Business | Companies House doubles filing fee for incorporation

The cost of incorporating a business on Companies House is set to double from next year as digital filing fee shoots up from 1 February

31 Oct 2025

Business

Companies

Accountancy Firms

Restructuring & Insolvency

Finance

Financial Reporting

Corporate Governance

Business | Register for webinar on exit planning

Sign up for webinar on exit planning, valuations and balance sheet integrity for accountants and finance professionals on 4 November

30 Oct 2025

Business

Companies

Accountancy Firms

HR

Work

Leadership & Management

Business | EY partner pay increases to £787k

EY reports fee income of £3.78bn as partner pay rises despite ‘challenging market’ and audit and tax revenue both up, balancing out losses in consultancy division

28 Oct 2025

Business

Accountancy Firms

Business | AAT names Lucy Cohen as youngest ever president

Leadership changes at the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) as Lucy Cohen, co-founder of accountancy firm Mazuma, appointed president, making her the youngest ever to hold this role, and Craig Dyer becomes vice president

27 Oct 2025

Business

Accountancy Firms

Private Equity

Careers

Leadership & Management

Business | Partnership NICs will deal damaging blow to accountants

The LLP model for accountancy firms is under threat from latest talk of a wholly new concept of Partnership NICs, and brings more than just higher tax bills, warns Ivor Gwilliams, legal director at Fox & Partners

27 Oct 2025

Business

Accountancy Firms

Tax

Personal Tax

Politics

Business | RSM partners vote for US-UK transatlantic partnership

Partners at RSM in the US and UK vote overwhelmingly in favour of plan to create a ‘transatlantic partnership’ with new LLP structure and leadership board with collective decision making powers over strategy and investment

24 Oct 2025

Business

Companies

Accountancy Firms

Business | Ashgates rebrands to DJH after record £6m year

Ashgates has rebranded as DJH Derby after merging with private equity backed accountancy group DJH Group last year

24 Oct 2025

Business

Accountancy Firms

Private Equity

Business | ICAEW to cut up to 150 jobs in restructure

The largest accountancy institute in the country is cutting costs with nearly 147 staff put at risk of redundancy by ICAEW, with letters sent to 17% of employees

23 Oct 2025

Business

Companies

Accountancy Firms

Business | Mazars wins XTX discrimination case over Russian owner

Court rejects direct discrimination claim by XTX Markets that mid-tier accountancy firm Mazars refused to handle the company’s payroll business as the owner was Russian

22 Oct 2025

Business

Companies

Accountancy Firms

Business | Plan to charge LLPs employer NICs at 15%

As Budget rumours swirl, partners in limited liability partnerships could face a tax rise with the Treasury looking to raise £2bn by making LLPs pay employer national insurance

22 Oct 2025

Business

Accountancy Firms

Tax

Business Tax

Personal Tax

Politics

Business | Inflation sticks at stubborn 3.8%

Latest inflation figure comes in at 3.8%, unchanged on last month but below 4% expectations from economists, but is a warning signal for chancellor

22 Oct 2025

Business

Companies

Accountancy Firms

Business | S&W snaps up Cork-based MC2 Accountants

Private equity backed S&W continues Irish expansion with agreement to acquire Cork-based MC2 Accountants

22 Oct 2025

Business

Accountancy Firms

Private Equity

Business | ICAEW CPD deadline looms - ready for monitoring with teeth?

With the latest CPD year set to close shortly, accountants need to make sure their points are up to date as ICAEW starts to take a much tougher view on non-compliance, explains Ollie Garrod ACA

22 Oct 2025

Business

Companies

Accountancy Firms

HR

Work

Training & CPD

Business | Half of accountants consider private equity route

Mid-tier firms need to pay attention as private equity investors target low hanging fruit, selling the opportunity to scale fast but finding the right partner is crucial, explains Simon Read, managing director of Accountants for Sale

20 Oct 2025

Business

Accountancy Firms

Private Equity

Business | End of the rainmaker: every partner needs to win clients

The days of senior partners riding on earlier success don’t really cut it these days, Heather Townsend, founder of The Accountants’ Growth Club, so what does it take to get every fee-earning partner at the firm winning new business 

17 Oct 2025

Business

Accountancy Firms

Private Equity

HR

Work

Leadership & Management