Big Four firm quietly scraps pledge to add 100,000 workers worldwide by mid-2026 amid rise of AI
Laura Hinton is named deputy in region as year-long ban by sovereign wealth fund bites
PwC’s annual report unspools a tale of more or less stagnant revenue and job cuts
Big Four firm forced to take ‘tough decision to reduce roles in some areas’ amid slowdown following pandemic-era boom
Big Four firm checks building pass swipes and WiFi connections to address ‘persistent and deliberate non-compliance’
FRC says mid-tier accounting firm must improve its scrutiny of companies’ financial statements
Employers will have to be more deliberate in the training they offer junior staff
Planned leadership reshuffle at Big Four firm comes after recent clash with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund
Big Four firm launches compulsory redundancies and warns that pay rises will be lower this year
Sarah Smart, chair of The Pensions Regulator, urges people to ask ‘what if?’ questions when planning finances
Dutch arms of Deloitte, PwC and EY pay total of $8.5mn after ‘hundreds’ of staff shared answers on internal tests
New technology is starting to have a profound effect on work and employment
Accounting groups hope to emulate previous profit gains from audits of companies’ ESG metrics
Move comes as Big Four accounting firm struggles with low staff turnover
Lufax hires Big Four firm after PwC China flagged suspected conflicts in some transactions
Ruling alarms senior executives of the accountancy, who touted their access to lucrative and hard-to-find investments
African firms say they lost over a third of their business as global executives forced them to drop risky clients
Partner-led buyout would improve liquidity and mark strategic pivot away from consulting
Recent retirees left waiting for equity repayment as Big Four firm grapples with audit ban after Evergrande collapse
Big Four firm admits it failed to recognise risks posed by bank’s loans to steel magnate’s wider business empire
Deloitte, PwC and KPMG filing in potential $18bn case warns of ‘erosion of confidence’ in fairness of system
Moves come as consultants strain to protect annual profit pool of close to £1mn per partner
‘Friction and angst’ over Neom auditor preceded Public Investment Fund’s ban on Big Four firm
Big firms won £1.5bn of UK government work in 2024, an increase on the previous two years
Disclosure suggests Big Four firm has lost state-owned and finance sector clients
