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Is this new firm the Big four challenger?
October 24th, 2016
In August there was plenty of noise around the announcement that the former boss of accounting giant Deloitte, John Connolly, was starting a new bean-counting business, Cogital. The question was whether the project, which was innovatively backed by private equity house ...
Former Deloitte boss launch CogitalGroup; Can be a Big Four challenger?
August 16th, 2016
After weeks of speculation, the new venture by former Deloitte global chairman John Connolly and private equity house HgCapital was officially announced on Friday, though somewhat under whelmingly given the fanfare one may expect from the birth of a ...
Big Four in talks with UK government on Brexit
July 21st, 2016
Accountants’ expertise will be needed as the trade negotiations start following the UK’s vote to leave the EU, the government has confirmed, while the Big Four are building up specialist Brexit teams to meet the demand for advice on ...
Big four among others to join together to enable more apprenticeships
March 21st, 2016
Leading professional services and industry employers, Professional Bodies and training providers have come together to develop a new apprenticeship standard for the audit, accountancy and tax professions. The new standard has been developed to provide school leavers with a ...
Big four accountants ‘quietly’ threatening mid-tier law firms
November 9th, 2015
The resurgence of mid-tier law firms is about to come under pressure from ‘intense competition’ from the big accountancy firms entering the legal market. A report published today by the Royal Bank of Scotland says mid-market law firms had ...
How the Big Four have returned to consulting with a bang
October 2nd, 2015
Whether by acquisition, organic growth or the recruitment of experienced hires, the Big Four have established consultancy groups that singly and collectively are a force to be reckoned with. According to analyst firm Gartner, spending on management consultancy services increased ...
Big Four owe public interest not to ditch audit, says KPMG chair
August 25th, 2015
The UK’s largest auditors have a public interest commitment to retain their mature audit businesses despite more lucrative growth prospects elsewhere, the chairman of KPMG has said. In an interview with the Financial Times, Simon Collins, KPMG’s UK chairman, said the ...
Smaller firms beat Big Four to ICAEW exam top scores
July 21st, 2015
The institute’s latest ACA exam results show a consistently high level of passes. Nine out of ten (91.8%) passed Business Strategy; 82% passed Audit & Assurance; and 81.7% passed Financial Management. Four of the top score prizes were scooped ...
KPMG: Big Four player poses new threat to law firms
June 2nd, 2015
KPMG is growing its legal arm beyond tax, threatening to become a major player in the legal services market. Speaking to Lawyers Weekly, Jeremy Geale, the head of KPMG’s tax controversy team, said the Big Four firm is boosting the ...
Big Four to beat law in dumping the billable hour
April 29th, 2015
Pricing experts have predicted that accounting firms will scrap the billable hour before law firms, but neither sector is willing to change. Steve Major (pictured), founder of consultancy Pricing Power, told Lawyers Weekly that accounting firms are moving away from the ...
