Over half of young black people say they have experienced racism when interacting with customers and clients at work according to new research

Seven HMRC officials and four from the Treasury have been named on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 

Two Toshiba board directors have stepped down over governance issues following an investigation into the shareholder directors vote last year 

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

Chris Horne has taken on the top job at Azets, the fast growing accountancy group, replacing CEO Dawn Marriott who will remain on the board

Rees Pollock has officially completed the transition to become the financial services team at tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg, and the Rees Pollock name will now longer be used 

 Sarah Beale has been appointed as the new chief executive at the Association of Accounting Technicians (ATT) and will take up her new role on 1 November 2021

Mazars, the top 10 accountancy firm, has reported a 3% increase in fee income as revenues break the £200m mark for the first time for year end 2020

PwC, Deloitte, EY, KPMG, Grant Thornton, RSM and Mazars have all pledged to put disability inclusion on their board agenda as part of The Valuable 500

More than half of FTSE 100 CEOs have had their salaries frozen this year while a reduction in bonuses for 2020 has seen average total single figure pay drop from around £4.3m to £3.5m, according to PwC analysis of the first 50 FTSE 100 companies to publish their 2021 annual remuneration reports

Mid-tier accountancy firm BDO has confirmed that staff will be able to choose where they work once life returns to normal after the pandemic with a choice of home or office working, backed up with significant investment in reshaping office space

The former directors of Baldwins Accountancy Group, who quit the regional accounting firm more than a year ago, have now set up a new practice trading as BK Plus