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AlixPartners welcomes former SEC Senior Enforcement Accountant, Trevor Donelan

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AlixPartners welcomes former SEC Senior Enforcement Accountant, Trevor Donelan

 AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, today announced that Trevor Donelan has joined its Risk Advisory team as a Partner & Managing Director. Trevor joins AlixPartners after serving the past eight years as a Senior Enforcement Accountant in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement. He will be based in Boston.

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Cherry Bekaert adds strategy practice with Treacy & Company acquisition

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Cherry Bekaert adds strategy practice with Treacy & Company acquisition

Cherry Bekaert, a national mid-market accounting and consulting firm, has acquired Treacy & Company (T&Co), a boutique strategy consulting firm.

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BDO boosts global revenues by 15% to record $11.8 billion

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BDO boosts global revenues by 15% to record $11.8 billion

The world’s fifth largest accounting and consulting network – BDO – continues to pull ahead of its nearest rivals, posting growth of 15% in US dollar terms in its latest financial year.

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Accounting giant PwC to allow employees paid time off for fertility treatment

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Accounting giant PwC to allow employees paid time off for fertility treatment

Accounting giant PwC is to allow its employees paid time off for fertility treatment,

The big four auditors is rolling out a new policy next month that will give employees eight days of annual paid leave for fertility consultations and appointment

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Barcelona-based ERP & accounting platform Holded just got acquired by Oslo-based Visma Group

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Barcelona-based ERP & accounting platform Holded just got acquired by Oslo-based Visma Group

The Scandinavian Visma Group has acquired Holded, the Barcelona-based startup behind the fastest-growing cloud ERP & accounting software in Spain.

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Deloitte tells its 20,000 UK Employees they can work from home

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Deloitte tells its 20,000 UK Employees they can work from home

Deloitte is giving all of its employees in the UK the ability to choose to work from home forever as it embraces flexible working permanently.

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PwC planning to hire 100,000 over five years in major ESG push

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PwC planning to hire 100,000 over five years in major ESG push

Accounting firm PwC said it would invest $12 billion over five years to create 100,000 new jobs aimed at helping its clients grapple with climate and diversity reporting and also in artificial intelligence, as part of its new global strategy.

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Mazars Expands into North East

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Mazars Expands into North East

An international tax, accounting and advisory firm has expanded into the North East.

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FTI partners with Middle East professional services firm RAI

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FTI partners with Middle East professional services firm RAI

FTI Consulting has come to an agreement with UAE-based accounting and advisory firm RAI to offer their individual services to respective client bases in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

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UK directors face tough new liability rules under major audit reform

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UK directors face tough new liability rules under major audit reform

Directors will be held personally responsible for their company’s financial statements — with fines and bans for major failures — as part of far-reaching proposals to overhaul UK corporate governance and audit oversight.

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California’s Newport Consulting LLC Expands

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California’s Newport Consulting LLC Expands

Newport Consulting LLC, a growing provider of accounting, finance, tax, and IT-related consulting services announced in California an agreement to launch the Flex Specialist Center with RiskBerg Consulting, an innovative risk management consulting company specializing in finance, cybersecurity, and IT professional services with corporate offices in Gurugram, India.

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Grant Thornton faces £200m lawsuit over Patisserie Valerie audits

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Grant Thornton faces £200m lawsuit over Patisserie Valerie audits

Mid-tier accountancy firm Grant Thornton is reportedly set to face a £200m lawsuit from the liquidators of former bakery chain Patisserie Valerie.

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Deloitte brings its Artificial Intelligence Institute to China

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Deloitte brings its Artificial Intelligence Institute to China

China is now among five key markets across the world to house a Deloitte AI Institute center, following an expansion drive by the Big Four accounting and advisory firm.

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Deloitte to shut 4 offices

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Deloitte to shut 4 offices

Deloitte will close down 4 of its 50 British offices and retain all of the employees on permanent work-from-home contracts – a move aimed at managing real estate expenses amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Next Green Wave adds veteran KPMG executive Norm Mayr to its board of directors

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Next Green Wave adds veteran KPMG executive Norm Mayr to its board of directors

Next Green Wave Holdings Inc is boosting its board with the addition of former KPMG partner Norm Mayr.

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Mazars enables sale of consulting group as part of double takeover

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Mazars enables sale of consulting group as part of double takeover

Accounting and advisory firm Mazars, has advised the shareholders of Manchester-based RoC Consulting on its sale to RSK Group for an undisclosed sum.

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UK’s largest accounting firms lambasted by watchdog for ‘unacceptable’ work

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UK’s largest accounting firms lambasted by watchdog for ‘unacceptable’ work

The UK’s biggest accounting firms have been criticised by the industry’s watchdog for an “unacceptable” decline in the quality of their work after a third of their audits fell below its expected standard. The Financial Reporting Council said a higher number of audits needed significant improvements at each of the Big Four firms — PwC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG — as well as the smaller firms BDO and Grant Thornton.

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Accountants face bar on consulting for audit clients to beef up independence

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Accountants face bar on consulting for audit clients to beef up independence

Accounting giants will be banned from offering lucrative consulting services to firms they audit under a sweeping crackdown by the accounts regulator to stamp out conflicts of interest.

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