Former Chancellor George Osborne has added another post to his growing portfolio of jobs since standing down as a Conservative MP, with the announcement he has been appointed as an honorary professor of economics at the University of Manchester

There has been a 17% hike in the amount of money flowing out of FTSE 350 companies’ defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the past year, largely down to an increase in transfers to defined contribution (DC) schemes following the introduction of new rules, according to analysis from Willis Towers Watson

PwC has published its gender pay gap, becoming the largest employer and first professional services firm to report under new legislation which came into force in April this year, with the results showing a significant difference in male and female bonus payments

The director of eight Chinese restaurants across London has been disqualified for seven years after an Insolvency Service investigation found he owed HMRC over £190,000

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced it is to investigate PwC’s auditing of BT Group, in light of the discovery of some £500m of losses in the telecom giant’s Italian subsidiary, which came to light via a whistle-blower last October and were subsequently found to relate to several years of misreporting

A Lincoln accountant, whose firm was placed into administration in February 2017 and later sold to another local practice, has been made bankrupt

With the world of accountancy constantly changing, accountants must adapt to meet client needs. In an exclusive white paper download,  ‘The New Accountant – Make & Take Opportunities In A Changing Market’, Exact provides information on automation, data insights and business models, among other issues

Brexit has negatively affected the UK’s attractiveness to overseas talent, with nearly half of skilled non-Brits based in the UK likely to leave in the next five years, according to Deloitte research

The Queen is set for an additional £2.8m a year in funds to finance the Royal Family, based on the current calculations for the sovereign grant, which stands at £42.8m

In the latest exclusive Accountancy UK GAAP download series, part one of our essentials guide focuses on accounting changes for small businesses, from transition tips and the micro accounts regime, to audit exemptions and financial instruments

Accountants will need to carry out more stringent checks into clients and financiers and face new company ‘rightholder’ rules as the Fourth Money Laundering Directive (4MLD) comes into force

Due to the EU’s Fourth Money Laundering Directive being implemented into UK law, significant changes must be made to the people with significant control (PSC) register. Gateley law experts, Sophie Brookes and Christopher Davies, explain how companies will be affected by the new rules, which come into force on 26 June