Accounting firms have the largest number of Brexit experts currently available, but a shortage of consultants means UK companies are likely to struggle to adapt once the UK leaves the EU next March, according to a report from Source Global Research

KPMG in the UK, which has been slated by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) over an ‘unacceptable’ decline in its audit quality, has appointed a former regulator as the firm’s chief risk officer

The government is seeking new powers to scrutinise the purchase of assets such as intellectual property via foreign takeovers if they raise national security concerns

There has been a 9% hike in the number of businesses experiencing ‘significant’ financial distress at the mid-way point this year compared to last, although the levels are now increasing at a slower rate than earlier in 2018, according to analysis from Begbies Traynor

Jane Childs, litigation partner and Alexandra Wood, counsel at Mayer Brown consider the unintended consequences of holding parent co-directors liable for post-sale subsidiary collapse

Despite progress in female representation on non-executive board positions, there remains a lack of women in executive roles on the boards of the UK’s leading companies, according to the latest report from Cranfield School of Management

Foreign companies owning UK properties will have to reveal their ultimate owners on the world's first public register, or face up to five years in jail for concealing the identify of those using shell companies, as part of a crackdown on money laundering

Matthew Smith and Robert Harding, partners from Deloitte, have been appointed joint administrators of Gaucho Grill Ltd, Gioma (UK) Limited and Cau Restaurants Ltd, the operators of a chain of restaurants specialising in Argentinian steaks which has collapsed, putting over 1,200 jobs at risk

With graduates struggling to enter employment after completing their studies, internships and work experience placements are essential but is it wrong that so many businesses do not pay their interns? Gudrun Limbrick, lead consultant at Word Works, looks at how the Taylor Review and government are trying to change this

Deloitte is to create a new entity, Deloitte Asia Pacific, bringing together its geographies in Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and Southeast Asia, with the aim of increasing its services and presence in the region, which it says is the fastest-growing area of its network

BDO South Africa has announced it is to merge with Grant Thornton Johannesburg, with the aim of creating the country’s leading mid-tier audit firm

With artificial intelligence (AI) and automation threatening to change the face of the accounting profession, Kirsty Godfrey-Billy, chief accounting officer at Xero, asks how technology will reduce repetitive tasks and improve controls