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An overview of PwC global news:

United Kingdom

Biggest share of tax paid by banks from employment Foreign banks pay the biggest share of tax collected, from the banking industry, to the HMRC, with the largest contribution coming in from taxes collected from their employees’ wages, research by PwC
05 October 2015
United Kingdom

PwC poaches analytics advisors from Accenture and EY PwC has strengthened its Advanced Risk and Compliance Analytics (ARCA) practice with the appointment of Scott Samme and Tayyaba Arif as Data Analytics Directors to the firm’s Financial Services Risk
22 September 2015
United Kingdom

Deploying older workers to boost UK GDP by 100 billion The UK could boost its GDP by £100 billion by increasing the employment rate of workers aged 55-69, an analysis by PwC shows.
21 September 2015
United Kingdom

Alistair Dick joins Restructuring practice of PwC in UK Big Four firm PwC has strengthened its financial restructuring team in the UK with Alistair Dick. The former Rothschild banker will lead PwC’s corporate financial restructuring team, and be responsible for helping to grow PwC’s restruct
18 September 2015
United Kingdom

Matt Hammond new Regional Chairman PwC Midland PwC has appointed PwC veteran Matt Hammond as the new regional Chairman of PwC’s Midlands practice and Senior Partner for the Birmingham office. In his new role, Hammond will be in charge of 2,000 employees working in PwC’s Birmingham,
15 September 2015
United Kingdom

15 consulting firms scoop award for pro bono work Last night Consulting Magazine organised the second edition of its annual ‘Excellence in Social and Community Investments’ Gala Awards dinner, a ceremony aimed at honouring the extraordinary efforts
11 September 2015
United Kingdom

PwC buys Ellis Financial Systems for tax reporting rules PwC has acquired Ellis Financial Systems for an undisclosed sum. The deal sees Ellis’ tax related software packages move to PwC.
11 September 2015
United Kingdom

PwC: More and more employees work outside of office The Millennial generation is causing dissonance in the expectations of many traditional employers, a recent survey from PwC shows.
31 August 2015
United Kingdom

PwC Europe integrates Turkish organisation into network PwC Europe has expanded its network with PwC Turkey. The move adds a total of five offices, 34 Turkish partners and more than 1,300 staff to the holding company that already consists of national PwC firms in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Be
28 August 2015
United Kingdom

PwC adds two partners to UK Corporate Finance team PwC has boosted its Corporate Finance team with the appointment of two new Equity Partners: Jon Shelley and Charles Johnson-Ferguson. According to PwC, the promotions reflect its ambition to support and grow its local markets and meet client and in
27 August 2015
United Kingdom

Four external firms support Hearthside | VSI transaction Hearthside Food Solutions, one of the largest independent bakeries in the US, has established a significant footprint in Europ with the acquisition of VSI, an in the Netherlands based manufacturer of
26 August 2015
United Kingdom

PwC partners with US based cyber security firm Tanium PwC and IT services firm Tanium signed a strategic alliance to combine PwC’s security expertise with Tanium’s technology. The deal sees PwC introduce new Tanium Accelerators to its Cyber Security Practice in a bid to provide its clients
25 August 2015
United Kingdom

PwC receives 41k applications for student programmes PwC this year has a record number of students to select from for the 2,000 places it has available within its student entry level programmes.
19 August 2015
United Kingdom

Global alternative assets reach 15.3 trillion by 2020 Worldwide assets under management (AuM) will hit $101.7 trillion by 2020, of which the alternative asset market is set to take up an increasing share, growing to between $13.6 trillion and $15.3 trillion. The biggest movers in the sphere of alterna
17 August 2015
United Kingdom

16 advisors in Most Powerful Women in the City list City A.M's most recent ‘Women in the City powerlist’, which presents an overview of the most important women in London’s financial hub on social media, contains 20 female advisors, of which 16 work at
17 August 2015
United Kingdom

Big Four professionals in UK Economists Power 100 Andrew Sentance from PwC, Mark Gregory from EY and Ian Stewart from Deloitte have been recognised as one of the most influential of economists in the UK & Ireland.
12 August 2015
United Kingdom

PwC: Global business centres in Ireland are booming Shared Service Centres are booming in Ireland, with 78% of their executives expecting expansion in the coming years, research by PwC shows.
03 August 2015
United Kingdom

Female leaders aged 55+ best at wicked transformations Strategic thinking is sometimes needed to help businesses deal with the most wickedly difficult issues, such as transforming to meet radically disruptive challenges.
31 July 2015
United Kingdom

8 advisories shortlisted for Oracle Partner of the Year On 15 October 2015, the annual UKOUG Partner of the Year awards will be organised at The Waldorf Hilton in London.
28 July 2015
United Kingdom

Industry 4.0 to add 550 billion to European revenue Industry 4.0 is set to transform the competitiveness of European industries, adding €550 billion over five years in revenues, a study from PwC finds. To transform to the industry 4.
27 July 2015
United Kingdom

PwC: Cyber breaches cost UK organisations billions Cyber security breaches continue to cause UK organisations a pounding headache. Nine in ten (90%) large organisations and 74% of small organisations are affected, recent research by PwC finds.
22 July 2015
United Kingdom

Towers Watson appoints PwC as auditor for LifeSight Towers Watson has appointed PwC as auditor for LifeSight, its DC master trust for the UK market.
14 July 2015
United Kingdom

PwC: UK value online media understated by 17 billion With more and more content available for free, the value consumers put on this content is not matched by the price they pay to access it, resulting in consumer surplus of online content.
14 July 2015
United Kingdom

PwC boosts Pensions Investment Advisory Business PwC has boosted its Pensions Investment Advisory business with the appointment of Nikesh Patel as Senior Manager Investment Risk.
10 July 2015
United Kingdom

9 advisories advise on Stage Entertainment | CVC deal Last month Joop van den Ende – the founder of international theatre company Stage Entertainment – disclosed that it had sold 60% of its shares to CVC Capital Partners.
06 July 2015
United Kingdom

Simon Hunt leads PwC Banking and Capital Markets unit PwC has appointed Simon Hunt as its new UK banking and capital markets leader. Hunt will focus on advising PwC’s UK clients on the challenges they might face in the changing banking landscape following regulatory reforms and rapidly developin
06 July 2015
United Kingdom

10 firms named Most Attractive Employer of the world Google has again been named the most attractive employer of the world by businesses students and lands top spot in the 'World's Most Attractive Employers 2015' by Universum. The top 50 includes ten consulting firms, with PwC, found on second place,
30 June 2015
United Kingdom

PwC: Financial services unattractive for young females Female millennials are less inclined to join the financial services industry as they feel this sector lacks in diversity, something that is high on their wish-list when it comes to choosing an employer, research by PwC shows. According to the firm,
29 June 2015
United Kingdom

3 firms named Best Place to Work for disability equality Booz Allen Hamilton, EY and PwC have recognised for their excellent performance in disability inclusion in their business by the American Association of People with Disabilities and the US Business Leadership Network. The three firms scored 100 out
26 June 2015
United Kingdom

PwC: Half of people willing to use workplace smartwatch Half of the workforce would use a smartwatch provided by their employer if the information would be used to improve their work wellbeing, research by PwC shows.
26 June 2015
United Kingdom

13 consultancies in Most Attractive Employers of UK Google has been named the most attractive employer by undergraduate students in the UK and ranks #1 in the Most Attractive Employers list of the 2015 Universum Student Survey.
24 June 2015
United Kingdom

PwC: CEOs see skills shortage as top threat to business Eighty-four percent of UK CEOs view the skills shortage as a threat to their business, research by PwC shows.
22 June 2015

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