Top 50+50: Eight highlights from the 2025 ranking
50+50

Top 50+50: Eight highlights from the 2025 ranking

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Top 50+50: Eight highlights from the 2025 ranking

Key takeaways from the 2025 Accountancy Age 50+50 report. Analyse M&A shifts, tech spend distribution, AI regulation, and practice growth strategies. ...

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PSAA survey exposes fee friction and legacy backlogs in local audit recovery
Audit

PSAA survey exposes fee friction and legacy backlogs in local audit recover...

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PSAA survey exposes fee friction and legacy backlo...

PSAA's latest client survey reveals improved audit delivery across UK councils, but finance leaders face lingering backlogs and fee variation disputes...

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The real cost of unprepared MTD clients – Accountex Manchester 2026
Accountex

The real cost of unprepared MTD clients – Accountex Manchester 2026

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The real cost of unprepared MTD clients – Accounte...

Exclusive Bright survey data from Accountex Manchester reveals only 54% of mandated taxpayers filed in Q1 of MTD ITSA, with 70% still off cloud softwa...

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Pre-budget tax deficits, MTD backlash, and the 22-year retirement trap
ACCA

Pre-budget tax deficits, MTD backlash, and the 22-year retirement trap

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Pre-budget tax deficits, MTD backlash, and the 22-...

From £59bn tax shortfalls and MTD frustration to a 22-year retirement gap and white-hot practice M&A. Here is your midweek briefing on the forces shap...

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The tech innovation top 10: Tools reshaping UK practice in 2026
AI in Accounting

The tech innovation top 10: Tools reshaping UK practice in 2026

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The tech innovation top 10: Tools reshaping UK pra...

Practice leaders are shifting from blue-sky tech promises to real operational ROI. Explore the top 10 tech innovations reshaping UK accounting firms. ...

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MTD is an opportunity, not a chore
AI in Accounting

MTD is an opportunity, not a chore

1m Reshma Roy Suvish, Director of the Accountants Channel and Partnerships (UK and Europe) Zoho

MTD is an opportunity, not a chore

HMRC’s MTD ITSA rollout forces a shift to quarterly filing. Discover how UK accounting firms can eliminate the "shadow tax" and turn compliance into r...

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85% of firm leaders see future in automation, only 17% plan to transform
Accounting Firms

85% of firm leaders see future in automation, only 17% plan to transform

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85% of firm leaders see future in automation, only...

While 85% of accounting leaders expect AI to improve their firm's business model, fewer than two in ten are restructuring to capture the financial ups...

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How UK practice leaders can spot operational red flags before they hit the bottom line
Accounting Firms

How UK practice leaders can spot operational red flags before they hit the ...

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How UK practice leaders can spot operational red f...

Unmonitored WIP build-up and margin erosion are quietly draining profits across mid-tier UK practices. Here is how practice leaders can use real-time ...

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Beyond the fine: What EY and KPMG's FRC probes tell us
Big Four

Beyond the fine: What EY and KPMG's FRC probes tell us

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Beyond the fine: What EY and KPMG's FRC probes tel...

As the FRC’s £1.2m fine against EY over Made.com lands alongside a new probe into KPMG’s audits, the watchdog's enforcement strategy is shifting. Mark...

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How we pick the 35 under 35: Inside the 2026 judging process
35 under 35

How we pick the 35 under 35: Inside the 2026 judging process

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How we pick the 35 under 35: Inside the 2026 judgi...

With nominations officially closed for the 2026 35 Under 35 awards, the focus turns to how the next generation of financial leaders will be chosen. He...

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Why the FRC is targeting offshore audit work and what your firm must do
Audit

Why the FRC is targeting offshore audit work and what your firm must do

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Why the FRC is targeting offshore audit work and w...

As the FRC turns its lens on overseas delivery hubs, UK audit partners are being forced to prove they are actively managing risk not just offloading h...

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What Burnham's new government means for accountants and clients
Economy

What Burnham's new government means for accountants and clients

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What Burnham's new government means for accountant...

As Andy Burnham takes office as Prime Minister promising a major reset in economic policy, UK accounting practices face immediate advisory challenges....

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Rethinking the Practice Model for a New Generation of Accountants
AI in Accounting

Rethinking the Practice Model for a New Generation of Accountants

3m Accountancy Age

Rethinking the Practice Model for a New Generation...

The UK accounting sector is facing a critical talent bottleneck. Grace Hardy, CEO and founder of Hardy Accounting, discusses how shifting to apprentic...

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The week UK tax, governance and AI collided
Accounting Firms

The week UK tax, governance and AI collided

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The week UK tax, governance and AI collided

From L-Day's stablecoin and BIK reforms to Cooper Parry Wealth's Scottish footprint and BKL’s personal tax hires, we analyze the structural and regula...

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Accounting firms bet on talent and tech this July
Accounting Firms

Accounting firms bet on talent and tech this July

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Accounting firms bet on talent and tech this July

From senior lateral hires at Bishop Fleming to a major push to rewrite cash flow statements, we break down the key commercial updates shifting the UK ...

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Operational visibility is the foundation underneath every advisory conversation
Making Tax Digital

Operational visibility is the foundation underneath every advisory conversa...

3m Accountancy Age

Operational visibility is the foundation underneat...

Every UK firm planning the advisory shift starts with the client conversation. At our latest Leading Voice Broadcast, two practitioners argued the con...

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Why advisory will define the next era of accountancy
AI in Accounting

Why advisory will define the next era of accountancy

3m By Dr. Kamran Shaikh, Morgan Reach

Why advisory will define the next era of accountan...

As AI reduces the time spent on compliance, accountants are spending more time delivering the strategic insight and guidance businesses need to make b...

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New rules, award season and big firm moves
Accounting Firms

New rules, award season and big firm moves

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New rules, award season and big firm moves

From new FRC penalty rules taking effect to the latest Accounting Excellence shortlists and regional mergers, we look at the biggest news stories affe...

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Inside the Moore Kingston Smith strategy to modernise partner development
Leadership Development

Inside the Moore Kingston Smith strategy to modernise partner development

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Inside the Moore Kingston Smith strategy to modern...

The traditional accountancy partner model is broken. Moore Kingston Smith’s Chief Executive Development Officer, Sophie Lord, explains why firms must ...

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Are accountants finally ready to make the leap to digital workflows?
Making Tax Digital

Are accountants finally ready to make the leap to digital workflows?

4m Adobe Team

Are accountants finally ready to make the leap to ...

The push for digital working in the world of accounting has been going on for a while, a mix of what clients are looking for, tight deadlines with the...

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Why National AP Day is a wake-up call for UK practices
Accounting Firms

Why National AP Day is a wake-up call for UK practices

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Why National AP Day is a wake-up call for UK pract...

Following National Accounts Payable Day, UK accounting firms face a critical choice: continue absorbing the margin drain of manual data entry, or leve...

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One year on: Reflections and advice from the 35 under 35 class of 2025
35 under 35

One year on: Reflections and advice from the 35 under 35 class of 2025

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One year on: Reflections and advice from the 35 un...

Hear from the alumni from Accountancy Age’s 35 Under 35 on moving past traditional numbers to embrace strategic advisory, institutional trust, and tea...

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UK accountancy is splitting in two. Where does your firm stand?
50+50

UK accountancy is splitting in two. Where does your firm stand?

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UK accountancy is splitting in two. Where does you...

As massive private equity consolidators scale up and niche boutiques lock down premium advisory work, mid-tier firms face a critical two-pronged chall...

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Two global bodies just diagnosed UK accountancy's real problem. It isn't AI
AI in Accounting

Two global bodies just diagnosed UK accountancy's real problem. It isn't AI

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Two global bodies just diagnosed UK accountancy's ...

As global bodies map out a high-tech vision for 2040, high-street practices are fighting a generational war for talent today. The reality of 2026 dema...

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FRC launches AI sandbox and it could reshape the route to partnership
Accounting Firms

FRC launches AI sandbox and it could reshape the route to partnership

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FRC launches AI sandbox and it could reshape the r...

As the Financial Reporting Council launches an aggressive expansion of its regulatory sandbox programmes, the burden of rigid audit compliance is begi...

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Accounting records the worst freelance gender pay gap globally
Contracting

Accounting records the worst freelance gender pay gap globally

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Accounting records the worst freelance gender pay ...

Think going freelance is a clean escape from traditional firm inequality? New data reveals that freelance finance and accounting professionals face th...

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Wait 15 years for Partner? The next generation isn't interested
Leadership Development

Wait 15 years for Partner? The next generation isn't interested

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Wait 15 years for Partner? The next generation isn...

As private equity inflows and a structural talent squeeze disrupt traditional practice models, the legacy 15-year route to partnership has transformed...

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