Independent Midlands firm Dains Accountants has acquired an accountancy practice in Birmingham in a move designed to strengthen its offer for business owners in the region

The number of housebuilders going bust has reached a record high due to Brexit pressures and the fall in the pound

UK businesses are waiting longer to get paid in 2019, with late payments doubling from 12 days in 2018 to 23 days currently, according to research from MarketFinance

Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson is to pay more than $1bn (£760m) to settle bribery charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and is required to appoint an independent compliance monitor

Clintons, the greeting cards retailer, has been sold out of administration in a pre-pack deal to original owner Esquire Retail, safeguarding 2,500 jobs 

If and when the UK leaves the EU, there will be a number of significant changes to accounting rules and company law. Sophie Brookes, partner at Gateley plc, examines the latest BEIS guidance for accountants

Standard Life Aberdeen’s advice firm, known as 1825, has completed its acquisition of Grant Thornton's £1.7bn wealth advisory business, which was first announced in July

Big Four firm EY has expanded its consulting arm with the acquisition for an undisclosed sum of AgilityWorks, a technology consultancy business with offices in the UK, Portugal and India 

Croner-i has an exciting opportunity for two audit & accounting technical writers to join a lively team based in our Blackfriars London office

Some of the UK’s largest companies, including Royal Mail, JD Sports and Hargreaves Lansdown, have been told to improve workers’ pay rates in a letter signed by 21 asset managers, pension funds, stewardship service providers, and charitable investors

Alstom Network UK Ltd is to pay a total of £16.4m over corruption charges relating to a contract to supply trams in Tunisia, comprising £15m in fines and £1.4m in costs, following an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)

UK small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have seen debt due to late payments almost double in the past year

Businesses are being urged to do more to protect themselves from fraud, after Action Fraud figures show reported losses reached £682m last year

The majority of CFOs in the FTSE 100 are men, with only 14 of the top finance jobs held by women 

PwC has failed in a High Court bid to ward off a pending multimillion euro negligence claim against the Big Four firm