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View articleAudit reform gets a step closer with the Competition and Market Authority's recommendations, including a separation of audit from other functions Read...
View articleAs the CMA announces sweeping proposals for audit reform, Clive Viegas Bennett, CEO of MGI Worldwide, says the way the industry works is fundamentally...
View articleIn her final article for Accountancy Age, Lucy explores quality of audit in the past and now, and what the future of the profession looks like Read Mo...
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View articleAfter being on the brink of complete collapse, Patisserie Valerie and 2,000 of its jobs has been saved Read More...
View articleBen Taylor, CEO of Rainbird, has spoken to Accountancy Age about technology in accounting and what the future might bring Read More...
View articleSource Global Research has put the question to audit clients and has received some interesting responses Read More...
View articleThe crisis in company audit has knock on consequences for public audit - and now is a good time to review the remit of the National Audit Office, say ...
View articleEmeritus Professor Ruth Bender of Corporate Financial Strategy from Cranfield School of Management on the next steps following the CMA and Kingman rev...
View articleOver 920 people who were made redundant due to store closures will not be paid this month Read More...
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View articleEY are responding to calls for independence among the Big Four accounting firms Read More...
View articleIt is thought that up to 900 Patisserie Valerie employees could lose their jobs Read More...
View articleThe investigation into Carillion's collapse continue on with a renewed focus on KPMG's audits of the construction business Read More...
View articleThe popular cake chain says it's accounts were 'significantly manipulated' before its near-collapse last year Read More...
View articleIt's time! After another year of financial scandals, Accountancy Age are taking the plunge and writing a feature on audit in accountancy. Please take ...
View articleThe FRC has successfully persuaded a court to order an audit client, Sports Direct International Plc (SDI), to disclose privileged documents relevant ...
View articleAlthough the CMA report has highlighted changes that need to be made in the audit sector (as pointed out by Duff & Phelps), MHA MacIntyre Hudson has e...
View articleThere's already shuffling happening in the UK audit sector following the CMA's audit review just before Christmas Read More...
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