A&M Managing Director Jeremy Orbell and Director Nicola Heather recently hosted a webinar, "Tips for your spring 2022 RemCo meetings, and Remuneration Reports for 2021."

Production shutdowns due to semiconductor shortages are slowing, but chip issues are expected to affect the industry throughout 2022. Automotive inventory increased slightly to 1.1 million units in December, but supply continues to weigh on sales performance.

Our latest Aerospace & Defence (A&D) Barometer indicates continued pressure and supply risks remain on all key materials, especially skilled manufacturing labour. The financial outlook remains positive but profitability and cash is likely to come under pressure in the next two quarters.

A&M Senior Advisors Kenneth Brewer and Alan Cathcart, and Senior Director Alon Kritzman were recently quoted in two Tax Notes articles.

Pre-Covid, CFOs primarily focused on reporting historical financial performance. But today, with rising logistics costs, supply chain bottlenecks, escalating input costs, and the uncertainty of sales, developing a forward-looking perspective is a must.

Employee retention to improve EBITDA and other key performance indicators.

This week, the IRS issued guidance further explaining new procedures for research credit refund claims.

The pandemic forced retailers to progress “years in months,” with omnichannel and quick-commerce becoming central to business models faster than most had anticipated. Retailers wanting to stay relevant in this fast-moving environment must act now to ramp up their digital strategies for 2022 and beyond.

The pandemic years may have taught us how changing set routines could be difficult to implement and sustain, but it also proved the remarkable adaptability of the human brain. In order to lead lean transformation in manufacturing and achieve operational improvements, we need to drive human behavioural change despite challenging conditions. Organizations need to embrace cultural changes to build consistent awareness of the required transformation, and this should start with the business leadership. It is also essential to translate KPI targets for each specific level to make them helpful in achieving improvements, while having the financial target in mind.

This article explores some of behaviours required for the successful implementation of lean strategies that truly impact bottom line whilst engaging the organization towards a new company-wide culture.

National Tax Office Practice Leader of Taxand, Kevin M. Jacobs, was recently quoted in CFO Dive.

While semiconductor chip shortages and commodity issues continue to dominate the headlines in the automotive industry, auto suppliers face several long term supply chain challenges, including geo-political issues; heightened focus on environmental, social and governance practices; changes in regulations; evolving environmental and tax laws; and implementation of new trade agreements that will force a reorientation of global auto supply chains.

A&M DIG CTO, Joey Baruch, along with other technology industry experts, are quoted in Forbes.

A&M Taxand Managing Director Kathleen King was recently interviewed by Bloomberg Tax.

In this briefing, we look at why now might be a good time to sell your business to an EOT.

Digital technologies in procurement and supply chain management are developing at an increasing pace and accelerate efficiency gains throughout the procurement process.