PKF Cooper Parry gains probate licence
Consulting

PKF Cooper Parry gains probate licence

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

PKF Cooper Parry gains probate licence

PKF Cooper Parry becomes the latest firm to expand into legal services, with a probate licence Read More...

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BDO managing partner eschews Big Four consulting strategy
Accounting Firms

BDO managing partner eschews Big Four consulting strategy

11y Richard Crump , Writer

BDO managing partner eschews Big Four consulting s...

Simon Michaels tells Accountancy Age BDO will leave building 'large IT and consulting businesses" to Big Four Read More...

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How the Big Four have returned to consulting with a bang
Accounting Firms

How the Big Four have returned to consulting with a bang

11y Liz Loxton

How the Big Four have returned to consulting with ...

The Big Four have rebuilt their consultancy arms. But what cost to their traditional accounting practices? Asks Liz Loxton Read More...

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Watchdog urges advisers to help clients with competition law
Accounting Standards

Watchdog urges advisers to help clients with competition law

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Watchdog urges advisers to help clients with compe...

Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provides advice to help accountants warn clients of competition rules Read More...

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Mazars acquires compliance adviser CompetitionRx
Accounting Firms

Mazars acquires compliance adviser CompetitionRx

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Mazars acquires compliance adviser CompetitionRx

Trustee and compliance advisory business Competition Rx snapped up by Mazars Read More...

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Big Four owe public interest not to ditch audit, says KPMG chair
Audit

Big Four owe public interest not to ditch audit, says KPMG chair

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Big Four owe public interest not to ditch audit, s...

Simon Collins reiterates KPMG's commitment to audit market despite business lines being overtaken by consultancy Read More...

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Haines Watts steps in as Clear Leisure CFO leaves
Accounting Firms

Haines Watts steps in as Clear Leisure CFO leaves

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Haines Watts steps in as Clear Leisure CFO leaves

Haines Watts to run the finances of AIM-listed leisure business, as its part-time CFO leaves to focus on other work Read More...

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EY snaps up Silicon Roundabout firm in latest advisory push
Accounting Firms

EY snaps up Silicon Roundabout firm in latest advisory push

11y Richard Crump , Writer

EY snaps up Silicon Roundabout firm in latest advi...

EY acquires digital design consultancy Seren as firm continues to expand beyond traditional accounting services Read More...

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Top 50+50: Two-speed approach to auto enrolment by practices
Accounting Firms

Top 50+50: Two-speed approach to auto enrolment by practices

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Top 50+50: Two-speed approach to auto enrolment by...

Many smaller practices have ramped up to deal with auto enrolment for clients, while others are taking a more tentative approach, Accountancy Age rese...

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KPMG acquires consultancy High Point Rendel
Accounting Firms

KPMG acquires consultancy High Point Rendel

11y Beth Abel

KPMG acquires consultancy High Point Rendel

KPMG continues to build its advisory expertise with sector-focused consultancy acquisition Read More...

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Opinion: Consulting M&A deals among the Big Four could get big
Consulting

Opinion: Consulting M&A deals among the Big Four could get big

11y Accountancy Age

Opinion: Consulting M&A deals among the Big Fo...

Drivers behind the Big Four's deal rush, and the real challenge now is the above radar deals, reveals Margaret Cameron-Waller, M&A lead from Sourc...

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Best Practice: Bishop Fleming's Matthew Lee
Accounting Firms

Best Practice: Bishop Fleming's Matthew Lee

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Best Practice: Bishop Fleming's Matthew Lee

As the firm prepares to mark its centenary in 2019, Lee is on the cusp of celebrating his own major company milestone - amassing a solid quarter centu...

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Baker Tilly broadens consulting offering
Accounting Firms

Baker Tilly broadens consulting offering

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Baker Tilly broadens consulting offering

Baker Tilly acquires Outperform UK to broaden its offering in portfolio management support Read More...

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BDO wants clients closer as new cloud service launched
Accounting Firms

BDO wants clients closer as new cloud service launched

11y Beth Abel

BDO wants clients closer as new cloud service laun...

BDO launches InTouch, a new mid-market online service for closer client collaboration Read More...

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Big Four boon as UK consulting fee income rises
Consulting

Big Four boon as UK consulting fee income rises

11y Beth Abel

Big Four boon as UK consulting fee income rises

Strong performance from the UK consulting industry, as the Big Four outshine the rest Read More...

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KPMG acquires transformation consultancy Boxwood
Accounting Firms

KPMG acquires transformation consultancy Boxwood

11y Beth Abel

KPMG acquires transformation consultancy Boxwood

KPMG brings in management consultancy Boxwood a month after acquiring consultancy Nunwood Read More...

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EY consulting drive continues with Integrc acquisition
Accounting Firms

EY consulting drive continues with Integrc acquisition

11y Richard Crump , Writer

EY consulting drive continues with Integrc acquisi...

EY boosts governance, risk and compliance consulting services with Integrc acquisition Read More...

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The Practitioner: Auto enrolment skills gap looks costly to fill
Consulting

The Practitioner: Auto enrolment skills gap looks costly to fill

11y The Practitioner

The Practitioner: Auto enrolment skills gap looks ...

With The Practitioner's staff seemingly ignorant of how to deal with auto enrolment, the problem is exacerbated by a void in training to get up to spe...

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Opinion: A digital, better value, government must utilise consultants
Consulting

Opinion: A digital, better value, government must utilise consultants

11y Alan Leaman

Opinion: A digital, better value, government must ...

A more efficient government will need external advice to drive through change, says MCA chief executive Alan Leaman Read More...

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Shrinking audit and KPMG SME offering means practice revolution
Accounting Firms

Shrinking audit and KPMG SME offering means practice revolution

11y Gavin Hinks

Shrinking audit and KPMG SME offering means practi...

Audit is shrinking, and big firms are tying up with IT giants to provide analytical services. Smaller firms must step up and revolutionise their clien...

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The Practitioner: Auto-enrolment is a right pain in the pension
Accounting Firms

The Practitioner: Auto-enrolment is a right pain in the pension

11y The Practitioner

The Practitioner: Auto-enrolment is a right pain i...

Struggling to bill clients...outsourcer woes...auto enrolment is proving resource-intensive with little to show for it, The Practitioner bemoans Read ...

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Smaller practices flag up advisory as growth area
Accounting Firms

Smaller practices flag up advisory as growth area

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Smaller practices flag up advisory as growth area

Business advisory and tax services flagged up as top areas for growth among smaller practices, according to IFAC's survey Read More...

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EY aims to treble strategy consulting practice by 2020
Accounting Firms

EY aims to treble strategy consulting practice by 2020

12y Richard Crump , Writer

EY aims to treble strategy consulting practice by ...

EY plans to grow strategy consulting practice to over 2,500 professionals by 2020, and appoints a new global leader for the business Read More...

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Consulting division boosts Deloitte’s annual revenues
Accounting Firms

Consulting division boosts Deloitte’s annual revenues

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Consulting division boosts Deloitte’s annual reven...

Deloitte reports fifth consecutive year of international growth as revenues hit $34.2bn Read More...

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KATO Consulting and Foulger Underwood announce merger
Consulting

KATO Consulting and Foulger Underwood announce merger

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

KATO Consulting and Foulger Underwood announce mer...

Pracitce marriage brokers get married, and become FOULGER UNDERWOODKATO Read More...

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PwC fined $25m over consulting work for Japanese bank
Accounting Firms

PwC fined $25m over consulting work for Japanese bank

12y Richard Crump , Writer

PwC fined $25m over consulting work for Japanese b...

PwC’s US arm fined and banned from some consulting work over misconduct during work at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Read More...

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BDO boosts consulting team with MorganFranklin UK acquisition
Consulting

BDO boosts consulting team with MorganFranklin UK acquisition

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

BDO boosts consulting team with MorganFranklin UK ...

BDO's financial management and technology consulting division boosted by eight-strong team joining Read More...

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