PwC has announced it has signed up to the Treasury’s women in finance charter, which was launched earlier this year and requires financial services firms to commit to implement four key industry actions, in order to boost female representation at senior levels and encourage gender balance
Gwynedd based chartered accountants, Owain Bebb a’I gwmni, is expanding into mid Wales by opening an Aberystwyth branch in an attempt to expand its client base in the region
With the vote on whether the UK should leave or remain in the EU taking place tomorrow, more than 1,280 senior business executives, including 51 FTSE 100 companies, have signed a letter backing the UK's continued membership of the EU
Convenience store chain My Local has filed notice to appoint administrators, only nine months after it was spun off from Morrison’s M local stores, putting 1,700 jobs at risk
Howard Smith and Jonathan Marston, partners in KMPG's restructuring practice, have been appointed as joint administrators to V & T (Plumbing, Central-Heating & Bathrooms) Ltd, which has ceased trading with more than 100 job losses
The US regulators who make up the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) have signalled their concerns that bitcoin and blockchain technology pose risks to financial security and may result in changing market structure if cryptocurrency reduces the importance of traditional centralised intermediaries, increasing the challenge for regulation
Almost 90% of public sector finance professionals are still using manual processes for managing at least part of their budgeting and forecasting processes, with the majority still relying on Excel spreadsheets according to research by CIPFA and software provider Advanced
The Insolvency Service is publicising a change to the official receiver’s bank account which means anyone handling monies paid in to bankruptcies and compulsory liquidations needs to amend their records before the end of this month
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) are forming a new association that will launch in 2017, to represent the accounting profession
Businesses are at risk of losing a generation of potential finance leaders as over half of millennials are expected to quit by 2017, according to latest research from recruiters Hays
PwC has announced an increase in new partner numbers for the third year in a row, promoting a record 61 equity partners, with more women, flexible workers and people based in the regions moving into senior positions
The week's latest appointments including new assistant editor at Accountancy magazine, former CEO at Deloitte becomes chairman of Radius, UHY promotes a director to partner, RSM announces new head of construction, Smith & Williamson hires non-executive director
As the EU Audit Regulation & Directive (ARD) is due to come into force, Sarah Perrin ACA gauges opinion about the impact on UK firms and how the audit market for listed entities will be forced to change
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