We ran a short survey at the end of 2012, against the backdrop of the current attention focusing on executive pay from shareholders, Government, regulators and the media, to find out what the impact of the environment was on the way you plan to reward the people leading your organisations....
Family businesses feel they are the un-loved sector of UK industry with a significant number feeling the Government does not recognise their importance to the UK economy. This is the key finding for the UK from PwC’s biennial survey of nearly 2,000 family businesses in 28 countries across the world....
Our latest treasury survey has been published following a brief survey of corporate treasurers at the ACT conference in April from a variety of industries. Key themes are a continuing focus on cash and funding. As you would expect the Euro crisis is a matter of concern for many as...
This report finds Aerospace & Defence (A&D) companies dealing with price pressure, complex supply chains, the need to expand internationally and macroeconomic uncertainty. Their customers are also expecting them to provide innovative products and services and lower costs. This combination of pressures is putting programme management in the spotlight and...
Our Tax First newsletter brings you a round-up of the past month's major tax news and issues. You’ll recall that we brought you an overview of the proposed financial transaction tax (FTT) in our February edition of Tax First. In this June edition we look at the decision by The...
A new report from PwC on the effectiveness of the public sector finance function highlights the scale of the challenge facing finance professionals in the sector, if they are to fulfill their ambitions to transform their role from scorekeeper on financial issues to a high performing business partner. Above the...
Despite facing continuing economic uncertainty and difficult debt markets, Private Equity (PE) backed companies remain focused on growth and expect to increase both turnover and profitability in 2012, according to PwC’s annual survey of management teams from 77 Private Equity backed companies: Supporting UK growth – Private Equity backed company...
The following is a flavour of what our Advisory teams have been involved with recently across the South West and Wales. We have been extremely busy so far in 2012, completing upwards of 16 deals, with a number of others in progress. Of course, we'd be happy to talk to...
Revisiting the debate This new report revisits the packaging debate and tracks the progress the industry has made towards closer collaboration between stakeholders that goes beyond the term sustainable packaging. The UK packaging industry, leading retailers, manufacturers and consumer groups we spoke to are unanimously agreed that the much used...
Below is a summary on the main measures announced in the UK Budget 2012. We provide more information on our UK site on personal tax, attracting business, residential property, anti-avoidance and other measures. You can also watch a recorded version of a live discussion of PwC specialists discussing the main...
