Big Four UK: 900 redundancies and counting over 2024 December 5, 2024 Over 900 roles were made redundant at the UK Big Four firms over 2024, as the accountancy giants lit up the headlines for a second year running
FTSE 100 tax contribution hits £90bn amid warnings against further hikes November 27, 2024 PwC estimated that firms in the 100 Group contributed a total of £93.3bn to the Exchequer in the 2023/24 financial year.
Spike in PwC partners taking early retirement amid Big Four slowdown November 21, 2024 A larger-than-usual number of partners at PwC are choosing to step down at the end of this year, as the Big Four accountant looks to boost its performance amid slowing growth. The financial services giant’s 1,030 partners learned earlier this week that several dozen of their colleagues would be taking early retirement, after new UK [...]
Hays: Recruitment giant’s shareholders stage major revolt against PwC November 20, 2024 Shareholders in recruitment giant Hays have staged a major protest over the reappointment of PwC as its auditor. Just over 20 per cent voted against the reappointment of the accountancy giant to the role it has served since 2016 at Hays’ annual general meeting. At the same meeting, 19.8 per cent of shareholders voted against [...]
UK suffering from ‘vibecession’ ahead of the Budget, PwC says October 24, 2024 The firm's latest consumer sentiment survey dipped to -8 at the end of September, its lowest point this year.
EY reports single-digit growth as workforce figure drops October 17, 2024 EY's revealed its global results showing single-digit growth for the Big Four firm, against the backdrop of smaller headcount
Smaller firms eye chunk of Big Four’s audit work with uptick in clients September 30, 2024 Non-Big Four firms have experienced an uptick on audit work across FTSE 250 and all main market clients, as competition with the audit giants continues
How to tell the right story on executive pay September 29, 2024 Ten years on from new reporting requirements on executive pay, companies have a chance to use their Directors’ Remuneration Reports to explain their decision making to stakeholders, says PwC’s Dan Harris It’s been over a decade since the government overhauled the requirements on what public companies have to report on directors’ remuneration. A key aim [...]
PwC UK profit falls as partner pay drops to £862,000 against backdrop of AI push September 25, 2024 PwC UK has reported single-digit growth in revenue but on the backdrop of the groups profits and partner pay dropping, again
Summer of sport helps provide respite but insolvency trend continues September 20, 2024 A summer of sport and warmer weather helped provide some respite to the retail and hospitality industries in England and Wales helped the number of insolvencies dip last month compared to July, according to new figures. Around 10,000 individuals entered insolvency in August 2024, five per cent lower than July’s total but 16 per cent [...]