Healey joins Quantuma Bristol team
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Healey joins Quantuma Bristol team

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Healey joins Quantuma Bristol team

Healey, who spent over 26 years at Grant Thornton and the last three at PJG Recovery, brings experience of employment rights to Quantuma Read More...

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Macpherson to leave Treasury after 10 years in Permanent Secretary role
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Macpherson to leave Treasury after 10 years in Permanent Secretary role

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Macpherson to leave Treasury after 10 years in Per...

Prior to becoming Permanent Secretary, Macpherson, was MD of the Budget and Public Finance Directorate Read More...

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Bishop Fleming acquires Whyatt Pakeman
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Bishop Fleming acquires Whyatt Pakeman

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Bishop Fleming acquires Whyatt Pakeman

Acquisition sees a partner and 13 staff move to Bishop Fleming's Bristol office in Queen Square Read More...

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Menzies embarks on new advisory-led drive
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Menzies embarks on new advisory-led drive

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Menzies embarks on new advisory-led drive

Drive includes a number of strategic hires such as a new director of outsourcing and a new private client head Read More...

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‘Personal' reasons cited for Sodexo CFO Herbert-Jones' early exit
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‘Personal' reasons cited for Sodexo CFO Herbert-Jones' early exit

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

‘Personal' reasons cited for Sodexo CFO Herbert-Jo...

Herbert-Jones informed the board and CEO Michel Landel several years ago that she would "pursue other projects as from 2016" Read More...

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Ex-KPMG techie joins Deloitte as financial services partner
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Ex-KPMG techie joins Deloitte as financial services partner

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Ex-KPMG techie joins Deloitte as financial service...

Lees will advise general insurance and retail bankers on how to better use new technology and digital strategies Read More...

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Accountants' soft skills gap costs them thousands of pounds
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Accountants' soft skills gap costs them thousands of pounds

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Accountants' soft skills gap costs them thousands ...

Accountants miss out on nearly £5,000 each, as lack of soft skills and comumnication training affects their careers Read More...

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ICAS chief urges accountants take 'personal responsibility' on ethics
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ICAS chief urges accountants take 'personal responsibility' on ethics

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

ICAS chief urges accountants take 'personal respon...

Anton Colella calls on ICAS members to mentor less experienced accountants, as the institute launches a major drive on ethics Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: KPMG and HBOS; Kids Company
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Friday Afternoon Live: KPMG and HBOS; Kids Company

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: KPMG and HBOS; Kids Company

Editor Kevin Reed discusses how KPMG is portrayed in the report into HBOS's failure; and advisers' role at Kids Company Read More...

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Scott-Moncrieff promotes Allison Gibson to partner
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Scott-Moncrieff promotes Allison Gibson to partner

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Scott-Moncrieff promotes Allison Gibson to partner

Commercial and charity audit specialist moves to partner role Read More...

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Management accountancy salaries rise at twice national average
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Management accountancy salaries rise at twice national average

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Management accountancy salaries rise at twice nati...

On top of base salaries, over half of CIMA students in the UK (58%) received a bonus in 2015 Read More...

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ACCA public sector head moves to new CIPFA role
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ACCA public sector head moves to new CIPFA role

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

ACCA public sector head moves to new CIPFA role

Gillian Fawcett takes up the reins of CIPFA's new, globally-focused, governments faculty Read More...

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PwC launches scheme to tempt professional women back into work
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PwC launches scheme to tempt professional women back into work

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

PwC launches scheme to tempt professional women ba...

The initiative is part of PwC's wider bid to improve diversity and ensure a pipeline of future women leaders Read More...

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Best Practice: Menzies' Julie Adams on mergers and the future
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Best Practice: Menzies' Julie Adams on mergers and the future

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Best Practice: Menzies' Julie Adams on mergers and...

Its recent successful merger with Top 50+50 firm Harris Lipmann, underpins Menzies' strategy to combine organic and acquisitive growth Read More...

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Starting salaries for accounting roles to rise 2.2%
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Starting salaries for accounting roles to rise 2.2%

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Starting salaries for accounting roles to rise 2.2...

Starting salaries for professional occupations will grow by an average of 3% over the next 12 months Read More...

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Deloitte seeks to end unconscious class bias with recruitment revamp
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Deloitte seeks to end unconscious class bias with recruitment revamp

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Deloitte seeks to end unconscious class bias with ...

A special algorithm will be used to consider contextual information as well as academic results Read More...

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Boards must use ethics to drive value, say accountants
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Boards must use ethics to drive value, say accountants

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Boards must use ethics to drive value, say account...

Moral courage needed in boardrooms to drive value, says Chartered Accountants Worldwide Read More...

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Deloitte global revenues up 7.6% to $35.2bn
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Deloitte global revenues up 7.6% to $35.2bn

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Deloitte global revenues up 7.6% to $35.2bn

The firm's most lucrative division was consulting, at $12.2bn globally Read More...

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Ex-PwC insurance chief take Prudential board role
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Ex-PwC insurance chief take Prudential board role

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Ex-PwC insurance chief take Prudential board role

David Law joins the Pru as a non-executive director Read More...

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Swan glides into CEO role at UK200Group
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Swan glides into CEO role at UK200Group

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Swan glides into CEO role at UK200Group

The role will see him implement the group's latest strategy and further develop markets and commercial relationships Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Wetherspoons' governance rant; FIFA; and British Accountancy Awards
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Friday Afternoon Live: Wetherspoons' governance rant; FIFA; and British Acc...

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Wetherspoons' governance ra...

Views on the profession's top headlines of the week from Accountancy Age editor Kevin Reed Read More...

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Rothschild head joins PwC corporate restructuring team
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Rothschild head joins PwC corporate restructuring team

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Rothschild head joins PwC corporate restructuring ...

Dick was most recently head of Rothschild's debt advisory and restructuring practice in South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand Read More...

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Revealed: The British Accountancy Awards 2015 shortlist
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Revealed: The British Accountancy Awards 2015 shortlist

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Revealed: The British Accountancy Awards 2015 shor...

Competitive and widely entered, the British Accountancy Awards reveals shortlists containing the breadth of top accounting firms and professionals Rea...

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EY hires Rawal as new financial services transaction partner
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EY hires Rawal as new financial services transaction partner

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

EY hires Rawal as new financial services transacti...

Rawal joins the Big Four firm from Alvarez & Marsal, where he was a partner in the European financial industry advisory services group Read More...

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Earnings manipulation key to accounting success
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Earnings manipulation key to accounting success

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Earnings manipulation key to accounting success

The most successful corporate accountants are those most willing to manage earnings, study finds Read More...

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Cox checks out at Morrisons as Richards takes up audit chair
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Cox checks out at Morrisons as Richards takes up audit chair

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Cox checks out at Morrisons as Richards takes up a...

Richards is currently senior independent director of Grainger, where she also chairs the audit and remuneration committees Read More...

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Fraudster Woodbridge banned from profession for 10 years
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Fraudster Woodbridge banned from profession for 10 years

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Fraudster Woodbridge banned from profession for 10...

Punishment meted out to former Torex accountant Mark Woodridge, following a disciplinary hearing led by FRC Read More...

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