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Article Audit, accelerated: How AI, analytics and automation turn assurance into insight

Discover how AI, automation and analytics are reshaping external audit.

5 min read | 12 Dec 2025

Article People, process, and progress: Making LGR work for your council

Watch our webinar on Demand and read our most recent insight on the next phase of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)

Simon Christian

| 75 min read | 10 Dec 2025

Article UK hospitality: Autumn Budget fails to impress

The reaction of the UK's hospitality sector to the Autumn Budget has been mixed – grateful to have been recognised, but frustrated that the measures didn't go far enough.

Philip Stephenson

| 5 min read | 09 Dec 2025

Article Public Private Partnerships – Where is the relationship going and are we ready for the next step?

We often hear about the success of Public Private Partnerships and how they’re vital to tackling economic crime - especially in the digital assets and wider FinTech space. But are they delivering to their potential? Adrian Morris explores the future of these relationships, and the bold next steps needed to maximise their impact on illicit financial flows.

Adrian Morris

| 6 min read | 08 Dec 2025

Article M&A outlook: Women’s Health and FemTech emerging trends

The Government has recently announced the renewal of the women’s health strategy. Katy Jacks and Jessica Sandercock discuss what this means for the FemTech sector.

| 7 min read | 04 Dec 2025

Article Consolidation continues but regulatory headwinds emerge

From capital to culture: The changing dynamics of wealth management consolidation. Paul Lynch takes a closer look

| 4 min read | 01 Dec 2025

Article UK Real Estate: How to adapt to a new era of debt

The UK real estate sector must navigate refinancing risks, private credit exposures, and regulatory reckoning. Ian Guthrie explains how firms can adapt to this new era of transparency, leverage and regulatory scrutiny.

Ian Guthrie

| 8 min read | 25 Nov 2025

Article Getting to grips with significant risk transfers

Significant risk transfers boost capital efficiency but may pose challenges for the financial sector.

| 7 min read | 24 Nov 2025

Article Change management should be a constant in your budget plans

The organisations that thrive tomorrow will be those that treat change management with the same strategic intent as technology investment. Because true transformation demands leaders prioritise people in every budget cycle, explains Zoe Bratton.

Carolyn Hicks

| 3 min read | 19 Nov 2025

Article Subprime lending: A cornerstone of financial inclusion

The size and shape of the subprime credit sector has changed considerably over the past decade, driven by a combination of regulatory reforms, shifting consumer behaviours, and economic pressure. But these lenders are essential to providing access to credit among underserved groups and ensuring financial inclusion. Jarred Erceg looks the challenges currently faced by firms.

Jarred Erceg

| 4 min read | 14 Nov 2025

Article FRS 102 countdown: From roundtable to roadmap

Pressure points and action plans from our South and Midlands finance leader discussions to help you navigate FRS 102 updates in 2026.

12 Nov 2025

Article Speaking up on the whistleblowing framework

The Department for Business and Trade recently commissioned us to independently review the whistleblowing framework in England, Wales, and Scotland (Great Britain). Ali Crotch-Harvey, Peter Harris, Will Morris, and James Helme share our findings, which reveal a complex and challenging landscape.

| 7 min read | 11 Nov 2025

Article Budget 2025: Time to Deliver

Over successive administrations, the absence of a consistent and coordinated set of policies has constrained, delayed and/or prevented sustained investment in critical growth areas. This inconsistency has left public services and national priorities to drift, and in some cases, regress.

6 min read | 06 Nov 2025

Article Food & Beverage M&A Review – Autumn 2025

UK food and beverage (F&B) M&A activity remained resilient through the third quarter of 2025, even as volumes softened slightly from the highs of Q2. A total of 49 transactions were completed during the period, representing a modest 6% decline quarter-on-quarter but still comfortably above the trailing average of 45 deals and ahead of levels seen in Q4 2024 and Q1 2025.

4 min read | 05 Nov 2025

Article Restructuring plans: An opportunity for African companies

A Restructuring Plan can help financially distressed African companies secure a stable future. Andy Charters, Amaechi Nsofor and Neil Gore explain the benefits of this powerful tool – having had first-hand experience through our roles working on the three African restructuring plans to have been sanctioned.

| 7 min read | 05 Nov 2025

Article European withholding tax: Claim now or risk missing out

Billions in overpaid tax may be sitting unclaimed across Europe and UK funds, and life insurance companies are entitled to their share. Martin Killer explores why now is the time for institutional investors to act, driven by recent tax and legal developments, as well as ongoing fiduciary responsibilities.

Martin Killer

| 6 min read | 03 Nov 2025

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