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Quantuma appoints managing director in West Midlands team

Quantuma has announced the appointment of forensic accounting expert, Hannah Griffin, as a managing director in the firm’s Midlands disputes, investigations and valuations practice.  Griffin will be based in Quantuma’s premises in Birmingham and will also spend time in the London office.  A practitioner in litigation support services, she is…

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PKF Smith Cooper appoints senior corporate tax manager

PKF Smith Cooper has announced the appointment of Ruth Morris to a new senior corporate tax manager role as the firm continues to invest in scaling and strengthening its tax division.  Morris joins the firm with over 30 years of experience in audit, accountancy and tax, having specialised in corporate…

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Cowgills appoints first indirect tax partner

Cowgills has announced the appointment of Paul Hammond as its very first indirect tax partner, who joins from PwC where he led the North-West indirect tax team.  Prior to his time at PwC, Hammond also led the North and Midlands indirect tax team at Grant Thornton.  In his role, he…

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How Sedulo is ‘sowing the seeds’ of international expansion

Can you tell us about your career up to this point?  My accountancy career actually started in industry. I spent three years as a management accountant in industry while I was qualifying and then moved into a boutique practice, which is the unusual way of doing it – usually, it’s…

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Parsons opens new York office

Parsons Chartered Accountants has announced it has opened a new office in York as it aims to expand its presence in the surrounding regional area. The practice will be managed by Mark Stanton, director and head of York, and Rebecca Davison, director and head of Tax. Sharing over 40 years…

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Consilium Chartered Accountants appoints senior tax manager

Consilium Chartered Accountants has announced the appointment of Anne McCulloch as the firm’s new senior tax manager. She will be part of the personal tax team led by director Joyce Fleming.  McCulloch has joined the firm from RSM and as of October 2022, she will assist the personal tax director…

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RSM announces 16 partner promotions

RSM UK has announced 16 partner promotions across its UK network of offices to “support the firm’s growth plans”. The promotions take effect from 1 April 2022. The national tax practice saw a total of five partner promotions, including corporate tax specialists Patrick Curry in Manchester, Phil Melia in Cambridge…

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Mazars names new tax director in Leeds office

Mazars has announced the appointment of Stephanie Day as tax director in the firm’s Leeds office. Mazars is an internationally integrated partnership, specialising in audit, accountancy, advisory, tax and legal services, operating in 91 countries and territories around the world. In the UK, Mazars has approximately 130 partners and over…

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You might be Brexit ready, but is your client prepared?

When it comes to Brexit, Streets partner and head of indirect tax, Gerry Myton does not fear UK accountants’ abilities to handle the inevitable changes it will bring.  Instead, Myton says he is directing his concern towards small business clients who have only ever traded with customers or suppliers in…

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43% of charities have not changed auditor in 10 years

Some 43% of charities used the same auditor for the past 10 years while audit fees to the UK’s largest charities have increased by £10.2m in four years, the latest Charity Financials Audit Spotlight report on the UK’s largest 5,000 charities has shown. Only a third of the charities examined…

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