Compliance professionals fear cryptocurrency’s hidden menace
Nearly seven in ten compliance professionals say they are worried about the growing threat of money laundering via cryptocurrencies in business….
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Deal marks Azets’ 11th acquisition
Azets, the UK top 10 accountancy group, has acquired Naylor Wintersgill, the £4m plus independent firm of chartered accountants, business and…
The rise of AI makes critical thinking skills essential at work
Guest post by Chris Griffiths Artificial Intelligence is getting more air time than ever before. The explosion of ChatGPT3, and now…
8 in 10 businesses ‘still pay men more than women’
Eight out of ten businesses are still paying men more than women, with a national wage difference of 9.4 per cent,…
Work in progress: analysing the first-quarter for jobs and retail
Job vacancies continued to fall in the first three months of this year as economic pressures forced bosses to hold back…
Accountancy boring? Only in Monty Python
Alex Beattie argues that the traditional image of finance work being dull and stuffy should be consigned to sitcom history A…
Open season on public sector contracts for small firms
A programme which aims to open up valuable public sector contracts to small firms has been launched by Deloitte Digital and…
From hustle to bustle: how Gen Z businesses are booming
The overwhelming majority of startups founded by Generation Z entrepreneurs start off as a side hustle. New research suggests this may…
All change: 2023 may be a year of redundancies
More than a quarter of UK organisations say they are likely to make redundancies in 2023, according to new research from…
Advantages of integrating HR and payroll software
Guest comment by Stephanie Coward Despite payroll accuracy being such a priority, errors still occur on a large scale. According to…