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Tax
Christmas Tax Facts and Trivia to Raise a Seasonal Smile
Posted by Christina Ayling
Are you a Tax Manager, Tax Director or tax professional? Do you think you know all there is to know about tax? Well, with Christmas around the corner and the festive party season underway, what could be more appropriate than Christmas tax trivia and facts? Who knows, it may even be a topic of conversation around your Christmas dinner table this year… Let the Trivia begin! Christmas shop: · The ...
Are you a Tax Manager, Tax Director or tax professional? Do you think you know all there is to know about tax? Well, with Christmas around the corn...
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Tax
Falling into my career as a Finance Recruitment Consultant
Posted by George Tatnell
In 2016, I was working in a bank; bored, unmotivated and unsure of where I was going with my life. I decided finding a role in the city would be the best thing for me and I was interviewing with several other financial institutes when I was invited to an assessment day at Pro-Group where I must have applied for by mistake! This was an assessment to join the Associate Consultant program here at ...
In 2016, I was working in a bank; bored, unmotivated and unsure of where I was going with my life. I decided finding a role in the city would be th...
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Tax
How To Negotiate a Pay Rise Webinar - Recording
Posted by Pat Keogh
Thanks to everyone who joined us on How To Negotiate a Pay Rise Webinar. We received some great questions from you all, we didn't have enough time to respond to all of them, but look out for further articles from Pat Keogh and Heather Townsend, who will look to share further insight. Keep the questions coming in, we'd love to hear about which topics you'd like us to explore going forward Share ...
Thanks to everyone who joined us on How To Negotiate a Pay Rise Webinar. We received some great questions from you all, we didn't have enough time ...
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Finance
10 Things You Didn't Know About: Ben Hooper, Head of Outsourcing at ABG
Posted by George Tatnell
Ben Hooper, Head of Outsourcing and Financial Accounting at Arram Berlyn Gardner has gained extensive experience in the UK providing professional services to a wide range of clients. Ben spent 4 years working in the Cayman Islands with a Big 4 firm with a particular focus on the Captive Insurance industry. He now specialises in supporting UK and international businesses with their internal acco...
Ben Hooper, Head of Outsourcing and Financial Accounting at Arram Berlyn Gardner has gained extensive experience in the UK providing professional s...
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Tax
Create a culture where everyone has equal opportunities
Posted by Christina Ayling
There has been a growing recognition of the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace over the years. This year it has been very refreshing to learn how firms are promoting a positive integration between work and life, to create an environment that influences career development and that empowers everyone. Furthermore, promoting an environment regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, d...
There has been a growing recognition of the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace over the years. This year it has been very refre...
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Tax
5 Things You Must Know Before You Take The Job
Posted by Kevin Racher
Are you a Tax Manager looking to move jobs within the new year? Taking a new Tax job, whether it be a Tax Senior Manager to a Tax Director, can be exciting but also an overwhelming experience. Besides using a Tax recruiter to ease you through the process, there are a number of things you should think about before committing to a role. In this short article, I'll give you my top five considerati...
Are you a Tax Manager looking to move jobs within the new year? Taking a new Tax job, whether it be a Tax Senior Manager to a Tax Director, can be ...
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Finance
Outsourcing in Practice – Bridging the GAAP
Posted by George Tatnell
If you have been keeping an eye on the market, you have probably seen the ever-growing outsourcing divisions developing across the Top 100. From a recruiter’s perspective, I have seen individuals from an accounting and business development background setting up outsourcing divisions and then looking to grow at a rapid rate. Why are accountancy practices increasingly looking to outsourcing depar...
If you have been keeping an eye on the market, you have probably seen the ever-growing outsourcing divisions developing across the Top 100. From a ...
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Tax
10 Things You Didn't Know About: Sue Lucas, Partner at Moore Stephens
Posted by Ashleigh Polakiewicz
Described by clients as the ultimate professional, Sue Lucas has advised a large portfolio of large and small companies, developing areas of expertise including the construction sector and corporate structuring. What advice would you give yourself 10 years ago on how to make Partner? To identify new business opportunities, know your own strengths and weaknesses and work on them, continually dev...
Described by clients as the ultimate professional, Sue Lucas has advised a large portfolio of large and small companies, developing areas of expert...
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Tax
November 2018: Tax Movers & Shakers
Posted by Dominic Watt
Practice Haines Watts has made several acquisitions, including Gallaghers Chartered Accountants in London. Crowe has appointed Caroline Fleet as a Tax Partner. RSM has appointed Mark Morton as a partner in Milton Keynes to strengthen its employer solutions practice. Mercer & Hole has relocated its London office to Lombard Street with effect from 26th November 2018. RSM has appointed Sarah Turgo...
Practice Haines Watts has made several acquisitions, including Gallaghers Chartered Accountants in London. Crowe has appointed Caroline Fleet as a ...
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HR
All I Want for Christmas Is a HR Interim Role
Posted by Stacey Kerrigan
Are you a Senior HR professional looking to secure a HR Interim role in the New Year? Why Wait? In the current market, we are increasingly seeing Senior HR Professionals move into the world of interim, new approaches to work-life balance, exploring personal interests, engaging in new challenges and a simple way of experiencing different industries are some of the many reasons. In this short art...
Are you a Senior HR professional looking to secure a HR Interim role in the New Year? Why Wait? In the current market, we are increasingly seeing S...
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HR
How You Can Make the Most of December in HR
Posted by Richard Grove
Christmas is always a tough time for professionals working in HR, especially HR Directors. As a HR recruiter, I’m always torn as to whether I’m looking forward to Christmas or not, from a work perspective at least. Whilst I must note that I absolutely love Christmas, it can have a negative effect on the workforce or those on the market. So with so much going on in December how do you keep motiv...
Christmas is always a tough time for professionals working in HR, especially HR Directors. As a HR recruiter, I’m always torn as to whether I’m loo...
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Finance
The Big 4: Are the Auditors Ready to Be Audited?
Posted by Callum MacRae
With 97% of the UKs FTSE 350 companies currently being audited by just 4 accountancy practices, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has called for an inquest into the audit market. Recent high-profile failures such as the collapse of BHS and Carillion have only added to the growing concern that the audit market is broken and in need of reform. But how can the Big 4 put their best feet f...
With 97% of the UKs FTSE 350 companies currently being audited by just 4 accountancy practices, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cal...
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Finance
November 2018: Finance Movers & Shakers
Posted by Callum MacRae
James Saunders has joined Kingston Smith as a partner in their not-for-profit team. With other 20 years’ experience in the not-for-profit and charities sector James joins from RSM. Finance Moves UHY Hacker Young has appointed Myles Jacobson as a partner in the turnaround & recovery team in London. Jacobson has over two decades of experience in insolvency and restructuring and joins form Streets...
James Saunders has joined Kingston Smith as a partner in their not-for-profit team. With other 20 years’ experience in the not-for-profit and chari...
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HR
10 Things You Didn't Know About: Peta Newlin, Interim Head of Human Resources
Posted by Richard Grove
Peta Newlin is an accomplished and qualified Head of HR professional with extensive managerial experience, working as part of the Senior Leadership team across the whole spectrum of HR, L&D, OD and contract management. She has worked in private and public sector in strategy development, recruitment, payroll, employee engagement, process redesign, cultural change, policy review and design, OD, s...
Peta Newlin is an accomplished and qualified Head of HR professional with extensive managerial experience, working as part of the Senior Leadership...
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Legal
5 Signs That One of your Team is Considering a Move
Posted by Tamara Salem
Every manager dreads that conversation with a valued team member, often pre-empted by the email that reads ‘can I have a word?’ We have done a lot of research at Pro-Legal to help our clients retain their best people and being able to spot the tell-tale signs of dissatisfaction so that you can proactively manage the situation. I am not going to be so facile as to list: short notice leave reques...
Every manager dreads that conversation with a valued team member, often pre-empted by the email that reads ‘can I have a word?’ We have done a lot ...
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Legal
The Pro-Group Christmas Quiz 2018
Posted by George Tatnell
On Tuesday 4th December, Pro-Recruitment held its infamous annual Christmas Quiz, and what a night it was. With the best and brightest from across the worlds of HR, Tax, Finance and Legal, 26 teams went head to head for the much-coveted title of Pro-Recruitment Christmas Quiz Champions 2018. The competitive streak in some of the teams was evident from the outset and with company rivalries and r...
On Tuesday 4th December, Pro-Recruitment held its infamous annual Christmas Quiz, and what a night it was. With the best and brightest from across ...
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Tax
Why You Should Start Your January Job Hunt Now
Posted by Dominic Watt
Although Christmas is just around the corner you may want to consider starting your January job hunt now. According to Indeed, there was a 64% increase in Britons hunting for jobs in January compared with the previous year. Competition can be fierce, so whether you're in the Legal, Finance, Tax or HR sector why not get ahead and start your job search now. This quick read will give you some tips...
Although Christmas is just around the corner you may want to consider starting your January job hunt now. According to Indeed, there was a 64% incr...
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Tax
Charity Times - 20/11/18
Posted by Claire Stradling
FUNDRAISING Implementation period urged for fundraising code proposals Charity representative bodies including NCVO, the Directory of Social Change, and the Institute of Fundraising have all agreed in principle with the proposed changes to the Code of Fundraising Practice from the Fundraising Regulator but say they want more time to adjust. The Fundraising Regulator announced its proposed chang...
FUNDRAISING Implementation period urged for fundraising code proposals Charity representative bodies including NCVO, the Directory of Social Change...
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Tax
Charity Times - 13/11/18
Posted by Claire Stradling
FUNDRAISING Charities face £10m a year hit from probate fee rethink Charities warn that a rise in probate fees will cost them at least £10m a year as the increased charges take up larger parts of estates and thus mean smaller donations. Matthew Lagden, of the Institute of Legacy Management, said the losses come at a time when many charities are struggling to meet growing demand for their servic...
FUNDRAISING Charities face £10m a year hit from probate fee rethink Charities warn that a rise in probate fees will cost them at least £10m a year ...
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Tax
Charity Times - 06/11/18
Posted by Claire Stradling
GOVERNMENT New charities minister appointed Mims Davies has been appointed to succeed Tracey Crouch as minister for sport and civil society, following the latter’s resignation last week. Davies is a trustee of a small military charity called Building Heroes, set up in 2016 to provide education, support and training to veterans. Charity leaders have congratulated Davies and begun raising issues ...
GOVERNMENT New charities minister appointed Mims Davies has been appointed to succeed Tracey Crouch as minister for sport and civil society, follow...
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