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Office buildings of Dains and Hurst accounting firms after merger announcement

Dains Acquires Hurst, Expands UK Footprint

Howard Locke February 18, 2026

Birmingham-based accountancy and advisory group Dains has completed the acquisition of Stockport firm Hurst, securing its first foothold in England's...

AAB and Kreston Reeves Reach Deal in Major Accounting Milestone

Howard Locke February 12, 2026

AAB and Kreston Reeves have announced a landmark business combination that will forge one of the United Kingdom's largest mid-market...

Goldman Sachs and Claude AI logos side by side representing AI automation in banking

Goldman Sachs Partners With Anthropic to Automate Accounting With Claude

Sarah Huntington February 10, 2026

Goldman Sachs partners with Anthropic to build autonomous AI agents that will automate core accounting and compliance functions across the...

Skrooge.ai AI accounting platform for UAE SMEs

Skrooge.ai: Closes $1.85M Seed Funding to Scale AI Accounting

Tom Radcliffe February 2, 2026

Skrooge.ai targets fast-growing SME market as corporate tax compliance drives demand for automated financial operations When the UAE introduced its...

ICAEW and Microsoft AI training for accountants using generative AI tools in professional practice

ICAEW and Microsoft Launch AI Training for Accountants

Howard Locke January 29, 2026

ICAEW and Microsoft have formalised a partnership that could reshape how Britain's chartered accountants prepare for an artificial intelligence-dominated future....

Brex launches AI accounting API to automate ERP integrations and streamline enterprise finance workflows

Brex Launches AI Native Accounting API for ERP Automation

Sarah Huntington January 22, 2026

Brex launches AI native accounting technology designed to automate corporate financial workflows, the latest salvo in an intensifying battle with...

Pennylane accounting software platform expanding in Europe with $204M funding

Pennylane Gets $200M to Expand Accounting Platform Services

Ingrid Patterson January 20, 2026

Pennylane has closed a $204 million Series E funding round led by TCV with participation from Blackstone Growth, valuing the...

ACCA students sitting accounting exams in a supervised test centre

UK Accounting Exams Go Offline as AI Cheating Rises

Ingrid Patterson December 29, 2025

UK accounting exams are returning to physical test centres after artificial intelligence-enabled cheating overwhelmed digital safeguards, forcing the world's largest...