

According to research by Metapraxis, a financial analytics company, opinion among millennials employed in financial services is mixed regarding the impact of emerging technologies on the sector

October 9 sees the formal launch of the government’s first government counter fraud profession (GCFP) which is intended to spread best practice across the public sector and encourage a focus on the prevention and investigation of fraud