Grant Thornton facing two FRC audit probes
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Grant Thornton facing two FRC audit probes

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Grant Thornton facing two FRC audit probes

FRC is to scrutinise Grant Thorton's auditing of Manchester Building Society and drinks company Nichols Read More...

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BDO replaces Grant Thornton as leading AIM auditors
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BDO replaces Grant Thornton as leading AIM auditors

13y Richard Crump , Writer

BDO replaces Grant Thornton as leading AIM auditor...

BDO makes net gain of 24 AIM clients since October last year, following its merger with PKF Read More...

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Best Practice: HW Fisher’s Michael Davis
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Best Practice: HW Fisher’s Michael Davis

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Best Practice: HW Fisher’s Michael Davis

Eighty years on from HW Fisher's formation by Harold Fisher in 1933, the business still holds true to its entrepreneurial principles Read More...

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Another day, another audit rotation
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Another day, another audit rotation

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Another day, another audit rotation

The new fashion of appointing fresh auditors has yet to extend outside the Big Four Read More...

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Flybe CFO departs following management shake-up
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Flybe CFO departs following management shake-up

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Flybe CFO departs following management shake-up

Andrew Knuckey, CFO of Flybe since 2007, is to leave once a successor has been found Read More...

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PwC picks up lucrative HSBC audit
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PwC picks up lucrative HSBC audit

13y Richard Crump , Writer

PwC picks up lucrative HSBC audit

PwC replaces KPMG as auditors of HSBC, Europe's largest bank by market capitalisation Read More...

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Wilkins Kennedy appoints Rick Schofield as tax partner
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Wilkins Kennedy appoints Rick Schofield as tax partner

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Wilkins Kennedy appoints Rick Schofield as tax par...

Rick Schofield joins Wilkins Kennedy from Baker Tilly in Manchester Read More...

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Directors putting reputation before profit
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Directors putting reputation before profit

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Directors putting reputation before profit

Joint CIMA and AICPA survey reveals directors prepared to lose profit for the sake of protecting reputation Read More...

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FRC closes investigation into KPMG BAE audit
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FRC closes investigation into KPMG BAE audit

13y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC closes investigation into KPMG BAE audit

FRC closes investigation because no realistic prospect that a tribunal will make an adverse finding to undertaken so long ago Read More...

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Lloyds sets aside £50m for investigation of Deloitte-run PPI centre
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Lloyds sets aside £50m for investigation of Deloitte-run PPI centre

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Lloyds sets aside £50m for investigation of Deloit...

Lloyds earmarks £50m to cover costs of an investigation into its governance of a Deloitte-run call centre Read More...

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Accountancy Age reveals Best Employer shortlist
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Accountancy Age reveals Best Employer shortlist

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Accountancy Age reveals Best Employer shortlist

Twelve firms have been shortlisted in the 2013 Accountancy Age - Best Employers Survey Read More...

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IFRS for consolidated accounts could raise issues for shipping
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IFRS for consolidated accounts could raise issues for shipping

13y Richard Crump , Writer

IFRS for consolidated accounts could raise issues ...

IFRS 10 could raise questions over a shipping company's subsidiary status Read More...

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PwC replaces Deloitte as auditors of Hargreaves Lansdown
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PwC replaces Deloitte as auditors of Hargreaves Lansdown

13y Richard Crump , Writer

PwC replaces Deloitte as auditors of Hargreaves La...

Hargreaves Lansdown describes 50 year audit tenures as "embarrassing" as fund seller switches auditors to PwC from Deloitte Read More...

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Unilever puts PwC audit up for tender
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Unilever puts PwC audit up for tender

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Unilever puts PwC audit up for tender

Consumer goods giant first FTSE 100 business to change auditors following Competition Commission measures Read More...

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MEPs cast doubt on compatibility of IFRS with EU law
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MEPs cast doubt on compatibility of IFRS with EU law

13y Richard Crump , Writer

MEPs cast doubt on compatibility of IFRS with EU l...

A group of five MEPs call for a review of IFRS' compatibility with European company law Read More...

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RBS fined £5.6m over reporting blunders
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RBS fined £5.6m over reporting blunders

13y Richard Crump , Writer

RBS fined £5.6m over reporting blunders

City watchdog finds Royal Bank of Scotland failed to properly report 44.8 million trades between November 2007 and February 2013 Read More...

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Mid-tier handed "permission to play" in FTSE 350 audit market
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Mid-tier handed "permission to play" in FTSE 350 audit market

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Mid-tier handed "permission to play" in FTSE 350 a...

While not perfect, Competition Commission audit reforms means it is in the mid-tier's hands to pick up work Read More...

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EY picks up two London-listed company audits
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EY picks up two London-listed company audits

13y Richard Crump , Writer

EY picks up two London-listed company audits

EY wins audits of London-listed businesses Cape and Vimetco Read More...

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FRC audit rules should have been given time to take root
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FRC audit rules should have been given time to take root

13y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC audit rules should have been given time to tak...

Mandatory five year audit tendering will do little to improve competition for FTSE 350 work Read More...

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Competition questions over mandatory audit tendering
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Competition questions over mandatory audit tendering

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Competition questions over mandatory audit tenderi...

Profession raises question over merits of Competition Commission mandatory tendering rules Read More...

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Competition Commission outlines five-year audit tenders
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Competition Commission outlines five-year audit tenders

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Competition Commission outlines five-year audit te...

Auditors to bid for work every five years under new competition rules; but avoid mandatory rotation Read More...

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HMRC sinks P&O tax scheme
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HMRC sinks P&O tax scheme

13y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC sinks P&O tax scheme

Courts describe P&O tax scheme as an "elaborate trick" designed to exploit the rules Read More...

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IASB makes progress on conceptual framework
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IASB makes progress on conceptual framework

13y Richard Crump , Writer

IASB makes progress on conceptual framework

Global standard setter puts draft of the conceptual framework revisions out for discussion Read More...

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FRC overshoots budget by £1.6m
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FRC overshoots budget by £1.6m

13y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC overshoots budget by £1.6m

Total expenditure in 2012/13 was £25.5m, driven up by a rise in disciplinary case costs Read More...

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Barclays appoints JP Morgan’s Morzaria as next FD
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Barclays appoints JP Morgan’s Morzaria as next FD

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Barclays appoints JP Morgan’s Morzaria as next FD

JP Morgan executive Tushar Morzaria will succeed Chris Lucas as Barclays FD Read More...

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AstraZeneca CFO to join BG Group
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AstraZeneca CFO to join BG Group

13y Richard Crump , Writer

AstraZeneca CFO to join BG Group

Simon Lowth set to join leave AstraZeneca for oil and gas explorer BG Group later this year Read More...

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Pennycook joins Howden as audit committee chair
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Pennycook joins Howden as audit committee chair

13y Richard Crump , Writer

Pennycook joins Howden as audit committee chair

Co-op finance boss to chair Howden Joinery Group audit committee Read More...

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