Small businesses saw little change in their month-over-month hiring rates and hourly earnings growth, but the number of hours worked by employees rose, according to payroll giant Paychex.

Cole was convicted of a single count each of securities fraud and improperly influencing an audit, plus six counts of making false filings with the SEC.

The dramatic move comes in the wake of an investigation by prosecutors and Italy's market regulator into some of the club's balance sheets regarding alleged false accounting and market manipulation.

That's before a potential break-up of its auditing and consulting divisions takes effect, which could further ramp up a recruitment drive.

Accounting firm KPMG is expanding its Manchester presence with extra tech workers and a revamped office space with meetings at its core.

The next 12 months offer accounting firms lots of changes to rethink how they operate and reposition themselves to be more intentional about growth.

The judge said depositions of all parties in the case must be completed by March 20.