Services

Tax

As one of the UK's leading tax planning practices, and with approximately 2,800 tax experts around the country, we are renowned for the depth and quality of our expertise. Our approach embraces many aspects of tax problem solving from ideas to implementation, blending the skills of financial and tax specialists with economists and our other in-house experts as necessary; for example we provide legal services through our associate law firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal.

Develops and applies best practices combining all aspects of tax planning and problem solving from ideas to implementation, blending the skills of financial and tax specialists with economists, lawyers and other in-house experts as necessary.

Performance improvement consulting

Helps companies react with agility to opportunities and threats by delivering performance improvements that allow them to gain and protect competitive advantage and government and public sector bodies to improve performance and efficiency and deliver successful and enduring benefits from major change programmes.

Business recovery services

Provides advisory and insolvency services to lenders, creditors, companies and individuals in troubled financial situations. Our services include turnaround implementation, financial, operational and strategic advice, optimised exit services, accelerated mergers and acquisitions, solvent reconstructions, insurance company run-off, receivables management, receiverships, administrations and liquidations.

Assurance & regulatory reporting

Our in-depth understanding of regulation and legislation enables us to help companies with complex reporting requirements, such as Sarbanes Oxley and IFRS. We are leaders in the development of non-financial reporting, such as the Operating and Financial Review (OFR), to help our clients respond to the drive for better corporate governance.

Our sustainable business solutions team helps clients improve their business performance and long-term shareholder value with a focus on ethical standards.

Government & public sector services

PricewaterhouseCoopers has a long-term commitment to working with Government and public sector. Across our UK offices we have over 1,300 practitioners in our public sector practice, over half of whom operate in our consulting business, with the remainder in assurance and tax. We value the skills, talents and diversity of our people, who have specialist knowledge in, and are committed to improving the delivery of, public services.

Human resource services

Advises companies on all aspects of people management, helping them create value for their businesses through people. Key issues are executive reward schemes, negotiating Inland Revenue agreements, dispensations and annual PAYE settlement agreements; and dealing with pension scheme deficits.

Transaction services

Helps corporate and private equity clients maximise the return on their deals and reduce risk. Our services include strategic reviews, deal due diligence, no-access due diligence, merger benefits analysis, post-acquisition integration, carve-outs, vendor assistance, vendor due diligence and bid support.

Forensic services

Helps organisations tackle the major financial and reputational risks associated with economic crime. Our forensic experts identify financial irregularities, recover stolen assets and introduce controls to mitigate the future risk of fraud. The team also has a long-established litigation support practice, helping businesses resolve complex financial disputes arising from corporate transactions, insurance claims, intellectual property and licensing contracts, and construction projects.