BDO chooses blogging partner to head up international network

Jeremy Newman of BDO Stoy Hayward in the UK is a trailblazer as a managing partner who blogs regularly, primarily about the audit market in the UK. He’s recently won the job to be BDO International’s new CEO starting in October 2008. Jeremy has been emphatic about getting the message out about audit choice andContinue reading “BDO chooses blogging partner to head up international network”

Banning Facebook sends the wrong message

Jeremy Newman, the Managing Director of BDO Stoy Hayward in the UK, provides real leadership and an inspiration across the pond to me and no doubt others who read about his management style and philosophy. He writes about workplaces banning Facebook, which is very popular right now here in Toronto among employers. I am notContinue reading “Banning Facebook sends the wrong message”

Audit choice and competition in UK and G8

Jeremy Newman of BDO Stoy Hayward, highlights a key finding of the British Oxera Report on Audit Choice and Competition: According to the report by Oxera on Competition and Choice published in April 2006 more than 70% of FTSE 100 companies had not held a competitive tender for the last 15 years. The incidence ofContinue reading “Audit choice and competition in UK and G8”

Grant Thornton UK merges with RSM Robson Rhodes

Although they’re possibly (likely?) completely unrelated, the recent announcement in the UK that Grant Thornton would merge with RSM Robson Rhodes comes hot on the heels of the announcement in Canada that BDO Dunwoody and Grant Thornton here would enter into discussions on the possibility of merging. The partners of Grant Thornton UK LLP andContinue reading “Grant Thornton UK merges with RSM Robson Rhodes”

Blogs catching on for BDO in the UK

This is cool: BDO Stoy Hayward‘s Managing Partner Jeremy Newman has a blog. It’s no surprise he was voted Accountancy Age’s Personality of the Year – this guy is switched on. I think it goes without saying – and it’s a constant theme for my fellow accountant bloggers – that we need more folks atContinue reading “Blogs catching on for BDO in the UK”