Professional & Business Services

London – – October 08, 2026 -- Hilton Worldwide Holdings has displaced DHL Group atop Fortune's 100 Best Companies To Work For - Europe 2026 ranking, with AbbVie, DHL Group, Cisco Systems and Specsavers rounding out the top five.

Technology dominates the 100-company list with 26 entrants

The ranking spans companies headquartered in 25 countries, with roughly half privately held and women leading six of the 100 firms. Just over a third of the listed companies are European operations of large U.S. businesses. Technology leads sector representation with 26 companies, followed by health care at 17 and financial services at 15.

Allianz, Stryker, Aviva, Siemens Healthineers and Salesforce fill out the top 10

Siemens Healthineers and Salesforce newly entered the top 10 this year, joining Allianz, Stryker and Aviva in positions six through nine.

Thousand Oaks, Calif. – – October 08, 2026 -- Marketing Maven, a Ventura County-based marketing and public relations agency, announced that Senior Integrated Marketing Executive Shayne Wells has been named a 2026 40 Under Forty honoree by the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber honors Wells for five years of agency work on regional tourism account

The annual program recognizes 40 professionals under age 40 for career impact, leadership and community involvement in the Greater Conejo Valley. Wells was cited for her strategic work in public relations, influencer marketing, social media and brand partnerships.

Wells has spent five years at Marketing Maven, where she has worked closely on the agency's account for Visit Conejo Valley, a longtime client representing the region's tourism sector. Through that engagement, she helps promote the area's hotels, restaurants, attractions and local experiences to visitors.

New York – October 08, 2026 -- Software Experts has named Nicely Network the Best AI Visibility & GEO Agency for 2026, citing a reporting framework that ties AI citations and search rankings directly to tracked sales exceeding $100 million.

Agency reports 15,000 AI citations and 200 million views across campaigns

Nicely Network says it has generated more than 15,000 AI citations and 200 million views on ranked discussions while working with over 300 brands, including Fortune 500 companies, across software, travel, beauty, consumer products, home, health and wellness, and cybersecurity sectors.

Nashville, Tenn. – October 07, 2026 -- Foundation Group has combined its legacy Bookkeeping division with boutique accounting firm Nonprofit Suite to create Foundation Group Accounting Services, a single unit serving nonprofits from startup bookkeeping through complex financial reporting. Lora J. Lahoda, CPA, CGMA, has been named Vice President and General Manager of the new division, overseeing integration, staffing, and service delivery.

Two nonprofit accounting practices with decades of combined history now operate as one unit

Foundation Group's Bookkeeping division has supported small and mid-sized nonprofits for more than eight years, while Nonprofit Suite has served larger, more complex nonprofit organizations for over 20 years. The merger creates what the company calls a scalable continuum, allowing clients to move from basic bookkeeping to operational accounting and strategic advisory services without switching providers.

Washington, D.C. – October 07, 2026 -- Baby Boomers' likelihood of staying with their employers fell 6.3 points to 90.5 in the third quarter, while Gen Z's retention outlook rose to 112.8, producing a record 22.3-point generational gap, according to the Eagle Hill Consulting Employee Retention Index.

Culture scores erase a year of gains across the workforce

The Culture Indicator dropped 3.1 points to 100.9, the steepest decline among the Index's four components and nearly wiping out 12 months of improvement. Gen X employees reported a 7-point culture decline, Baby Boomers 5.5 points and Gen Z 3.1 points; Millennials were the only cohort to improve, gaining 1 point. Women's culture sentiment fell 3.6 points versus 1.6 points for men.

San Francisco – October 07, 2026 -- Gusto has rolled out its most significant overhaul of Gusto Pro since 2021, alongside a new multi-client Model Context Protocol (MCP) and an expanded Partner Program, targeting the more than 23,000 accounting firms currently using its platform.

Gusto Pro gains AI-assisted workflows to cut manual payroll prep

The redesigned Gusto Pro platform now automates core payroll tasks end-to-end, including extracting hours from emails, surfacing changes since the last payroll run, and generating critical reports. Accountants retain final review and approval authority before any changes are processed. A new AI assistant, Pro Gus, gives accountants faster answers to client questions and multi-client visibility across their book of business.

Newark, N.J. – October 07, 2026 -- Cheryl McCants, Founder and CEO of Impact Consulting Enterprises, was named one of 50 inaugural honorees in the Women to KNOW in New Jersey program, a recognition presented by KNOW Women for leadership, entrepreneurship and community impact across the state.

McCants is honored for nearly four decades of business and civic leadership

Chicago – – October 07, 2026 -- Archer Lewis CEO Jake Nice has been named to Crain's Chicago Business 40 Under 40 class of 2026, recognizing his role in building the firm into a top-70 U.S. accounting practice in under two years.

Archer Lewis consolidated 42 firms into a single national brand since its 2024 launch

Since establishing Archer Lewis in 2024, Nice has led the integration of 42 accounting firms from across the country under one brand, with specialties spanning tax, attest and client accounting services. The firm now employs more than 600 team members serving 63,000 clients nationwide.

El Segundo, Calif. – October 07, 2026 -- Building a workplace financial wellness program from scratch costs between $21 million and $38 million and takes more than a decade, according to a new white paper from Financial Finesse's Financial Wellness Think TankTM.

Outside vendors now dominate program sourcing, EBRI data shows

Among employers with a financial wellness strategy or one in development, 87% used outside help to build it, per the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). The share relying on a dedicated financial wellness vendor climbed from 47% in 2020 to 66% in 2025, based on EBRI's 2025 Financial Wellbeing Employer Survey of benefits decision makers at companies with 500 or more employees (n=406).

New York – October 06, 2026 -- Get Engaged, a U.S. social-first agency specializing in creators and entertainment, is joining Madrid-based SAMY to form one of the largest independent social-first influencer and creator agencies in the world.

Combination merges Get Engaged's 120-employee U.S. network with SAMY's 1,200-person global infrastructure

Get Engaged, founded in 2016 by Alex Dermer, Cam Fordham and Ben Hiott, operates more than 120 employees across Atlanta, New York, Nashville and Los Angeles, serving clients including Sephora, Raising Cane's, DoorDash, Live Nation, NBCUniversal, EA Games, Sazerac, Universal Music Group and Perplexity. SAMY runs 20 offices across 55 markets with approximately 1,200 specialists, working with global brands such as L'Oréal, Barilla, The North Face, Diageo, Microsoft, Red Bull, Grindr and Unilever.