Mike Suffield is leaving his role as acting executive director of audit and actuarial regulation at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to join ACCA as its director of professional insights in August 2019, after it was announced last week that the FRC would be disbanded to make way for a new audit regulator

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published a leaflet for SMEs, outlining changes that may affect the business when the UK leaves the EU, with advice on actions to take and sources of support

Hong Kong has toppled the UK as the top international financial centre (IFC) for global corporate services, while the trend towards moving business to onshore and mid-shore jurisdictions continues to increase, according to research by Vistra

A probe by PwC into accounting irregularities at South African retail giant Steinhoff International, which owns Poundland in the UK, has uncovered some €6.6bn (£5.6bn) of errors over an eight-year period

Leon Steenkamp provides practical guidance on how tax insurance can be used to mitigate tax risks arising from group restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions

Outsourcing giant Interserve is expected to go into administration after the company’s shareholders voted against a rescue plan

The number of people in the UK earning more than £1m per year has dropped from 19,000 in 2015/16 to 16,000 in 2016/17, with the introduction of the EU bankers’ bonus cap playing a key role, according to UHY Hacker Young

The Investment Association (IA) and the Hampton-Alexander review have written to 69, or one in five, of the FTSE 350 companies, challenging them about the lack of gender diversity on their boards, with suggestions their approach is ‘tokenistic’

Despite the importance of the digital economy and the move to online services such as Making Tax Digital, the government does not have a sufficiently clear strategy for ensuring cyber security and may not have allocated sufficient funds to its five-year action programme, the National Audit Office (NAO) is warning

The Big Four audit firms have strong identities and take brand seriously, but outside the top tier, accounting firms project a fairly autonomous image and do not differentiate themselves. David Shalam, creative director at Studio 2br provides five tips for building a brand that stands out

Just a week after news that the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to be disbanded, its financial reporting lab is seeking views on the reporting topics that it should select for its projects over the next few years

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) will be holding a Women in Finance networking event focusing on sponsorship and mentoring to disucss ways to increase the representation of women at the senior level of accounting firms

Outsourcing giant Capita, which a year ago signalled it needed to reorganise its finances after issuing a profits warning and a £680m rights issue, has now announced a return to profit as it completed its first year of a major overhaul of its operations

The European Parliament and member states have reached a provisional agreement on a set of rules that will guarantee a high level of protection for whistleblowers who report breaches of EU law in a range of areas, including anti-money laundering, fraud and corporate taxation

Leeds based accountancy and advisory firm Hentons is merging with London specialist music industry practice C C Panayi & Co, whose clients include four times Brits winner Emeli Sandé, as part of its national expansion plans