Public sector organisations operate in a dynamic and highly regulated environment. We are able to provide expert financial advice on local government matters, through our public sector consultancy arm, FourSight.
City Councils
- Project managing the implementation of new financial systems;
- performing financial IT systems reviews;
- managing hosted organisation budgets;
- managing the pooling of budgets in Intermediate Care between the City Council and Health and Social Services;
- interim financial management support.
District Councils
- Providing interim management support;
- undertaking benchmarking exercises to ensure Council activities are efficient and provide value for money;
- providing year end and monthly management accounts support.
Town and Parish Councils
- External auditors to over 350 Town and Parish Councils;
- providing advice on Local Government Standing Financial Instructions.
Up to £15 million will be clawed back from academy schools before the end of the current academic year due to government budgeting errors, according to our data.
A quarter of all taxpayers may be paying the wrong amount of tax due to incorrect PAYE codes according to our analysis.
The cost of listing on AIM has risen at its fastest rate in more than five years according to our findings.
A sudden surge in M&A activity on AIM is being driven by private equity backed deals to take companies private, our research reveals.
From 6 April 2012 HMRC will be able to ask employers to pay a financial security where it thinks there is serious risk that the business won’t pay over their PAYE tax deductions or National Insurance contributions (NICs) on time.
