Global split could let EY bring in extra $10bn in Silicon Valley advisory fees, firm chief says July 20, 2022 A global split could let EY bring in an extra $10bn in advisory fees from the world’s major tech companies, by freeing it from rules that block the Big Four firm from both auditing and selling advice to Silicon Valley’s largest firms, EY’s global chief executive has said. EY’s plans to separate out its audit [...]
RPC posts record revenues after sales surge 10 per cent year on year July 20, 2022 City of London law firm RPC today posted record revenues of £149.4m across its global operations, after the firm’s sales jumped 10 per cent on the previous year. The commercial law firm’s record results mark a 36 per cent increase in RPC’s revenues since the financial year 2020 – on the back of surging demand [...]
HMRC takes tougher stance towards tax evasion following Covid and war in Ukraine July 19, 2022 The UK government is taking an increasingly tough stance towards tax evaders, according to new analysis from Pinsent Mason, in a sign HMRC is taking an increasingly tough stance towards tax evaders in its efforts to balance the UK’s books, lawyers have said. The number of individual taxpayers charged with tax evasion jumped 11 per [...]
Mining giant BHP warns of continuing market volatility into 2023 July 19, 2022 Mining giant BHP has said it expects market volatility caused by inflationary pressures, labour shortages, and supply chain disruption to continue into 2023. In a trading update, the Australian firm said the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis in Europe will offset any positive economic impacts of China’s stimulus policies on global growth, as [...]
LV= faces pressure to say whether outgoing chief Mark Hartigan will take payout on exiting firm July 19, 2022 Critics have hit out at mutual insurer LV= over its refusal to say whether it will give outgoing chief executive Mark Hartigan a payout, following his exit from the firm. LV= has so far refused to say whether Hartigan will receive a payout or how much he might take, after the insurer on Monday announced [...]
Clifford Chance partners see pay packets surge to record highs of more than £2m July 19, 2022 Partners at Clifford Chance are set to see their pay packets surge to £2m for the first time in the law firm’s history after the Magic Circle law firm revenues surged by 8 per cent to highs of £1.97bn. Clifford Chance’s equity partners will take home a record £2.04m this year after the law firm’s [...]
Virgin Money to give out £1,000 bonuses to help staff deal with cost-of-living crunch July 19, 2022 Virgin Money today told staff it will be giving out £1,000 bonuses to all workers on salaries of less than £50,000 a year to help them deal with the UK’s cost-of-living crisis. In an internal memo seen by City A.M., Virgin Money chief executive David Duffy told staff earning less than £50,000 that they will [...]
Santander hands out four per cent pay rises to help 11,000 workers manage cost-of-living crunch July 19, 2022 Santander today pledged to give four per cent pay rises to all 11,000 of its workers on salaries of less than £35,000 a year. The bank said the pay rises, which will be handed out to around 60 per cent of Santander’s entire workforce, are aimed helping its staff deal with the UK’s cost-of-living crisis. [...]
Photo-Me posts ‘extremely strong’ results as Covid restrictions ease July 19, 2022 Photobooth operators Photo-Me today vowed to pay its shareholders almost £25m in the form of a special dividend after posting “extremely strong” results for the first half of 2022. The Epsom headquartered firm, that sells a range of photobooths and vending machines, said its balance sheet was bolstered by the reopening of the global economy, [...]
Lawyers circle London Metal Exchange after nickel market meltdown July 19, 2022 London Metal Exchange is preparing to fend off a bevy of legal challenges from the US after it sensationally halted nickel trading earlier this year.