PwC UK has told candidates with offers to join its school and college leaver programme that their places are guaranteed even if they do not achieve the grades previously required
In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner appointments at Azets, Critchleys and Crowe, promotions at Hentons, new hires at Smith & Williamson and MHA Moore and Smalley, and tax head for Pinsent Masons in Madrid
HMRC has confirmed the information required for companies that have missed the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and still want to make claims until the scheme ends on 30 September 2021
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) have merged to create the Value Reporting Foundation
Deal activity in the UK accelerated at the start of the year as lockdown restrictions eased, with private equity and corporate acquisitions recording their strongest ever quarter of growth in Q1 2021
The level of inward investment in the UK has remained relatively strong during the pandemic with the country ranked second in Europe, finds EY research
Welsh accountancy firm, Bevan Buckland LLP, is planning to launch a new office between Bridgend and Cardiff as it continues to focus on ambitious and steady growth during the ongoing pandemic
The government has announced plans to merge three bodies into a new workers’ watchdog to take over responsibility for tackling modern slavery and enforcing the minimum wage, to protect the rights of UK workers
The number of company directors disqualified by the Insolvency Service fell by 24% in the last year, from 1,280 the year before to 972 in 2020/21, says UHY Hacker Young
A former accountant from Burton-on-Trent has been given five years of additional bankruptcy restrictions after transferring £145,000 in shares to avoid paying creditors
