If you’ve spent the last three years enjoying the distinct luxury of sitting your Advanced Audit and Assurance paper in your dressing gown, we have some sobering news: the party is officially over.

As the Financial Reporting Council launches an aggressive expansion of its regulatory sandbox programmes, the burden of rigid audit compliance is beginning to crack. For managing partners and the next ...

Each year, we collate information on the top 100 firms, putting a spotlight on those shaping and defining UK accountancy. The table is based on voluntary submission of data and ranked by firms’ total ...

QuickBooks’ latest agentic AI updates mark a fundamental shift in cloud accounting, setting a new benchmark for data accuracy and automation across UK firms. Fresh from Intuit Connect 2025, Aaron ...

A global study reveals finance and accounting has the widest freelance gender pay gap at 26.1%. What does this means for UK ...

UK accountancy group Sumer has appointed Nick Taylor as Chief Financial Officer following the retirement of co-founder and former CFO Nigel Carr. Nick Taylor, Sumer, Chief Financial Officer Taylor, ...

Discover how accounting firms are re-engineering the partner track. Explore how PE capital and talent shortages are compressing timelines.

The accountancy industry is in the midst of a shake-up, one that’s calling firm leaders to hit reset on how they plan, operate, and grow. And those in the know are already moving. After years of ...

Private equity giant Exponent has paused the high-profile auction of Xeinadin after bids failed to meet a £1bn+ valuation. With integration concerns surfacing and mid-tier peers like Saffery and Sumer ...

PwC US is set to reverse its controversial decision to split its tax practice, a decision that had previously redefined its operational model. Under the guidance of incoming senior partner Paul Griggs ...

The Vistry probe signals a shift in regulatory focus from the boardroom to the site office. We break down the £165m forecasting failure and provide a 5-pillar checklist to help your team spot ...

HMRC is sharpening its scalpel. New data reveals a 23% surge in tax recovery per investigation, with small businesses and individuals now being hit for an average of £24,700. As compliance complexity ...