FRC shout for independence, viability and higher quality in the UK audit market
Audit

FRC shout for independence, viability and higher quality in the UK audit ma...

8y Accountancy Age

FRC shout for independence, viability and higher q...

FRC's deputy director of audit policy Mark Babington on why the audit industry needs an overhaul and what the group plans to do to improve it Read Mor...

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FTSE 350 focusing increasingly on non-financial matters according to Deloitte
Business

FTSE 350 focusing increasingly on non-financial matters according to Deloit...

8y Accountancy Age

FTSE 350 focusing increasingly on non-financial ma...

Big Four firm Deloitte analysed 100 FTSE company reports to find that nearly a third are considering non-financial matters in line with the new Corpor...

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Lubbock Fine set to expand with appointment of new COO
People In Practice

Lubbock Fine set to expand with appointment of new COO

8y Accountancy Age

Lubbock Fine set to expand with appointment of new...

Paul Finnegan joins the Top 50 firm Lubbock Fine as it prepares for its next phase of development and expansion Read More...

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Working flexibly and logically at PwC
Big Four

Working flexibly and logically at PwC

8y Emily Sexton-Brown

Working flexibly and logically at PwC

PwC is now allowing new hires to work the hours that personally suit them through their new Flexible Talent Network and Helen Hopkin, head of workplac...

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PwC annual report: the drive to keep improving
Big Four

PwC annual report: the drive to keep improving

8y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

PwC annual report: the drive to keep improving

It’s been another great year for PwC. But how many of their targets have been reached, and what will 2019 bring? Read More...

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KPMG does charity abseil for NSPCC partnership
Big Four

KPMG does charity abseil for NSPCC partnership

8y Accountancy Age

KPMG does charity abseil for NSPCC partnership

James Stewart, head of Brexit and vice chair at KPMG, and Peter Wanless, CEO of the NSPCC, on why businesses need to partner with charities Read More...

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Watch: Monthly accountancy news round-up
Brexit & Economy

Watch: Monthly accountancy news round-up

8y Accountancy Age

Watch: Monthly accountancy news round-up

Accountancy Age's Lucy Skoulding provides a roundup of all the key new stories in the accountancy industry from the month of August. Read More...

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Debenhams now working with KPMG team amidst CVA worries
Big Four

Debenhams now working with KPMG team amidst CVA worries

8y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

Debenhams now working with KPMG team amidst CVA wo...

After their third profit warning of the year, Debenhams calls in KPMG reconstructing specialists Read More...

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Fined by FRC: Grant Thornton next in the firing line
Audit

Fined by FRC: Grant Thornton next in the firing line

8y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

Fined by FRC: Grant Thornton next in the firing li...

Doubts about the FRC’s efficiency continue to plague the watchdog body Read More...

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KPMG is celebrating intersectionality by bringing their BAME and LGBT networks together
Practice

KPMG is celebrating intersectionality by bringing their BAME and LGBT netwo...

8y Accountancy Age

KPMG is celebrating intersectionality by bringing ...

Accountancy Age spoke to head of the KPMG LGBT network, David Pearson and KPMG's I&D senior lead Edleen John about the importance of intersectiona...

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Half of EY's UK Board positions are now held by women
Big Four

Half of EY's UK Board positions are now held by women

8y Accountancy Age

Half of EY's UK Board positions are now held by wo...

With two new appointments, five out of ten Board members at EY are women Read More...

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Deloitte poised to replace PwC as Lloyds' auditor amid Big Four conflict
Big Four

Deloitte poised to replace PwC as Lloyds' auditor amid Big Four conflict

8y Accountancy Age

Deloitte poised to replace PwC as Lloyds' auditor ...

Lloyds Banking Group are preparing to replace PwC as auditor and have supposedly asked Deloitte to step in from 2021 Read More...

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Bracewell-Smith settles claim against Deloitte and Linklaters following Arsenal investment dispute
Business

Bracewell-Smith settles claim against Deloitte and Linklaters following Ars...

8y Accountancy Age

Bracewell-Smith settles claim against Deloitte and...

No-one took the blame so the dispute with the magic circle law firm and Big Four accountancy firm was settled Read More...

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FRC competence review leaves watchdog on tenterhooks
Audit

FRC competence review leaves watchdog on tenterhooks

8y Accountancy Age

FRC competence review leaves watchdog on tenterhoo...

The Financial Reporting Council faced serious criticism from shareholders, accountants, and fund managers following the accounting scandals of the las...

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KPMG fined and reprimanded over Ted Baker audits
Audit

KPMG fined and reprimanded over Ted Baker audits

8y Accountancy Age

KPMG fined and reprimanded over Ted Baker audits

The offenders admitted breaching ethical standards and losing independence in the audits Read More...

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FRC strikes out at PwC's BHS audit quality following leaked report
Audit

FRC strikes out at PwC's BHS audit quality following leaked report

8y Accountancy Age

FRC strikes out at PwC's BHS audit quality followi...

The Financial Reporting Council has called PwC's audits of the collapsed BHS "inaccurate, and misleading" Read More...

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Monthly news roundup with Lucy Skoulding
Audit

Monthly news roundup with Lucy Skoulding

8y Accountancy Age

Monthly news roundup with Lucy Skoulding

Accountancy Age's Lucy Skoulding provides a roundup of all the key new stories in the accountancy industry from the month of July Read More...

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FRC data on Big Four audits may highlight need for industry overhaul
Audit

FRC data on Big Four audits may highlight need for industry overhaul

8y Accountancy Age

FRC data on Big Four audits may highlight need for...

New FRC data shows that audit fees across EY, Deloitte, KPMG, and PwC rose by nearly 6 percent in 2016/17 compared with a 2.7 percent rise the previou...

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Ex-KPMG auditor faces six charges over Gupta wedding scandal
Audit

Ex-KPMG auditor faces six charges over Gupta wedding scandal

8y Accountancy Age

Ex-KPMG auditor faces six charges over Gupta weddi...

Jacques Wessels will be charged for inappropriate conduct and tax evasion after working on the books of businesses owned by the Gupta family Read More...

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EY set to administer potential House of Fraser collapse
Big Four

EY set to administer potential House of Fraser collapse

8y Accountancy Age

EY set to administer potential House of Fraser col...

The high street store faces failure after the Chinese owner of Hamleys pulls out of its £70m investment promise Read More...

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Deloitte latest Big Four player to offer legal services in bid to become more holistic
Big Four

Deloitte latest Big Four player to offer legal services in bid to become mo...

8y Accountancy Age

Deloitte latest Big Four player to offer legal ser...

Deloitte Legal International will be a fully licensed foreign law practice independent from other Deloitte entities serving clients across South East ...

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Another accounting error for BT Group as £500m pension deficit mistake revealed
Audit

Another accounting error for BT Group as £500m pension deficit mistake reve...

8y Accountancy Age

Another accounting error for BT Group as £500m pen...

Willis Towers Watson’s miscalculation of the group’s pension deficit follows the recent accounting scandal which knocked £8bn off its stock market val...

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Report reveals no progress on gender parity among FTSE 350 in last three years
Career

Report reveals no progress on gender parity among FTSE 350 in last three ye...

8y Accountancy Age

Report reveals no progress on gender parity among ...

The Women Count 2018 report shows that only 8% of executives on main boards are women Read More...

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FRC finds audit failures in UK pension scheme reporting
Audit

FRC finds audit failures in UK pension scheme reporting

8y Accountancy Age

FRC finds audit failures in UK pension scheme repo...

Nearly half of the audit work for pensions valuations inspected by the watchdog this year was found to have problems Read More...

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KPMG South Africa hit hard as more clients sever ties following audit scandals
Audit

KPMG South Africa hit hard as more clients sever ties following audit scand...

8y Accountancy Age

KPMG South Africa hit hard as more clients sever t...

Mining company Gold Fields and mutual savings bank Finbond are the latest blow to the Big Four firm's audit clients Read More...

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Deloitte to manage Gaucho administration with hundreds of jobs at stake
Big Four

Deloitte to manage Gaucho administration with hundreds of jobs at stake

8y Accountancy Age

Deloitte to manage Gaucho administration with hund...

Over 500 jobs already lost as Big Four firm moves its focus from Poundworld to the Gaucho group Read More...

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Big Four firm EY appoints 71 new equity partners
Big Four

Big Four firm EY appoints 71 new equity partners

8y Accountancy Age

Big Four firm EY appoints 71 new equity partners

EY continues on its upward trajectory by hiring 71 new equity partners, smashing the target for BME partners but falling short of the target for femal...

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