Hybrid working is leading to a ‘culture crisis’ with four out of 10 auditors believing that the move is damaging company culture and affecting levels of collaboration

Deloitte is marking Volunteers’ Week with the conclusion of a month-long initiative, Futures Month, that saw its people volunteer over 3,000 hours - the equivalent to 19 months of pro bono work - as part of the firm’s 5 Million Futures social impact goal

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

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner promotions at Armstrong Watson, Azets, French Duncan and EY, and raft of hires and promotions at Gravitate, Thomas Westcott and Wylie & Bisset

The changing face of work with moves towards hybrid working means finance heads need to ensure their investment in technology and analytics tools are fit for purpose, says Andrew Foster, vice president consulting EMEA at AppZen

 The Accounts Commission warns that Scotland’s local authorities face a ‘clear risk’ to their financial sustainability without a radical shake-up of the way they are funded

Accountancy firm BK Plus, which was recently set up by two former directors of Baldwins, has made its first acquisition, signing a deal with Chapman Nash, a Warwickshire based accountancy firm

Azets, the UK's largest regional accountancy and business advisers to SMEs, has announced plans to recruit 213 graduates and school leavers as trainees, all of whom are due to start this August

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

EY will be moving to a hybrid working model in the UK, with the expectation that most of its people will normally spend at least two days a week working remotely with the remainder of their time spent working together in person at a client site or EY office