Surplus of £5bn could be allocated to UK Lehman creditors: PwC
PwC UK, administrators of collapsed bank Lehman Brothers UK operations, have said £5bn ($8.3bn) of surplus could be available for distribution to creditors.PwC UK said: "£5bn of surplus cash could...
View ArticleEY UK to close Nottingham office
EY UK is to close its Nottingham office from 1 July 2014, with the vast majority of staff expected to be relocated to its Birmingham office, which is about 50miles away from Nottingham.There are...
View ArticleAbacus Worldwide adds US firm
Abacus Worldwide has added US firm ZBS Group to its association.Based in New York, the two partner firm provides accounting, auditing, consulting and tax services for small publicly traded...
View ArticleGrant Thornton UK joins apprenticeship scheme
Grant Thornton UK has become one of the first companies to enrol young people on the Peter Jones Foundation's Level 5 Apprenticeship scheme, following its launch on 4 March.Peter Jones is a British...
View ArticleBKR adds Chinese firm
BKR International has added Chinese firm Chengdu Zhongda into its association.The firm, based in Chengdu, is the 20th largest firm in Sichuan Province.It offers audit, asset appraisal and tax services,...
View ArticleReport finds numbers of women in senior roles stagnate
The percentage of senior roles filled by women in 2014 remained flat, 24%, the same as in 2013, 2009 and 2007 and only 5% up from a decade ago, a survey by Grant Thornton International revealed.The...
View ArticlePwC UK reinforces data analytics services
PwC UK has appointed Nick Bouch and David Choi partners to the firm's financial services risk and regulation team, in a bid to reinforce its data analytics services.Bouch is a former leader of...
View ArticleBDO UK appoints head of audit
Scott Knight has been appointed to the head of audit and assurance for BDO UK, effective 1 April 2014.Knight has been at the firm since 1993, and has previously let BDO's audit offerings to listed...
View ArticleGrant Thornton UK appoints head of advisory
Grant Thornton UK has appointed Mark Byers as UK head of advisory and Sacha Romanovitch as head of London advisory.Byers has previously led a number of regulatory assignments for the European...
View ArticleGGI adds Singaporean firm
Singaporean firm Robert Yam & Co has joined association Geneva Group International (GGI).The firm describes its core business as auditing and assurance, and accounting and tax services, but it also...
View ArticleDeloitte signs VAR agreement with SAP
Deloitte has signed a global value-added reseller (VAR) agreement with SAP, a German based enterprise software and software-related services provider.The agreement makes Deloitte member firms SAP...
View ArticleCareer break most common barrier for progression: IAB survey
More than a half, 56%, of surveyed male accountants believe women in the profession can be just as successful as their male counterparts after a career break, while only 39% of women respondents agreed...
View ArticleKey Will group adds Albanian firm
Key Will Group has added Albanian firm Opera Auditors to its association. The firm was founded in 2005, and operates out of an office in the capital city, Tirana.It offers tax, business consulting,...
View ArticleHLB expands to Scotland
HLB International has added a Scottish firm called French Duncan to its network.The firm has 20 partners and almost 200 staff, who operate out of offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Hamilton,...
View ArticleGrant Thornton and BDO merge on the Isle of Man
Grant Thornton and BDO firms on the Isle of Man have agreed to merge.The merged firm will retain the Grant Thornton name, and employ 30 people.As part of the merger former BDO employees will be...
View ArticleKPMG appoints chair of Americas region
KPMG Canada chief executive officer Bill Thomas has been appointed chair of KPMG's Americas region.He will continue on in his role as chief executive officer of KPMG Canada, a position he has held...
View ArticleNusbaum appointed for second terms as global CEO
Ed Nusbaum has been appointed for a second term as global chief executive officer of Grant Thornton International, following a unanimous vote by the network's board of directors.Nusbaum was first...
View ArticleAGN International adds Colombian firm
AGN International has added Colombian firm Granauditorías to its association.The firm is headquartered in the North West city of Medellin and has two partners managing 10 staff.The firm specialises in...
View ArticleUS CEOs and CFOs predict M&A increase in 2014: KPMG
Nearly three quarters of US chief executive officers and chief financial officers said their company will make an acquisition in 2014, according to a KPMG US survey on M&A.The findings signal an...
View ArticlePraxity adds Saudi firm
Praxity has added Saudi Arabia-based firm AlKharashi & Co. to its association.AlKharashi & Co. has four partners and 60 staff providing audit, accounting, tax and management consulting...
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