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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Accountancy Age Top 50+50 Survey 2015
Accounting Firms

Accountancy Age Top 50+50 Survey 2015

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Accountancy Age Top 50+50 Survey 2015

Accountancy Age is delighted to present the 2015 Top 50+50 Survey, supported by Wolters Kluwer Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Firms' audit cost woes + Corbyn's tax strategy
Audit

Friday Afternoon Live: Firms' audit cost woes + Corbyn's tax strategy

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Firms' audit cost woes + Co...

Smaller firms bemoan the costs associated with providing audit services, and Jeremy Corbyn's tax strategy comes under scrutiny in the latest Friday Af...

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$10bn fee boost belies issues faced by international networks
Accounting Firms

$10bn fee boost belies issues faced by international networks

11y Philip Smith.

$10bn fee boost belies issues faced by internation...

Increasing regulation, member firm defections and a fragile global economy have failed to halt international growth, find Philip Smith Read More...

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Senior EY insolvency partner severely reprimanded over ethics breach
Business Recovery

Senior EY insolvency partner severely reprimanded over ethics breach

11y Beth Abel

Senior EY insolvency partner severely reprimanded ...

Margaret Mills, an EY insolvency practitioner with global responsibilities, admits to ICAEW ethics breaches relating to conflicts and record-keeping R...

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Accounting threshold shifts risk lasting damage to audit profession
Accounting Firms

Accounting threshold shifts risk lasting damage to audit profession

11y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Accounting threshold shifts risk lasting damage to...

While regulations surrounding audit "have become more onerous", the number of companies requiring one is less Read More...

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SRA decides to cease regulation of insolvency profession
Business Recovery

SRA decides to cease regulation of insolvency profession

11y Richard Crump , Writer

SRA decides to cease regulation of insolvency prof...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority decides to cease regulating solicitors who act as insolvency practitioners Read More...

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ICAEW urges firms to modernise in Tomorrow’s Practice initiative
Accounting Software

ICAEW urges firms to modernise in Tomorrow’s Practice initiative

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

ICAEW urges firms to modernise in Tomorrow’s Pract...

Institute to encourage firms to innovate and exploit new technologies in modernisation drive Read More...

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Opinion: Insolvency fee plan will help provide transparency and show value
Business Recovery

Opinion: Insolvency fee plan will help provide transparency and show value

11y Accountancy Age

Opinion: Insolvency fee plan will help provide tra...

Business minister Jo Swinson says a more structured, controlled, fee plan for the insolvency profession will provide transparency for creditors, and a...

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Government must address insolvency and employment law conflicts
Business Recovery

Government must address insolvency and employment law conflicts

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Government must address insolvency and employment ...

When a BIS commons select committee meets to discuss insolvency regulation, it could do much worse than to take a long, hard look at conflicts between...

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Proposals could see Bank of England fine firms for breaches
Audit

Proposals could see Bank of England fine firms for breaches

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Proposals could see Bank of England fine firms for...

Auditors will have to submit annual reports to central bank's Prudential Regulation Authority under proposals Read More...

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MoJ backs down over scrapping insolvency litigation exemption
Business Recovery

MoJ backs down over scrapping insolvency litigation exemption

11y Richard Crump , Writer

MoJ backs down over scrapping insolvency litigatio...

Government in climb down over controversial plans to scrap insolvency litigation exemption from no-win-no-fee legal reforms Read More...

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Analysis: PAC reignites tax 'code of conduct' debate
Administration

Analysis: PAC reignites tax 'code of conduct' debate

11y Andrew Goodall

Analysis: PAC reignites tax 'code of conduct' deba...

Andrew Goodall examines the Public Accounts Committee’s call for HMRC to introduce a new code of conduct for tax advisers Read More...

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EY goes multi-disciplinary as it gains legal services licence
Accounting Firms

EY goes multi-disciplinary as it gains legal services licence

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

EY goes multi-disciplinary as it gains legal servi...

EY aims for complex group service provision with legal licence Read More...

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US lawyers called in by PwC to investigate Phones 4U
Business Recovery

US lawyers called in by PwC to investigate Phones 4U

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

US lawyers called in by PwC to investigate Phones ...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan called in by Phones 4U administrators as part of the insolvency investigation Read More...

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SRA refines 'accountants report' exemption plans
Audit

SRA refines 'accountants report' exemption plans

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

SRA refines 'accountants report' exemption plans

Solicitors regulator reveals phased approach to creating exemptions for lawyers from the accountants report Read More...

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RSM's Dohrer to join audit standards body IAASB
Audit

RSM's Dohrer to join audit standards body IAASB

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

RSM's Dohrer to join audit standards body IAASB

Bob Dohrer to hold three-year term at the audit standards body Read More...

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Newsham excluded from ICAEW after Worthington Nicholls hearing
Audit

Newsham excluded from ICAEW after Worthington Nicholls hearing

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Newsham excluded from ICAEW after Worthington Nich...

Paul Newsham excluded from ICAEW membership following tribunal into his work on the audits of Worthington Nicholls Read More...

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Date set for Deloitte MG Rover appeal
Business Recovery

Date set for Deloitte MG Rover appeal

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Date set for Deloitte MG Rover appeal

Five day hearing outlined for Deloitte appeal against fines for its MG Rover work Read More...

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Firms worried about UK's ‘illogical’ audit interpretation
Audit

Firms worried about UK's ‘illogical’ audit interpretation

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Firms worried about UK's ‘illogical’ audit interpr...

Competition and Markets Authority's interpretation of EU audit rules could result in 'illogical' outcomes, accounting firms warn Read More...

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Taking Stock: No humble pie after anti-PwC newspaper ad
Accounting Firms

Taking Stock: No humble pie after anti-PwC newspaper ad

12y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: No humble pie after anti-PwC newspap...

PwC US and PwC Gibraltar namechecked in what TS can only describe as a 'cryptic' newspaper advert Read More...

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Kahn ‘steps down' from ICAEW's special industry group
Business Recovery

Kahn ‘steps down' from ICAEW's special industry group

12y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Kahn ‘steps down' from ICAEW's special industry gr...

Neville Kahn, of whom Vince Cable called on the ICAEW to investigate, quits the institute's special interest insolvency group Read More...

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Voluntary pre-pack reforms ‘unworkable’, say AA readers
Business Recovery

Voluntary pre-pack reforms ‘unworkable’, say AA readers

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Voluntary pre-pack reforms ‘unworkable’, say AA re...

Poll of Accountancy Age readers finds opposition to Teresa Graham's pre-pack reforms Read More...

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Cable calls for ICAEW probe into Comet administrators
Business Recovery

Cable calls for ICAEW probe into Comet administrators

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Cable calls for ICAEW probe into Comet administrat...

Business secretary Vince Cable refers senior Deloitte IPs for potential disciplinary action, over Comet administration concerns Read More...

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Top 40 Networks 2014: Brand awareness
Accounting Firms

Top 40 Networks 2014: Brand awareness

12y Jane Howard

Top 40 Networks 2014: Brand awareness

A big push on international referrals, branding issues and network swapping are a all a big part of practice life in 2014, writes Jane Howard Read Mor...

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Key pre-pack measures are unworkable
Business Regulation

Key pre-pack measures are unworkable

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Key pre-pack measures are unworkable

Teresa Graham’s pre-pack recommendations are in the right spirit but are unworkable, insolvency practitioners tell Accountancy Age Read More...

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IASB forms working group ahead of IFRS loss model launch
Accounting Standards

IASB forms working group ahead of IFRS loss model launch

12y Naomi Rainey

IASB forms working group ahead of IFRS loss model ...

Group will focus on requirements for impairment of financial instruments under IFRS 9 Read More...

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