Global investment banking firm Lehman Brothers has appointed former Ernst & Young audit partner Kevin Hayes as its chief financial officer for Europe ...
View articleMedia group SMG is in discussions with Deloitte & Touche which could result in the Big Five firm advising the company on finances and cost-cutting mea...
View articleOnly 23% of millionaires turn to their accountants for investment tips preferring the services of newspapers to those of financial advisers. Read More...
View articleA shaky foundation We learn this week the new accountancy watchdog, the Foundation, will be fully operational by January. Wasn’t that January 20...
View articleHolborn firm Collyer-Bristow has boosted its insolvency practice with the appointment of partner Gilly Locke. She joins from the Rosling Partnership, ...
View article'The market cannot value what it cannot see' is the message Big Five firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has put out to directors in a bid to encourage more t...
View articleBig Five firm Ernst & Young says it sponsorship of next year's MatissePicasso exhibition at the Modern Tate will be used a 'business tool' to host cli...
View articleEver since the bulk of the Big Five began moves to divest themselves of their consulting arms, accounting firms have run the risk of seeing themselves...
View articleDeloitte Touche Tohmatsu joined the growing chorus of firms to announce a substantial slowdown in revenue growth, reporting an almost 4% drop for the ...
View articleKPMG is to spend £16m a year in a bid to reinvent itself once it has hived off its management consultancy practice. Read More...
View articleAccountants are dealing with an increasing number of requests to provide information about their clients. Read More...
View articleA row over whether the new accountancy watchdog should be allowed to undertake tasks such as 'ethnic monitoring' is helping delay its launch until ear...
View articleGordon Brown has launched a search for a Big Five partner to take on the job of leading the war against terrorist finance in the UK. Read More...
View articleBig Five firm Ernst & Young has axed thirteen partners as part of its continuing move to reduce its head count. Read More...
View articleFears over spiralling internet access costs and the erosion of privacy have been reignited following the latest governmental moves on data traffic. Re...
View articleDeloitte & Touche has been fined #30,000 and severely reprimanded by the ICAEW over failures in its audit procedures after signing off unqualified...
View articleConsultants from KPMG made so many mistakes during the introduction of a computerised accounting system at Cambridge University, academics should R...
View articleMorgan Brown & Spofforth, the firm leading the accountancy consolidator Jobtel, is set to float before Christmas in a move which would ease marke...
View articleHundreds of senior managers at Ernst & Young were left ‘furious’ this week following the Big Five firm’s decision to cancel thi...
View articleThe worldwide economic slowdown has wiped out signs of recovery in Europe’s beleaguered internet sector, with up to 30% of dotcoms facing consol...
View articleI write in response to Dennis Howlett’s article (To buy or not to buy…, page 23, 18 October). Downturn, bleak outlook and recession –...
View articleFinance directors reaffirm the importance of finance directors (Why FDs become vital in troubled times, page 1, 1 November). Whatever next on the fron...
View articleWhen Simon Ashton's four-year-old son Jack was diagnosed with leukaemia the chartered accountant from Kent decided to make a difference. Inspired by t...
View articleExcellent presentation and clear explanation helped secure this prestigious award for William Lane Read More...
View articleThis gifted young accountant has built an impressive reputation for himself at HLB Kidsons Read More...
View articleA consistent record of excellent exam results helped Rachel Smee achieve CIMA's new accountant accolade Read More...
View articleWith a big job to do at the Inland Revenue, Montagu has gone at it with determination, focus and gusto Read More...
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