Hybrid Working
Our coverage on Hybrid Working explores how evolving workplace models are reshaping the UK accountancy profession. Accountancy Today reports on firm policies, leadership strategies, and technology adoption supporting flexible work arrangements across audit, tax, and advisory teams. We analyse the impact of hybrid working on productivity, employee wellbeing, client engagement, and talent retention—particularly as firms balance remote capabilities with the value of in-person collaboration. This coverage provides accountants, partners, and operational leaders with insights into building sustainable hybrid frameworks that meet business and professional expectations.
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May- 2025 -14 MayBusiness
BHP relocates Sheffield office
BHP has announced that the company has officially completed its move into its new Sheffield office at the Albert Works. As a result of its growth over recent years, the firm had become spread across three buildings on Clarkehouse Road. The move to Albert Works has enabled BHP to bring…
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13 MayPractice
Over half of finance professionals have entrepreneurial ambitions, ACCA finds
Over half (52%) of finance professionals have career ambitions to become entrepreneurs, with 62% expecting to move roles in the next two years, according to Association of Chartered Certified Accountants’ (ACCA) Global Talent Trends Survey 2025. Now in its third year, the survey explores changing perspectives among accountancy and finance…
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Apr- 2025 -30 AprilCrime
Fraud losses hit £2.3bn in 2024, RSM finds
The total reported amount lost to fraud reached £2.3bn in 2024, according to figures from a freedom of information request by RSM UK to Action Fraud. Total reported fraud losses rose by 6% to £2,255,491,192 in 2024, up from £2,115,281,935 the previous year, as fraudsters have become “increasingly sophisticated” at…
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Mar- 2025 -13 MarchAccounting Firms
RSM renews 10-year lease in Humber
RSM has cemented its presence in the Humber by signing a new 10-year lease and completing an eight-week major refurbishment of its Humber Quays offices in Hull. Based in its Hull premises for the last 17 years, the firm has refurbished its office accommodation to provide a “sustainable and dynamic…
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Feb- 2025 -6 FebruaryBusiness
RSM relocates Milton Keynes office to ‘support future growth’
RSM UK has relocated its Milton Keynes office to 100 Avebury Boulevard to support the firm’s hybrid working model and facilitate its future growth plans. The accountancy firm has secured a 10-year lease at the new-build business centre in the heart of Milton Keynes. The workspace is designed to encourage…
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Jan- 2025 -10 JanuaryComment
What key factors will drive the finance sector in 2025?
2024 has been a tumultuous year around the world, with billions of people, from the US to India to Ireland, the UK and beyond, all going to the polls. And whilst the full impact of the results are yet to be seen, in the face of any predicted change, it…
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Oct- 2024 -25 OctoberAccounting Firms
PKF Smith Cooper upgrades Birmingham office amid expansion plans
PKF Smith Cooper has moved to a new office in Birmingham to accommodate the firm’s ongoing expansion plans. The Birmingham team moved into the new Grade A-specified on Cornwall Street premises, situated in the commercial heart of the city, on 22 October. The building’s “state-of-the-art” amenities include an on-site gym and…
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24 OctoberBusiness
76% of UK financial services chiefs plan to raise office attendance
More than three quarters (76%) of financial services leaders across the UK are planning to increase office attendance in the next 12 months, according to new research from KPMG UK.Its survey found that more than a third (37%) of those planning to increase attendance will expect employees to be in…
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4 OctoberLatest News
RSM relocates Belfast office
RSM has recently relocated its office to The Ewart, a building originally constructed as a linen warehouse, on Bedford Street in Belfast. The Grade B listed building has been restored and extended to provide office accommodation connected to main transport hubs, hospitality and retail businesses, and conference centres. The Ewart…
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Sep- 2024 -19 SeptemberBig Four
UK business leaders see GenAI as positive disruptor of work, KPMG says
UK chief executives see implementing Generative AI (GenAI) as an opportunity to change the nature of work and create highly skilled workforces without reducing the number of jobs in the market, according to KPMG. KPMG surveyed more than 1,300 CEOs around the world – 150 in the UK – in…
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