By: Maria Ward-Brennan

Professional Services Editor Maria Ward-Brennan is the Professional Services Editor at City AM, focused on law, Big Four, and other management and accounting consulting firms. She edits the Beyond The Billable newsletter and column. She was previously a litigation reporter at The Lawyer. Contact her via email at maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or on X @MariaW_B.

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Former City boss: Britain must stop churning out graduate consultants

June 3, 2024

University graduates have been let down by successive neglect by the UK government on the manufacturing sector, says former Royal Dutch Shell chief Peter Voser
Mazars partners with Forvis to create £4bn global network as City hosts head office

June 3, 2024

Professional services firms Mazars and Forvis have come together to launched a £3.9bn ($4.7bn) global network
Last one standing: UK-US firm A&O Shearman latest to hike its junior lawyer salaries

May 31, 2024

One of the largest law firms in the world A&O Shearman has upped its newly-qualifie salary to £150,000 for its London lawyers
Online building materials CMO suffers from challenging market and poor British weather

May 31, 2024

Online-only building materials firm CMO's revenue and profits suffer a significant drop over the last financial year as the group blames a "difficult market backdrop"
Domino’s Pizza Polish arm boosted with double digit revenue growth

May 31, 2024

London-listed DP Poland, the operator of pizza stores across Poland and Croatia, has had double digit growth in revenue after it invested in "swift service".
Court throws out case against Earl Spencer family bought by Oxford student’s mother over unpaid wages

May 30, 2024

A Tribunal has thrown out a University of Oxford student's case against the 8th Earl Spencer Family over his work at Estate Althorp House
Crispin Odey files defamation lawsuit against the Financial Times

May 30, 2024

Crispin Odey has launched legal proceedings against the FT according to court filings.
How much cash could a tax avoidance clampdown raise?

May 30, 2024

Predictably both parties are reluctant to suggest they will raise taxes, but in recent weeks both have found a conveniently painless source of funding: clamping down on tax avoidance.
Legal regulator sets out ‘excessive’ fee hikes to boost drained industry fund

May 29, 2024

The legal regulator wants to increase law firm fees by 236 per cent in order to rebuild the sector's compensation fund after it was significantly impacted over the last year
Emma Sleep: CMA threatens legal action against mattress firm over pricing tactics

May 29, 2024

The Competition and Market Authority has threatened mattress company Emma Sleep with a lawsuit unless it "commits to changing its practices"

MPs urged to back strike action ban at major sporting events

MPs urged to back strike action ban at major sporting events

Forget The Ritz: Inside the Paris hotel loved by Madonna and Charli

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