根据海外媒体消息,普华永道英国成员所近日公布了2017财年业绩,业务收入增长5%达到36亿英镑再创历史新高.但由于受英国脱欧事件所带来的复杂多变的商业环境影响,成本同步增加较大,利润较上 年度有所下降.
主要增长贡献来源于咨询和税务业务线,业务收入增长了7%；传统的审计业务线只增长了4%；而交易咨询业务下降了1%,官方披露的原因是老客户的续签速度迟缓所致,实质上交易咨询团队非常繁忙.
全所的利润下降了1%达8.22亿英镑,导致普华永道953个合伙人人均利润较上年度下降了8%.人均利润65.2万英镑,远低于竞争对手德勤英国的合伙人人均86.5万英镑的水平.
普华永道英国主席Ellis先生补充解释到,合伙人的数量的增加（2017年新增52个合伙人）,新增投入（AI、VR及区块链等项目）也是导致人均利润下降的原因.
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“This is a strong set of results from what we found to be a tough set of conditions following Brexit,” he said. “We have now moved on and have seen a pick-up in the [first six months of 2017], which was better. By [January] it does appear that the log jam moved on and businesses were more active.”
“The income is down — whether you call it a pay cut or an investment [is up to you],”
“Our partners are very keen on driving our strategy forward. We have launched a blockchain business in Belfast, and a technology hub in Reading — these are all start-up businesses that we did not even know we needed two years ago. We have to put the money in now to remain relevant,”
