Accountancy Firms

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Business | Crowe expands with central Birmingham office

Crowe has opened a new office in central Birmingham, relocating advisory and consulting teams to Colmore Row site, marking a significant step in its regional growth strategy

20 Aug 2025

Business | Air fares and food prices push inflation to 3.8%

Inflation rose more than expected hitting 3.8% in July, up 0.2% in just one month, as soaring air fares over the summer holidays, contribute much of the increase

20 Aug 2025

Companies

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Business | AI Essentials: the shift in accounting and tax research

In our new AI Essentials series, Jude Fletcher, director of search at Croner-i, examines how AI is transforming research for accountants, finance professionals and tax advisers

20 Aug 2025

Business | Grant Thornton sets up employee benefit trust after PE deal

Grant Thornton has set up a ‘game-changing’ employee benefit trust (EBT) to reward staff by ringfencing equity following decision to take PE investment

20 Aug 2025

Leadership & Management

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Business | Simmons Gainsford acquires Riordan O’Sullivan

Sumer group accountancy firm Simmons Gainsford has expanded in the capital with acquisition of London-based Riordan O’Sullivan & Co

19 Aug 2025

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Business | Tips on R&D claims and defining qualifying expenditure

The cornerstone of any research and development (R&D) claim is nailing down qualifying expenditure, explains Richard Edwards, founder of The R&D Community

19 Aug 2025

Business | Azets completes £40m KPMG Sweden acquisition

Private equity backed Azets has signed off a major M&A, acquiring part of KPMG Sweden in first move into Nordic audit market, nearly doubling size of business

18 Aug 2025

Business | Surge in IT hires at accountancy firms

As AI makes inroads across the accountancy sector, firms are ramping up recruitment for IT experts with a 39% rise in vacancies for tech specialists

18 Aug 2025

Leadership & Management

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Business | People in the news: Peninsula, Cowgills, RSM

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at RSM, Moore Kingston Smith, Cowgills, Old Mill, Peninsula Group, Adnams, Wbg, FRP, Daymer, REC

15 Aug 2025

Leadership & Management

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Business | Trial date set for tax evasion case against Stockport accountants

The first ever case involving the corporate criminal offence of facilitating tax evasion has been brought against a Stockport accountancy firm by HMRC with trial date set for 2027

15 Aug 2025

Business | MHA revenue shoots to £212m as IPO pays off

AIM listed MHA is on track to bowl its way into the Top 10 accountancy firms after UK revenue topped £212m as CEO, Rakesh Shaunak, shares his confidence with Business & Accountancy Daily

14 Aug 2025

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Business | UK growth figures a mirage, warn experts

After consecutive falls in growth figures, June GDP bounced back by 0.4% meaning over the last three months the economy grew by 0.3% helped on with all three of the main sectors showing growth

14 Aug 2025

Companies

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Business | MHA completes £20m Baker Tilly Cyprus acquisition

AIM listed MHA has finalised the acquisition of Baker Tilly South-East Europe Holdings Limited, its first deal since the IPO earlier this year

12 Aug 2025

Companies