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Anti-Bullying Week: Understanding the Legal and Cultural Risks
Emmanuelle Ries
5 November 2025
Expanded AML remit for the FCA: a good or bad thing?
There was a good deal of surprise last week when the government announced that lawyers, accountants and company service providers will in future be supervised by the FCA for money laundering purposes.
13 January 2025
Changes for accountancy firms to keep a close eye on in 2025
From an increasing spotlight on private equity investment to substantial changes in the ICAEW’s Code of Ethics, 2025 is shaping up to be a year filled with both opportunities and challenges for the accountancy and audit sector. What key areas should accountancy firms keep a close eye on over the coming year?
6 December 2024
Festive frolics or regulatory wrongs in accountancy firms?
Best practice guidance to accountancy firms on how to conduct an investigation in the event of allegations of behavioural misconduct in the run-up to Christmas.
19 November 2024
Festive frolics or regulatory wrongs in accountancy firms: a three-part podcast series
T’is the season of the office Christmas party – but accountants must be aware that their behaviour in this professional setting may still be caught by their regulator’s Code of Ethics.
26 May 2023
FRC’s Scalebox: a welcome helping hand for mid-tier firms
Yesterday the FRC launched the pithily-titled “Scalebox” initiative to help smaller firms which carry out audits in the Public Interest Equity (PIE) market. Firms within Tier 2 and Tier 3 for FRC Supervision and those firms which intend to enter the PIE audit market can now join the Scalebox to receive additional guidance from the FRC.