CALIFORNIA
PwC US announced that its San Francisco office will donate $160,000 to three Bay Area-based non-profit organizations, funded through grants from the PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc. The grants also complement the professional services firm's Earn Your Future campaign dedicated to addressing youth education with a combination of donations and skills-based volunteer programs across the United States. CAMICO has been named the exclusively endorsed provider of professional liability and employment practices liability insurance for The Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants.
ILLINOIS
Crowe Horwath LLP was on the InformationWeek500 list for the second year in a row. The list, compiled by InformationWeek magazine, recognizes the nation’s top 500 innovative business teams that take unconventional approaches in the use of new technology and models to capture business opportunities and solve complex business problems. The firm’s marketing campaign for the financial services group of Performance services received the Best Nurturing Campaign Award at the Killer Content Awards, presented by the e-publication Demand Gen Report.
INDIA
AGN International welcomes a new member firm in India, GMJ & Co, Chartered Accountants. GMJ & Co was established 27 years ago and has 11 partners. The whole team has grown from a size of 3 to more than 125 in 2013.
INDIANA
Ball State University will kick off its Chuck Allen/Crowe Horwath LLP Leadership Lecture Series with a presentation on March 26 by the author of a critically acclaimed book on the issue. Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr. will discuss issues raised in his 2011 book, From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Value-Based Leadership. The event is from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in Pruis Hall. It is free and open to the public. Following the presentation, there will be a discussion, networking session and book signing. Katz, Sapper & Miller of Indianapolis is the newest member firm to join PrimeGlobal.
MICHIGAN
Plante Moran will start its annual spring webinar series on April 2. The 16 webinars cover a wide range of topics including tax, technology, employee benefits consulting, franchises, government, health care, higher education, K-12 education, not-for-profit, manufacturing, real estate and construction and business services. There is no charge to participate in the webinars. To register for the Plante Moran webinars and/or to view the entire spring webinar series, please visit
NEW JERSEY
BookKeeping Express, the first U.S. franchise focused solely on bookkeeping services, has recently opened its first local office, serving businesses throughout Easton, Penn. and the Flemington, N.J. area. Klatzkin & Company LLP staff participated in the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey’s annual Red Rose Day. Red Rose Day is an event that was created over 30 years ago by the Auxiliary CHS OF NJ to support their private Infant Foster Care Program. WithumSmith+Brown PC is celebrating the firm’s 40th anniversary this month. Incorporated in 1974, WS+B originally started with six employees in a small Milltown, NJ, office. With now over 500 staff members in 13 offices across six states, there is certainly much to celebrate.
NEW YORK
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UNITED KINGDOM
Leading mid-tier accountancy firm French Duncan has joined HLB International, a leading worldwide network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers, as its exclusive Scottish representative. The Managing Partners' Forum, has named Grant Thornton 'Best managed international firm.' Judged by an independent panel of subject matter experts, the award recognizes the strength of Grant Thornton’s global strategy and leadership, which has enabled Grant Thornton to lead the major global accounting networks in revenue growth the last two years.
WASHINGTON
The Organization for International Investment and PwC US released their 2014 Insourcing Survey, which provides keen insights from 101 U.S. Chief Financial Officers of insourcing companies, foreign firms that operate in the United States. This year, the Insourcing Survey results are being released at events in Seattle, WA and Detroit, MI to draw attention to the critical role foreign direct investment plays in states across the country and to highlight the work of Governors Inslee and Snyder in attracting more global investment to their states. In Washington, at least one in three jobs is related to international trade, and earlier this year, the Evergreen State set a new record for exports producing $81.9 billion in products and services for international customers. Nearly one third of the 96,000 insourcing jobs in Washington is in the manufacturing sector. Foreign companies employ 177,500 Michigan workers, accounting for more than five percent of the Great Lakes State’s private sector workforce. More than 60 percent of these jobs are in manufacturing. In fact, Michigan added twice as many insourcing jobs in 2011 compared to any other state, some 32,000 new jobs.