BDO overtakes KPMG to take top spot in AIM auditor rankings
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BDO overtakes KPMG to take top spot in AIM auditor rankings

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BDO overtakes KPMG to take top spot in AIM auditor...

While BDO tops the list of total AIM clients, PwC triumphs when looking at the aggregate client market-cap Read More...

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Wetherspoons to replace PwC as auditor
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Wetherspoons to replace PwC as auditor

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Wetherspoons to replace PwC as auditor

J D Wetherspoon will replace PwC as its auditor, terminating a 34 year relationship Read More...

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Demand for audit skills exceeding supply
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Demand for audit skills exceeding supply

9y Accountancy Age

Demand for audit skills exceeding supply

In response to changes in the audit environment, the profession contracted. There is now a gap between supply and demand, with the demand for audit sk...

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Ukraine central bank removes PwC’s bank auditing rights
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Ukraine central bank removes PwC’s bank auditing rights

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Ukraine central bank removes PwC’s bank auditing r...

The National Bank of Ukraine came to this decision following PwC's failure to identify improper activities of PrivatBank Read More...

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NAO takes over from EY as BBC auditor
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NAO takes over from EY as BBC auditor

9y Accountancy Age

NAO takes over from EY as BBC auditor

In its annual report the BBC has confirmed that the National Audit Office (NAO) will become their external auditors for the financial year 2017-2018, ...

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EY hired by Carillion to review finances
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EY hired by Carillion to review finances

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EY hired by Carillion to review finances

This strategic review comes a week after the troubled construction group revealed it was battling with rising debt, deteriorating cash flows and write...

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Which top firms need to improve audit practice?
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Which top firms need to improve audit practice?

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Which top firms need to improve audit practice?

The FRC has conducted research into the audit quality of the top six firms, with PwC coming out on top Read More...

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Audit quality of FTSE 350 companies is improving
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Audit quality of FTSE 350 companies is improving

9y Accountancy Age

Audit quality of FTSE 350 companies is improving

Reports showed that 81% of FTSE 350 audits reviewed in 2016-17 required only limited improvements, up from 77% in 2015-16 and 70% in 2014-15 Read More...

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What’s driving change in the audit environment?
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What’s driving change in the audit environment?

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What’s driving change in the audit environment?

How have the use of technology and changing views of regulators been driving change in the audit industry? Read More...

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FRC closes investigation into PwC over Tesco accounts
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FRC closes investigation into PwC over Tesco accounts

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FRC closes investigation into PwC over Tesco accou...

The Financial Reporting Council has announced the closure of an investigation into PwC’s auditing and accounting of Tesco Read More...

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Making the move from internal auditing to cyber security
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Making the move from internal auditing to cyber security

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Making the move from internal auditing to cyber se...

Simon Wright of CareersinAudit.com discusses how an effective cyber defence force is critical to businesses worldwide and how internal auditors can ma...

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The future of the audit industry: From masses of data, to meaning
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The future of the audit industry: From masses of data, to meaning

9y Accountancy Age

The future of the audit industry: From masses of d...

Unstructured, broader, real-time data - and who wants to use that information - is having a massive impact on the direction of travel for the audit pr...

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Advisory services push KPMG International to 8% growth
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Advisory services push KPMG International to 8% growth

9y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Advisory services push KPMG International to 8% gr...

Revenues up by 8% for KPMG International, as advisory services drove it to the £20bn mark Read More...

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PwC scoops Rolls-Royce audit as tender results pile up
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PwC scoops Rolls-Royce audit as tender results pile up

9y Stephanie Wix , Writer

PwC scoops Rolls-Royce audit as tender results pil...

KPMG loses 26-year audit of Rolls-Royce to PwC, as other listed businesses announced tender results Read More...

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EY scoops Schroders audit from PwC
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EY scoops Schroders audit from PwC

9y Stephanie Wix , Writer

EY scoops Schroders audit from PwC

EY has been proposed as the auditors of Schroders after a “competitive” tender process Read More...

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MP calls for co-op accounting red tape removal
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MP calls for co-op accounting red tape removal

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

MP calls for co-op accounting red tape removal

MP calls for accounting and auditing red tape to be removed, putting them on par with other organisations Read More...

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BDO appointed new auditor of Game Digital as Deloitte ditched
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BDO appointed new auditor of Game Digital as Deloitte ditched

9y Stephanie Wix , Writer

BDO appointed new auditor of Game Digital as Deloi...

BDO has scooped the audit role from Deloitte who were the previous auditors for Game Digital Read More...

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BDO's 'agility' makes it well placed to succeed - Eagland
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BDO's 'agility' makes it well placed to succeed - Eagland

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

BDO's 'agility' makes it well placed to succeed - ...

BDO’s investments in digital, its international network and culture meant it was “perfectly placed” to succeed, according to new managing partner Paul...

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KPMG named top listed company auditor
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KPMG named top listed company auditor

10y Richard Crump , Writer

KPMG named top listed company auditor

KPMG has retained its position as the listed company auditor, according to the latest Adviser Rankings. Read More...

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Audit Reform: A talent tightrope
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Audit Reform: A talent tightrope

10y James Roberts

Audit Reform: A talent tightrope

While everyone values audit quality highly we must be be careful that we don’t let it deter talent. We need to guard against its commoditisation and t...

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PwC must face MF Global lawsuit over accounting advice
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PwC must face MF Global lawsuit over accounting advice

10y Richard Crump , Writer

PwC must face MF Global lawsuit over accounting ad...

PwC must face $1bn lawsuit over claims it provided bad accounting advice which contributed to the 2011 collapse of MF Global Read More...

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Audit Reform: The Re-tender Roundabout
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Audit Reform: The Re-tender Roundabout

10y James Roberts

Audit Reform: The Re-tender Roundabout

BDO senior audit partner James Roberts looks at how reform of the large company audit market has affected tendering activity among audit firms Read Mo...

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Audit quality indicators: now you see it?
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Audit quality indicators: now you see it?

10y Accountancy Age

Audit quality indicators: now you see it?

Faced with something that many people can’t completely define and most cannot see, organisations have drawn up a measures to indicate the presence or ...

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FRC made ‘serious mistake’ by failing to investigate HBOS audit sooner
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FRC made ‘serious mistake’ by failing to investigate HBOS audit sooner

10y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC made ‘serious mistake’ by failing to investiga...

The Treasury Select Committee criticises the FRC for a 'lack of curiosity and diligence' in deciding to not investigate KPMG’s audit of HBOS before th...

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Colin: Undertaking a Pokemon audit
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Colin: Undertaking a Pokemon audit

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

Colin: Undertaking a Pokemon audit

Colin ponders how the Pokemon craze is permeating the world of accountancy Read More...

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Brexit raises questions about future of the FRC's regulatory framework
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Brexit raises questions about future of the FRC's regulatory framework

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Brexit raises questions about future of the FRC's ...

The UK’s decision to leave the EU has raised questions about whether the FRC's regulatory framework should change in the future Read More...

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FRC raises concerns about FTSE 350 audit market concentration
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FRC raises concerns about FTSE 350 audit market concentration

10y Richard Crump , Writer

FRC raises concerns about FTSE 350 audit market co...

Despite the high levels of tendering and rotation, the Big Four’s share of the FTSE 350 market has risen from 96.7% to 97.4%, the FRC finds Read More...

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