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Deloitte cyber-attack: Is your firm safe?
September 27th, 2017
Cybersecurity is a pervasive issue in the digital age, and no organisation is completely risk-free. So how did this happen to Deloitte, and how can firms protect their data and prevent similar cyber-attacks? Big Four firm Deloitte suffered a ...
European Commission welcome digital taxation proposal
September 12th, 2017
The European Commission has today welcomed a joint proposal from the so-called Big Four member states – France, Germany, Italy and Spain – on the taxation of large digital companies. The Irish Government is, however, expected to express caution ...
Deloitte acquires creative agency Acne
August 18th, 2017
Deloitte has acquired Swedish-headquartered creative agency Acne, becoming part of the Big Four firm’s Deloitte Digital division Founded in 1996, Acne provides creative, strategic, digital, film and photography services for clients, particularly in the lifestyle and luxury retail sectors. ...
Australian FinTech Launches Australia’s Only Dedicated FinTech Jobs Platform
August 16th, 2017
The team behind the highly successful Australian FinTech website have soft-launched their FinTech employment marketplace platform, Australian FinTech Jobs. Founder and CEO, Cameron Dart, says AustralianFinTechJobs.com.au has been born on the back of the highly successful Australian FinTech website ...
Deloitte replaces KPMG as McLaren data partner
June 8th, 2017
UK specialist engineering group McLaren Applied Technology resolved a commercial tug-of-war with two Big Four accounting firms by switching its allegiance from KPMG to Deloitte. McLaren Applied Technology recently announced a new alliance with Deloitte. The partnership means the ...
Historic Banking Group replaces PwC with KPMG as external auditor
June 1st, 2017
Bank of Ireland Group ends 27-year PwC audit contract Bank of Ireland Group is to switch auditors at the end of the year naming KPMG as external auditor replacing incumbent PwC, which has held the audit for nearly three ...
PwC lose audit to KPMG of a multinational consumer goods company
May 8th, 2017
Reckitt Benckiser ends 20-year PwC audit contract FTSE 100 consumer health giant Reckitt Benckiser Group has announced plans to change auditor with the announcement that KPMG will replace PwC from 2018 Big Four rival KPMG will become auditor for ...
Accounting firms employ robots in their offices
April 20th, 2017
Robotic software sweeping large accounting firms and clients While it doesn’t shoot lasers or clean her Minneapolis office Roomba-style, her “bot” can do some of her digital data dirty work so she doesn’t have to. “I don’t want to ...
PwC’s Takeover of ‘The World’s Best Tax Law Firm’
March 17th, 2017
In a move that illustrates how the professional services market is changing, about half of General Electric’s tax department — once described as as ‘the world’s best tax law firm’ — is moving to PwC in April. Under the deal, about ...
Legal sector at tipping point as technology concerns take hold
March 17th, 2017
The global legal industry is at a tipping point as firms struggle to keep up with advancements in technology that continue to disrupt the market, according to a new report published today by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO ...
