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Which accounting practices are going to come out of the coronavirus crisis in a fit state to continue? It's a harsh question, but one that comes in context of great [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed What we learned from the PAC's Google tax meeting,; and internal wranglings at the ICAEW. Editor Richard Crump discusses Click here for our latest stories on Google [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Vast majority of accounting students willing to go fully online for their studies; only a third of training managers have booked an online course ONLY A THIRD [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Mary Blyth hired to manage the firm's cloud services A 'CLOUD SPECIALIST' has been recruited by Scottish firm French Duncan, as the practice looks to robustly manage [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Richard Crump promoted to editor, as Accountancy Age and Financial Director editorial team reorganised A NEW EDITOR has been appointed across Accountancy Age and Financial Director, as [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Accountancy Age presents our most popular stories among our audience in the last 12 months WELCOME to Accountancy Age's roundup of the most popular stories, features and [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Our wonderful cartoonist Higgins has taken a Colin-eyed view of 2015. It's basically all the best Colin cartoons on [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Institute considers plan to expands its legal services licensing beyond probate/ABSs AN EXPANSION of legal services that can be offered by ICAEW members is being looked into [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Taxpayers will be able to have a 'web chat' with HMRC from later in the month, as a more real-time tax system is set to be launched [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Restructuring expert and Bolton Wanderers owner Trevor Birch pushes for sale and fundraising as HMRC petitions for winding up order CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB Bolton Wanderers has confirmed that [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Haslers takes on seven staff into its Loughton office HASLERS has expanded in the Essex region, merging long-extablished R L Jackson & Co into its business. Loughton-based [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Payroll IT and processes need yet another update, as Scottish income tax rates will come into force from April 2016, warn advisers HAVE YOUR corporate clients set [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed PwC and KPMG pick up SEGRO and Balfour Beatty audits respectively, from incumbent Deloitte DELOITTE are two major audits down after a reshuffle by the listed businesses. [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Accountants miss out on nearly £5,000 each, as lack of soft skills and comumnication training affects their careers A LACK OF FOCUS on 'soft skills' is costing [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Anton Colella calls on ICAS members to mentor less experienced accountants, as the institute launches a major drive on ethics ACCOUNTANTS must take personal responsibility to stand [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Accountancy Age is delighted to reveal the winners of the British Accountancy Awards, after a stellar evening at The Brewery in London A packed house at the [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Spending Review and policy decisions mean tens of billions of pounds should be in the Treasury's coffers based on Osborne's plans - but there's little to excite [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Kreston Reeves makes statement of intent to grow, by taking 5,500sq ft space in Sandwich-based Discovery Park A FOURFOLD increase in the footprint of south-east firm Kreston [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Kreston Reeves makes statement of intent to grow, by taking 5,500sq ft space in Sandwich-based Discovery Park A FOURFOLD increase in the footprint of south-east firm Kreston [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed UK arm of Alma sees strong growth in 2015, with clients set to hit £100m in R&D tax claims since 2011 THE UK TAX TEAM of Alma [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed BKL boosts private client expertise, as it looks to build a comprehensive media sector offering NORTH LONDON firm BKL is set to bring Cambridge-based practice Ashcroft Anthony [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Gillian Fawcett takes up the reins of CIPFA's new, globally-focused, governments faculty THE ACCA'S head of public sector policy has defected to rival instititute CIPFA.Gillian Fawcett, who [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed CIMA's plan to launch a formal association with AICPA will not dilute the brand, insists chief Charles Tilley A NEW ASSOCIATION formally bringing together CIMA and US [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Baldwins moves into Worcester with its latest acquisition THE FIRST FORAY into Worcester has been made by Baldwins, with its latest acquisition. Two-director firm Sandison Rouse & [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed PKF Cooper Parry becomes the latest firm to expand into legal services, with a probate licence ANOTHER senior practice has expanded into once off-territory legal services. PKF [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Clapton Consultants launches, with a specialism in helping other accountants work better with IFAs to provide pensions and financial advice to clients A NEW accounting firm has [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Karen Baber joins the south-west firm to boost its offering A NEW MANAGER working on general practice services has been appointed at Milsted Langdon. Karen Baber (pictured), [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Top 20 firm merges Winchester practice, as it looks to leverage 'the cloud' TOP 20 firm Wilkins Kennedy has merged Winchester practice FBR into its operations.FBR, which [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed PwC regains its title as the world's biggest firm, after outgrowing Deloitte in 2014/15 THE 'biggest accounting firm in the world' title has been regained by PwC, [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Essex consolidation as Bird Luckin and Rickard Keen merge TWO of the most well-known Essex firms have joined forces. Rickard Keen, with offices in Southend and Basildon, [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Tax services around transactions proves lucrative for Big Four firm EY THE £2BN REVENUE BARRIER has been broken by EY. The Big Four firm has seen 8% [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Xero's UK subscriber numbers hit six figures THE 100,000 customer mark has been broken by cloud accounting services provider Xero. UK subscriber numbers have cleared the milestone [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Top ten firm sees margins improve, but investment back into Smith & Williamson will impact 2015/16 numbers SMITH & WILLIAMSON'S investment and accounting arms delivered strong growth [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Moral courage needed in boardrooms to drive value, says Chartered Accountants Worldwide 'MORAL COURAGE' is required within corporate boardrooms to drive value, a global group of accountants [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed David Law joins the Pru as a non-executive director FORMER PwC insurance head David Law has joined Prudential's board as a non-executive director. Law, who served as [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Top 20 firm licenced to go legal, as it looks to offer broader range of services to clients AN EXPANSION of legal services offered by Kingston Smith [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed A strong breadth of performance from EY sees its largest growth since the financial crisis STRONG PERFORMANCE across the breadth of its business has seen post its [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed The introduction of accelerated payments for disputed schemes brings in a mega haul for HMRC A BILLION POUNDS has been collected by the taxman in advance payments, [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Views on the profession's top headlines of the week from Accountancy Age editor Kevin Reed Click for more about the ; ; ; [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Creaseys and PKF Cooper Parry create a joint venture to push out wealth management advice KENT-BASED FIRM Creaseys is to leverage Cooper Parry's wealth management expertise and [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Increasing regulation is hindering businesses' ability to get on with the job at hand, according to an IFAC survey of accountants BUSINESSES across the globe are being [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Competitive and widely entered, the British Accountancy Awards reveals shortlists containing the breadth of top accounting firms and professionals Accountancy Age is delighted to reveal the British [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provides advice to help accountants warn clients of competition rules ACCOUNTANTS have been called upon to help their clients comply with competition [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Trustee and compliance advisory business Competition Rx snapped up by Mazars MAZARS has snapped up a trustee and compliance advisory business. The top ten firm has acquired [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed As Deloitte posts 6% growth for its 2014/15 fee income, it reveals pay gap data for the first time THE GENDER PAY GAP at Deloitte is 17.8%, [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Haines Watts to run the finances of AIM-listed leisure business, as its part-time CFO leaves to focus on other work A FINANCE DIRECTOR-SHAPED hole at Clear Leisure [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Growing US firm Prager Metis boosts its London office with specialist tax consutlancy merger US-FOUNDED firm Prager Metis has expanded its operations in London with a merger. [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Office of Tax Simplification seeks ten secondees to help its reports on income tax/NI and small business taxation ACCOUNTING and tax secondees have been sought to help [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed HMRC and police investigate suspected employees' PAYE payment thefts ARRESTS have been made following an investigation into the suspected theft of PAYE payments from a number of [...]

Byline: Kevin Reed Accountancy Age reveals the first tranche of judges to help deliver the British Accountancy Awards 2015 ACCOUNTANCY AGE is delighted to reveal the first tranche of judges [...]