ICAS and FRC: constructive debate on audit future required
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ICAS and FRC: constructive debate on audit future required

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

ICAS and FRC: constructive debate on audit future ...

JOINT RESEARCH conducted on behalf of ICAS and the FRC has found a need for a constructive debate about the future of audit and that specialists shoul...

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PwC to take on Weir Group audit
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PwC to take on Weir Group audit

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

PwC to take on Weir Group audit

FTSE 250 engineer to appoint PwC as auditor, ending EY's tenure Read More...

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Former Competition Commission deputy chair Carstensen takes Park chairman role
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Former Competition Commission deputy chair Carstensen takes Park chairman r...

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Former Competition Commission deputy chair Carsten...

Former Competition Commission deputy chairman Laura Carstensen will succeed Peter Johnson as Park's non-executive chairman Read More...

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UK corporates unprepared for cost of audit rotation reforms
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UK corporates unprepared for cost of audit rotation reforms

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

UK corporates unprepared for cost of audit rotatio...

Huge portion of FTSE 350 companies unprepared for imminent EU audit reforms Read More...

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FRC confirms KPMG-HBOS report to be released ‘in spring’
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FRC confirms KPMG-HBOS report to be released ‘in spring’

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

FRC confirms KPMG-HBOS report to be released ‘in s...

FRC tells Conservative MP Andrew Tyrie full report into KPMG's audit of HBOS can be expected in the spring Read More...

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‘Ten years’ to see fruits of mandatory rotation – Non-Big Four auditors
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‘Ten years’ to see fruits of mandatory rotation – Non-Big Four auditors

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

‘Ten years’ to see fruits of mandatory rotation – ...

Claims audit rotation reinforces the Big Four's market position are premature, according to senior Top Ten audit partners Read More...

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ACCA: Audit must evolve or die
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ACCA: Audit must evolve or die

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

ACCA: Audit must evolve or die

The perceived value of audit varies wildly between established and developing markets, ACCA report finds Read More...

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KPMG to pick up FTSE 250 builder WS Atkins’ audit
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KPMG to pick up FTSE 250 builder WS Atkins’ audit

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

KPMG to pick up FTSE 250 builder WS Atkins’ audit

KPMG to take on audit after PwC's tenure expires Read More...

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Pace of audit improvement too slow, IFIAR tells top six networks
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Pace of audit improvement too slow, IFIAR tells top six networks

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Pace of audit improvement too slow, IFIAR tells to...

International audit quality watchdog unsatisfied by pace of change in improving audit quality Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Mandatory audit rotation, digital tax and consulting
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Friday Afternoon Live: Mandatory audit rotation, digital tax and consulting

10y Accountancy Age

Friday Afternoon Live: Mandatory audit rotation, d...

Kevin Reed discusses the week's news Read More...

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Mandatory audit rotation 'further entrenches' Big Four
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Mandatory audit rotation 'further entrenches' Big Four

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Mandatory audit rotation 'further entrenches' Big ...

Mandatory audit rotation could force Big Four firms further down the market rather than open top audits up to other providers, claims EY audit partner...

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Moore Stephens Northern Ireland fined over Presbyterian Mutual Society audit
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Moore Stephens Northern Ireland fined over Presbyterian Mutual Society audi...

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Moore Stephens Northern Ireland fined over Presbyt...

Audit engagement partner David McClean also fined and reprimanded for failures in audit work in 2007 and 2008 Read More...

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NAO: Accounting officers champion ministers' interests over the public
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NAO: Accounting officers champion ministers' interests over the public

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

NAO: Accounting officers champion ministers' inter...

Accounting officers face greater pressure from ministers than taxpayers, risking value for public money, NAO finds Read More...

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Hospitals group Mediclinic appoints PwC as auditors
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Hospitals group Mediclinic appoints PwC as auditors

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Hospitals group Mediclinic appoints PwC as auditor...

Mediclinic appoints PwC as auditor Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Audit Thresholds and HMRC's Wiki fail
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Friday Afternoon Live: Audit Thresholds and HMRC's Wiki fail

10y Accountancy Age

Friday Afternoon Live: Audit Thresholds and HMRC's...

Editor Richard Crump discusses the week's news Read More...

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Auto Trader swaps PwC for KPMG as auditor
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Auto Trader swaps PwC for KPMG as auditor

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Auto Trader swaps PwC for KPMG as auditor

Online car dealership ends 11-year relationship with PwC Read More...

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Compliance and tax issues could follow audit threshold rise
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Compliance and tax issues could follow audit threshold rise

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Compliance and tax issues could follow audit thres...

Advisers warn both businesses and HMRC could lose out after rise in statutory audit threshold Read More...

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FRC to avoid further changes to codes and standards
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FRC to avoid further changes to codes and standards

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

FRC to avoid further changes to codes and standard...

FRC chief executive Stephen Haddrill pledges that regulator will allow changes to codes and standards to 'bed in' rather than introduce further change...

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RSA appoints UK and Western Europe chief auditor
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RSA appoints UK and Western Europe chief auditor

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

RSA appoints UK and Western Europe chief auditor

Dave Howell to lead insurer's audit function in UK and Western Europe Read More...

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Colin: PwC's squeaky clean audit
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Colin: PwC's squeaky clean audit

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Colin: PwC's squeaky clean audit

Colin considers PwC's reaction to its latest audit win Read More...

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Zenith Hygiene Group appoints PwC as auditors
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Zenith Hygiene Group appoints PwC as auditors

10y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Zenith Hygiene Group appoints PwC as auditors

Audit services generated £113,000 for Baker Tilly in 2015 Read More...

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KPMG appoints Adrian Stone as UK head of audit
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KPMG appoints Adrian Stone as UK head of audit

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

KPMG appoints Adrian Stone as UK head of audit

Stone replaces previous incumbent Tony Cates, who becomes head of KPMG's international markets and government practice Read More...

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FRC highlights flaws in audit engagement review processes
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FRC highlights flaws in audit engagement review processes

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

FRC highlights flaws in audit engagement review pr...

Thematic review from FRC's audit quality review team finds that while reviewers do bring standards of work up, weaknesses still creep through Read Mor...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Kids Company report and Grant Thornton's strategy
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Friday Afternoon Live: Kids Company report and Grant Thornton's strategy

11y Accountancy Age

Friday Afternoon Live: Kids Company report and Gra...

Editor Richard Crump stands in for Kevin Reed this week and discusses the week's news Read More...

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Leader: Kids Company report delivers grim verdict on value of advisers
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Leader: Kids Company report delivers grim verdict on value of advisers

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Leader: Kids Company report delivers grim verdict ...

Kids Company collapse offers salutary lesson about the use of professional advisers. Their partial assurances obscured more than they revealed Read Mo...

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Tyrie lays down gauntlet to FRC over HBOS probe
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Tyrie lays down gauntlet to FRC over HBOS probe

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Tyrie lays down gauntlet to FRC over HBOS probe

Treasury Select Committee chairman Andrew Tyrie raises "number of concerns" over FRC's supervision of KPMG's role in HBOS collapse Read More...

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Firms criticised by MPs over failure to report 'scale of risk' carried by Kids Company
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Firms criticised by MPs over failure to report 'scale of risk' carried by K...

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Firms criticised by MPs over failure to report 'sc...

PwC, PKF Littlejohn and Kingston Smith failed to report the scale of risk carried by chairty Kids Company prior to its collapse into adminsitration Re...

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