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Grant Thornton Partners vote to become shared enterprise firm
May 6th, 2015
Grant Thornton UK LLP has become the first major accountancy firm to launch an all employee consultation on a model for shared enterprise which will see all 4,500 of its people have a say and a stake in the ...
Mazars speeds up its development and strengthens its presence in Germany
May 4th, 2015
The firm Roever Broenner Susat joins Mazars’ International Integrated Partnership. As part of its global growth strategy, Mazars constantly strives to identify and integrate top talents from firms that share its values and demonstrate excellence and continued professionalism. ...
Accounting threshold shifts risk lasting damage to audit profession
April 29th, 2015
Earlier this month, on 6 April, a new EC directive quietly slipped into force. The less than snappily titled Companies, Partnership and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2015 – the UK’s implementation of the EU Accounting Directive – passed onto the ...
IFAC Group: Better Public Sector Financial Reporting, Accountability. Now.
April 28th, 2015
Accountability. Now. Coalition Meets for First Time to Drive Campaign Forward Convened by the International Federation of Accountants® (IFAC®), the Accountability. Now. coalition, comprising civil society organizations, major international bodies, and the accountancy profession, met for the first time to ...
UHY Hacker Young appoints former KPMG Partner
April 24th, 2015
UHY Hacker Young has issued a press release to inform that: UHY’s London office has appointed Simon Barker, formerly a Partner at KPMG, as a Partner in its Business Advisory Services team. Simon has over 20 years’ experience providing ...
BHP merger with Clough propels it into Top 50
April 17th, 2015
Barber Harrison & Platt (BHP), Yorkshire’s largest independent firm of chartered accountants, has merged with Cleckheaton-based Clough & Company. The deal creates a regional practice with six offices, over 270 people and revenues approaching £18m, place it firmly within ...
ICAS and CIPFA launch landmark integrated qualification in audit
April 16th, 2015
ICAS and The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) have announced that they intend to work together to produce a ground-breaking new joint qualification in both public and corporate sector audit. The qualification will combine the unrivalled ...
Chantrey VellaCott & Moore Stephens to merge
April 10th, 2015
Together they have be providing accountancy services for over 330 years – now Chantrey VellaCott and Moore Stephenswill have announced they will become one firm. The combined partnership will use the Moore Stephens name and brand. The combined partnership ...
ACCA-X: New online learning venture lunched by ACCA
April 8th, 2015
ACCA-X, edX and Epigeum collaborate to open-up access to the accountancy profession Details of a series of digital, high quality and open access courses are announced today by global accountancy body ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) with ...
ICAEW: No disciplinaries yet against tax avoidance advisers
March 30th, 2015
The ICAEW has yet to discipline any members for advising clients on aggressive tax avoidance schemes, despite setting a strong stance against such behaviour three years ago, the institute has confirmed toAccountancy Age. In 2012, the ICAEW announced members advising on ...
