Professional Services

  • Professional Services briefs

    PricewaterhouseCoopers' total Australian revenue for the past financial year was $1.36 billion, down 4.6 per cent from 2009. While assurance was up 8.3 per cent and private client business grew by 6.3 per cent, advisory declined by 6.5 per cent and tax and legal fell by 2.6 per cent.

  • Boutique consulting picks up

    Boutique consulting firms continue to expand their teams as the pick-up in the economy pays dividends.

  • CPAs launch leadership TV program

    CPA Australia has teamed up with evoTV, an online video portal to produce 12 episodes of leadership program, The Bottom Line.

  • Consultants growing again

    A niche consulting firm that stopped paying its consultants during the global financial crisis is forecasting a doubling of fee income this financial year as it expands into New Zealand.

  • Canpotex a pothole for BHP

    BHP Billiton has hit a stumbling block in its $US40 billion ($44 billion) hostile bid for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, as a key Canadian official indicated the province would not tolerate any changes to the marketing of potash that undermine the economy

  • Leadership changes with the times

    The global financial crisis was a positive stimulus for one consulting firm that opted to diversify for long-term growth.

  • Accountants tell parties to slash red tape

    Accountants want the next federal government to provide small businesses with further support by increasing the immediate write-off of the small assets threshold to $10,000 and also raising the small business entity turnover threshold to $5 million.

  • Recruiters launch legal business divisions

    Strong growth in the permanent side of the recruitment industry has encouraged two global players to launch legal divisions in Australia.

  • Hardball option for Marius Kloppers

    BHP Billiton boss Marius Kloppers's plans for market-based pricing in the potash industry may mean short-term financial pain before there is any gain.

  • Former BDO partners ally with Moore Stephens

    Former partners in BDO's tax and private clients practice who settled an eight month dispute with BDO have formed a strategic alliance with Moore Stephens in Melbourne.

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