Kevin Reed discusses how the fortunes of Grant Thornton can be turned around.

Why a digital onboarding process can be a huge boon for your practice - and how to do it.

Our latest article for Accountex’s news website gives basic tips on buying or selling a practice

Accountancy equity partners need to weigh up the succession options available and review these regularly - to help avoid undertaking a poor transaction, writes Tim Underwood for ACCA Singapore.

With change accelerating at every level, strategic planning is something that smaller firms need to do just as much as the mid-tier and Big Four, says Keith Underwood

We’re not convinced that many accountants really understand what their entrepreneurial clients are looking for from them. Our article, by Derek Smith, builds a picture of their wants and needs - and how an can adviser fit in the frame.

Every year many thousands of UK businesses sleep-walk their way to disaster – plenty of accountancy practices among them - through the simple failure to recognise and plan for risks that are often plain to see and easy to avoid.

Systematic, but straightforward, risk assessment can eliminate dangers that, if not terminal, could result in huge expense, writes our senior consultant Phil Shohet….

The pace of introducing new specific applications, customisation of reporting requirements on an industry sector basis, plus the drive towards paperless, has made digitalisation a nearby reality. What is needed, therefore, is a new approach to how your firm operates, and how people operate within it, Keith Underwood writes…

The move towards digitisation is being pushed by both regulatory and client-focused requirements, which means that accountants need to clearly identify their relationship with the client and…

Transforming your practice requires a mindset change and a willingness to leverage technology. Click the headline to find out more…

What does the process of defining client/service offering look like?

Well, the starting point is to understand what your current client base is – and this is usually easier said than done…

Practices are finding it increasingly challenging to recruit, manage, develop and retain their employees. We discuss the key issues in getting the right people and managing HR…

One Paper Lane, a U.S.-based digital automation and collaboration platform, launches in the UK in collaboration with M&A and strategy consultants Foulger Underwood.

The Foulger Underwood team has advised Percy Gore & Co on its merger with MHA MacIntyre Hudson.

We’re extremely excited to not only be attending Accountex London, but to partner with One Paper Lane on their UK launch.

The partnership brings together the best in our practice consultancy and transformation expertise, with One Paper Lane’s process automation and streamlining technology.

Stephen Tucker joins Foulger Underwood as a senior consultant, bringing considerable experience in running and managing specialist financial services businesses, as well as time served in accountancy practices.

Foulger Underwood is delighted to have produced our first article, in a series, for the ACCA.

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Understanding the direction of travel of the institutes’ students and members could impact your recruitment strategy. Kevin Reed looks at the latest, rarely-publicised, statistics…

Foulger Underwood, acting as sell-side advisers, represented JP Integra, a Cayman-based fund administrator, on their recent sale to ZEDRA…

Equality of gender and ethnicity are hot topics, but there are many other ways in which people can be discriminated against in the workplace. What about equality of contribution, or achievement, from a remuneration and career perspective? Derek Smith discusses the criteria to take into account, and how to approach them.