There is a gap between organisations’ public commitment to creating diversity in the workplace and the experiences of the most recent generation of female workers, which means some risk missing out on the most skilled talent pool, according to research from PwC

Almost half of financial services organisations have been victims of economic crime, and the number of incidents and their financial value is increasing, according to research by PwC

The government is looking at the legality of introducing all-female shortlists for board level roles and is considering making it compulsory to have at least one woman on the shortlist in the selection process to improve the gender balance in top management

Internacionale, the high street women's fashion chain, is back in administration for the second time in eight months following a failed prepack

Tool rental company Speedy Hire has announced the results of an independent investigation by Deloitte and Addleshaw Goddard into accounting irregularities in its international division, which have cost the company £4.8m

Standard and Poor (S&P), the ratings agency, has issued a report on the financial stability and credit worthiness of Scotland post-indendence, which says the country faces ‘significant, but not unsurpassable’ challenges if it decides to go it alone, and claims ‘there is no fundamental reason why Scotland could not successfully float a currency’.

Large companies and industry regulators are becoming increasingly concerned about a range of potential risks to the financial services sector if Scotland becomes independent following the referendum later this year, particularly since the Chancellor has confirmed there would be no currency union with a separate Scotland. 

Two senior Grant Thornton employees have been ordered to disclose documents relating to Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz which the property entrepreneurs claim were used by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to launch an investigation into their business affairs in 2011

Levels of economic crime in UK organisations are down, but thefts by members of staff continue to rise, according to PwC