PwC partners who fail to embrace AI have no future at firm, US CEO warns

Paul Griggs says senior staff at consulting firm who are not ‘paranoid about being AI-first’ are likely to be replaced

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UK recruiter emerges from insolvency for third time, avoiding millions owed in tax

Hampshire business seems to have benefited from ‘phoenixism’, which costs the taxpayer about £800m a year

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KPMG partner fined for using artificial intelligence to cheat in AI training test

Firm says person fined A$10,000 is one of over two dozen staff in Australia caught using AI in exams since July

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Record 1,000 UK taxpayers under 30 earned more than £1m last year

HMRC figures show 11% rise in young million-pound earners, with influencers and tech pay cited as key

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Deze HR-docenten volgen ook een master op de hogeschool: ‘Het heeft me een betere docent gemaakt’

Voor de klas staan op de HR en zelf student zijn aan de HR: het kan. Docenten Lynsay Daan, Annika Lunenburg en Paul Krijger volgen alle drie een master op het gebied van onderwijs, naast hun werk. Dat betekent veel ballen in de lucht houden, maar ook veel voldoening en meer zelfvertrouwen in hun werk. ‘Ik heb specifiek gekozen voor iets buiten mijn comfortzone.’ Je moet het niet doen als je in een verbouwing zit of zwanger bent. Daar zijn ze het over eens, besluiten ze aan het einde van […]

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Taxpayers miss out on millions after ‘phoenixism’ at UK recruitment firms

Practice where companies are liquidated and reacquired, free of debts, thought to cost taxpayers about £800m a year

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UK accounting body to halt remote exams amid AI cheating

Candidates will have to sit assessments in person unless there are exceptional circumstances, says ACCA

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UK accounting body to halt remote exams amid AI cheating

Candidates will have to sit assessments in person unless there are exceptional circumstances, says ACCA

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ISSA 5000: key features of the International Sustainability Assurance Standard

<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d12317124e72">The article describes the structure and key concepts within the International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000 ‘General requirements for sustainability assurance engagements’. Because this international standard will form an important basis for the European sustainability assurance standards to be issued in 2026 the article also briefly discusses the relationship with the European developments and the Dutch sustainability assurance standard NV COS 3810N. </p>

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