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Shortage of qualified accountants is worsening as young people seek better-paid jobs
Regional chair Julie Boland puts loyalists in top posts amid rethink of governance at Big Four firm
The magic circle law firm’s senior partner has long held ambitions for a transatlantic merger
Rival KPMG warns employees on standards as scandal rocks consulting industry
We examine how senior in-house lawyers are adapting to new business needs in a monthly series that culminates on September 20, alongside the FT list of top in-house lawyers. This week: geopolitical upheaval
Companies seek chief legal officers with an ability to assess geopolitical risk
Firms in the US and Singapore gain business as Washington’s accountant inspections begin
Government asked police to investigate given seriousness of the misconduct
Merger between US and UK firms would create a legal giant with almost 4,000 lawyers worldwide
The firms may need each other so much that they have to combine
Meg Hillier says NAO probe needed as she highlights longstanding concerns over scheme in north-east England
Deal is first tie-up between a ‘magic circle’ group and an American rival in more than 20 years
Hywel Ball will be allowed to work beyond Big Four firm’s mandatory retirement age of 60
Fabless, erroneous and semi detached
Local authorities confirm their files were left in unsecured cloud-based data storage system
International executives flown to Sydney likely to remain for several months as investigations of tax leak continue
Why EY identified “a potential risk of bias or fraud through management manipulation by manual adjustments”
School-based consultancies are looking beyond teaching to advising companies
Colchester Council said files including benefits data were found on an unsecured Amazon Data Bucket controlled by the outsourcer
Consultancies are offering access to former top military and government officials to provide guidance on volatile events
Britain blocks use of frozen funds for libel cases but free speech campaigners demand further action
Judge rules that £63mn claim against Big Four accountancy firm ‘lacks any real cogency’
Big Four firm flies top global executives to Sydney in effort to stem spiralling crisis
India and South Africa to assume more audit and tax tasks as number of US graduates falls
Data was leaked from less than 0.1% of outsourcer’s servers as result of incident, says company
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