The amount of UK businesses that would be unable to pay their debts if interest rates went up has quadrupled since last year, according to research by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3

Manchester United may have failed to win the Premier League this season, but the club tops the table of KPMG’s ranking of the most valuable European football teams, and is the first to break the €3bn (£2.6bn) barrier

Two Scottish-based firms have been awarded a two-year contract to deliver insolvency services for the Scottish Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB), which is expected to save up to £1.5m over the course of the deal 

The chair of Ireland's Revenue Commissioners has said he is almost ‘100% certain’ that there will be no additional customs posts placed along the border with Northern Ireland post-Brexit

The majority of accountants (89%) are losing up to 16 days each year commuting to and from work with over a third (42%) travelling up to two hours each day, according to research from CV-Library

Finance Mole is put in his place as he bores everyone with a PowerPoint overload after a weekend of cycling hyperactivity and the team unexpectedly finds cost analysis work takes precedence

National insolvency and restructuring firm CVR Global is expanding its UK presence by merging with London based DDJ Insolvency, with the firm gaining two partners

In the latest career development updates, Public Accounts Committee slates HMRC office restructure, long-term sickness absence and unfair dismissal issues, and minimum wage implications for sleeping duties

Even with record volumes of audit contracts changing hands among the FTSE 250, a significant number of companies are still choosing to stick with their current auditors. But is there a sting in the fee tail as the scale of tendering and transition costs become apparent? In the annual Accountancy FTSE 250 auditors survey, Philip Smith examines the latest trends in audit fees and the lack of competition from outside the Big Four

On 26 June, the EU Fourth Money Laundering Directive will begin to be implemented into UK law, including new requirements affecting people with significant control (PSC) information

EU rules allowing individuals to request removal of negative information and articles on search engines raises serious due diligence concerns for businesses and accountants, warns Shanti Salas, vice president in strategy and diligence at Exiger

Bank of Ireland Group is to switch auditors at the end of the year naming KPMG as external auditor replacing incumbent PwC, which has held the audit for nearly three decades