Private equity backed Dains has snapped up Top 50 accountancy firm Barnes Roffe in its largest acquisition to date, pushing revenue towards £100m and targeting southeast
Alison Ring, ICAEW director of public sector and taxation, looks at the tough choices facing the Chancellor and why HMRC needs more than temporary funding bursts
Simon Massey, managing partner at Menzies talks to Sara White about M&A plans, importance of independence, recruitment pressures and the problem with HMRC
With the rollout of authorised corporate service provider (ACSP) rules and identity verification for directors at Companies House, accountants could find themselves becoming corporate gatekeepers, explains Tim Pinkney, director of professional standards at the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)
The fifth largest firm in the UK has announced it has entered a 10-year lease for an 8,176sq ft office in the heart of Edinburgh as it is ‘firmly committed to the Scottish market’
Palma Percze, solicitor at Myerson Solicitors, explains how employee ownership trusts work from raising funds and leveraging company profits to the tax benefits