Mid-tier firms are showing renewed vigour these days. The traditional Group A merger model may not have come off since Mazars joined with Neville Russ...
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View articleMicrosoft and the US department of justice have reached a proposed settlement in the historic antitrust case, which aims to stop the software giant's ...
View articleThe worsening US economy, combined with the 11 September terrorist attacks, caused revenue to fall by more than 10% over the last quarter, KPMG Consul...
View articleMorgan Brown & Spofforth, the firm leading the accountancy consolidator Jobtel, is set to float before Christmas in a move which would ease market fea...
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View articleThe long-running saga of Westminster City Council's 'homes for votes' scandal will be resurrected today in the House of Lords when the district audito...
View articlePKF today announced a growth in fee income of 4.6%, due mostly to a boost in the mid-tier firm's consultancy work in the public sector. Read More...
View articleCouncil members at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland have nominated Martin Gilbert, chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, as ...
View articleAndersen has become the first accountancy firm to appear in the top ten list of global law firms with its legal arm - Andersen Legal - tying for the n...
View articleBig Five firm Andersen is to slash up to 5% of its UK head count as the downturn in the UK economy begins to bite even deeper. Read More...
View articleConsultants from KPMG made so many mistakes during the introduction of a computerised accounting system at Cambridge University, academics should 'try...
View articleListed accountancy consolidator Numerica rejected an offer from BKR Haines Watts to be its core firm, before selecting Levy Gee earlier this year. Rea...
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View articleErnst & Young, administrator for the failed Railtrack, is set to face a grilling today from parliament's transport sub-committee over its role in the ...
View articleErnst & Young has been asked by Stephen Byers to carry out an independent value-for-money report on his plans to part-privatise the London Undergr...
View articleFormer Arthur Andersen chief Jim Wadia, who last year quit amid the firms painful split with its consulting arm, is set to re-emerge at law firm Linkl...
View articleA website set up by Big Five firm Ernst & Young, designed to educate children in financial matters, has had one of its web addresses taken over by a s...
View articleAccountancy consolidator Numerica today revealed that it rejected an offer from a top 20 accountancy firm 'bigger' than Levy Gee, which wanted to be t...
View articleMid-tier firms Baker Tilly and HLB Kidsons have held merger talks aimed at creating a firm with annual fee income of more than £150m. Read More...
View articleIn a bizarre twist to the Railtrack saga, Ernst & Young could face legal action for its involvement in the flotation of the collapsed rail company...
View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers is to axe around 9% of its consulting staff in the UK citing the economic slowdown as the cause. Read More...
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View articleAccountancy-based business services company Tenon this week became a top ten firm after announcing four acquisitions worth #67.4m. The deals increase ...
View articleTS found itself at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in London this week. Scanning the guest list, we noticed that senior types f...
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