The mental health of accountants is not improving; excessive stress is the primary cause, new evidence suggests. The number of calls the Chartered Accountants’ Benevolent Association is getting from accountants who seem to be developing mental health problems, or consider Read more…
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Small businesses as well as major trading subsidiaries may be able to decide whether to have an audit or not under governmental plans, even though accountants have questioned the cost-savings associated with these plans. The Department of Business, Innovation and Read more…
A new Robert Walters survey has highlighted those accountants who got bonuses during 2011 witnessed an increase of more than ten per cent. A top accountancy recruiter Marks Sattin, says that companies want good employees, so if they know they Read more…
Even accountants cannot decipher energy bills nor energy tariffs according to new research from Which? Which? used an accountant to try and calculate how much should be paid for a bill. It has a long held assumption that energy companies Read more…
UK unemployment is at its highest in 17 years, at 2.57m, as the country’s excruciatingly slow recovery from recession impacts on the work force. With that as the backdrop, accountants are not hopeful about their job prospects . A new Read more…
Business confidence throughout the UK’s powerful financial services sector is feeling the strain of a troubled market and economic uncertainty. Pressure mounts on the Bank of England this week to restart measures to kick-start the fragile recovery. Optimism amongst banks, Read more…
Singapore attracts and produces many thousands of professionals. Singapore produces most of the accountants it needs. However, there is a current shortage in this country, so says an executive of a global accountancy body. Mr Darryl Wee, Singapore, who heads Read more…
An accountants firm has combined forces with a financial services company in a foray into the dental sector. Two York based firms have joined forces to launch an accountancy service for dentists . Financial services company Practice Financial Management Ltd Read more…
Accountancy giant KPMG has announced it will double its intake of school leavers next year, giving young finance students across the country an even greater opportunity to work for the ‘Big Four’ firm. The news comes as the first intake Read more…
PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world’s largest accountancy firms, has announced a 6 per cent hike in turnover to £2.46bn following an increase in large, private business clients. The ‘Big Four’ firm said it was pleased with the growth given the Read more…
