KPMG’s Australian arm will shed around 200 staff from its consulting business as part of a comprehensive restructure, in a move expected to save it around $80 million a year.
The nation’s unemployment rate has risen to 4.1 per cent last month with Western Australia also recording a slight increase, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Management consultant Alvarez & Marsal’s efforts to match the local presence of top-tier rivals have been boosted by its expansion to four partners and 20 staff.
Defamation lawyer Martin Bennett has been fined more than $20,000 after the state administrative tribunal found his conduct to be "grossly careless" over a court matter.
An American accountability and leadership expert visiting Perth has outlined a series of key steps businesses can take to implement an accountable workplace culture.
Accounting giant PwC has announced hundreds of redundancies and the accelerated retirement of partners, with its national headcount to be cut by about 5 per cent.
Two Perth business executives have been appointed to government boards, with Kellie Benda joining the Foreign Investment Review board and Karen Brown joining Lotterywest.
The disciplinary tribunal for chartered accountants has imposed the maximum possible fine on PwC and applied new reporting requirements as fallout from the tax advice scandal continues.
Global law firm MinterEllison has lost five senior partners to rival HFW, including four of its Perth partners and its chief representative in the Beijing office.
Private equity investor Allegro Funds has obtained final regulatory approval to buy the public sector consulting arm of PwC, which will trade as Scyne Advisory.