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Jason Morris, regional market leader at PwC Scotland, comments on the latest Office for National Statistics figures revealing that Scotland saw the biggest increase in homeworking of all UK regions between January and March this year, compared with pre-pandemic levels. The latest data from the Offic

PwC has announced that its partners will receive a record £1 million this year after reporting profits from an "exceptional year". All 995 UK partners will receive an average compensation of £920,000, a new record, up six per cent from last year's record compensation of £868,0

PwC has announced four new equity partners in Scotland, alongside eight new directors, among a total of 240 promotions across the region. The admission of Katrina Hallpike, Ross Marshall, Kenny Munro and Stuart Copeland as equity partners– all of whom were directors in the Scotland firm &ndash

EY has been fined $100 million (£82m) after its audit professionals were caught cheating in exams required for obtaining and maintaining their certified public accountant (CPA) licenses.

With inflation having reached a 40-year high, fears of a recession have been all but confirmed, according to KPMG's latest UK economic outlook report.

Recognising the impact of the current living cost crisis and the competitive state of the recruitment market, PwC has decided to increase staff pay in line with inflation. In this pay rise, PwC's most significant in 10 years, half of all UK employees will receive a minimum salary increase of 9%.

Big Four accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been fined £5 million in relation to its audits of Galliford Try and Kier Group. The company was fined a total of £8,850,000, adjusted to £4,998,500, by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) - £3,038,750 and 

Deloitte has announced the appointment of Angela Mitchell as a new senior partner for Scotland, becoming the first woman to hold this senior position in Scotland. Ms Mitchell has been office senior partner for Deloitte in Glasgow since 2020 and has led the firm’s public sector practice in Scot

New data released by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has revealed that challenger audit firms have increased their share of FTSE 250 audits, from 4.8% to 7.6%. However, the dominance of the Big Four remains, as all FTSE 100 companies continue to be audited by EY, Deloitte, KPMG or PwC.Improvin