'Indian Enron' could spell trouble for PwC
Business Recovery

'Indian Enron' could spell trouble for PwC

17y Gavin Hinks

'Indian Enron' could spell trouble for PwC

PricewaterhouseCoopers to find out this week whether it will lose the audit of troubled Indian outsourcing giant Satyam Read More...

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Regional catastrophe but international blip for PwC
Business Recovery

Regional catastrophe but international blip for PwC

17y Accountancy Age

Regional catastrophe but international blip for Pw...

PwC in India has found itself uncomfortably connected to the Satyam scandal, in which the chairman of the Indian outsourcing company admitted fraud b...

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Auditors struggling to keep up with Asian business boom
Audit

Auditors struggling to keep up with Asian business boom

17y Kevin Reed , Writer

Auditors struggling to keep up with Asian business...

Auditors struggle to keep apace with explosion in Asian markets Read More...

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Satyam to appoint new auditor
Audit

Satyam to appoint new auditor

17y Accountancy Age

Satyam to appoint new auditor

New accountants expected to restate the accounts in 'India's Enron' Read More...

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Investors demand explanation for PwC missing Satyam fraud
Company News

Investors demand explanation for PwC missing Satyam fraud

17y David Jetuah

Investors demand explanation for PwC missing Satya...

Investors want to know why PricewaterhouseCoopers' Indian arm did not pick up billion-dollar black hole Read More...

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Lawrie Haynes leaves White Young Green 'by mutual agreement'
Company News

Lawrie Haynes leaves White Young Green 'by mutual agreement'

17y David Jetuah

Lawrie Haynes leaves White Young Green 'by mutual ...

Former PwC partner leaves consulting giant as board looks to 'underpin in its business strategy' with the change Read More...

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PwC acquires remuneration business
Company News

PwC acquires remuneration business

17y Judith Tydd

PwC acquires remuneration business

PricewaterhouseCoopers starts the year with ten-man boost to its reward practice Read More...

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Whittard and Officers Club sold in pre-packs
Business Recovery

Whittard and Officers Club sold in pre-packs

18y Kevin Reed , Writer

Whittard and Officers Club sold in pre-packs

Struggling retailers enter administration then are immediately sold on Read More...

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Preston adds weight to PwC sustainability practice
Accounting Firms

Preston adds weight to PwC sustainability practice

18y Rachael Singh

Preston adds weight to PwC sustainability practice

PricewaterhouseCoopers takes on a CEO for its sustainability and climate change practice Read More...

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PwC partners pull off quick Orchid sale after collapse
Business Recovery

PwC partners pull off quick Orchid sale after collapse

18y David Jetuah

PwC partners pull off quick Orchid sale after coll...

David Chubb, Mike Jervis and Colin Haig push through management buyout of the UK's fifth largest pub retailer Read More...

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Ex PwC employee fined for fiddling expenses
Personal Tax

Ex PwC employee fined for fiddling expenses

18y Kevin Reed , Writer

Ex PwC employee fined for fiddling expenses

Ex PwC employee fined and severely reprimanded for claiming £6,572 in false expenses while employed by the Big Four firm Read More...

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Corporate internal fraud set to rise, PwC warns
Company News

Corporate internal fraud set to rise, PwC warns

18y AccountancyAge.com

Corporate internal fraud set to rise, PwC warns

Credit crunch set to fuel rise in fraud ranging from fiddling expenses to customer data theft Read More...

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Auditors defend themselves after audit flaws made public
Audit

Auditors defend themselves after audit flaws made public

18y Gavin Hinks

Auditors defend themselves after audit flaws made ...

Top seven auditors call for balance and consistency in reviews after Audit Inspection Unit reports go public for the first time Read More...

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PwC set to make more than £200,000 an hour from Lehmans job
Business Recovery

PwC set to make more than £200,000 an hour from Lehmans job

18y Rachael Singh

PwC set to make more than £200,000 an hour from Le...

Experts estimate PwC will be making more than £200,000 in an hour, based on all 520 people on the Lehmans administration paid an average of £472 for ...

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PwC may be called in to overhaul Ineos business plan
Business Recovery

PwC may be called in to overhaul Ineos business plan

18y David Jetuah

PwC may be called in to overhaul Ineos business pl...

Chemicals giant may bring in restructuring experts from PricewaterhouseCoopers after talks to renegotiate its banking covenants Read More...

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PwC removes concern over casino operator's finances
Audit

PwC removes concern over casino operator's finances

18y Kevin Reed , Writer

PwC removes concern over casino operator's finance...

PwC confident enough with the cards dealt to Las Vegas Sands that the auditor removes its going concern statement Read More...

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Lehman Bros administration costing £4m a week
Business Recovery

Lehman Bros administration costing £4m a week

18y David Jetuah

Lehman Bros administration costing £4m a week

Lomas, Pearson, and Jervis set out their stall to creditors in the shadow of the 02 Arena and report the massive costs associated with the administrat...

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Accountancy big hitters say IASB must stay independent
Accounting Standards

Accountancy big hitters say IASB must stay independent

18y David Jetuah

Accountancy big hitters say IASB must stay indepen...

Calls made for the IASB to retain its independence in the wake of more pressure from Europe to rejig fair value rules Read More...

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Pearson defends Lehman trader bonuses
Business Recovery

Pearson defends Lehman trader bonuses

18y David Jetuah

Pearson defends Lehman trader bonuses

Steven Pearson, one of the four joint administrators of Lehman Bros Europe justifies the bonus package given to traders for their help in unwinding th...

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Insolvency Service reports massive spike in company failures
Business Recovery

Insolvency Service reports massive spike in company failures

18y David Jetuah

Insolvency Service reports massive spike in compan...

Insolvencies go through the roof as the credit crunch hits the bedrock of British business Read More...

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Insolvencies up 40%, says PwC
Company News

Insolvencies up 40%, says PwC

18y David Jetuah

Insolvencies up 40%, says PwC

The number of corporate collapses is up by 40% compared to the same quarter of last year Read More...

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Thousands more pubs set to close, warns PwC
Business Recovery

Thousands more pubs set to close, warns PwC

18y AccountancyAge.com

Thousands more pubs set to close, warns PwC

More than 4,000 UK pubs will go bust in the next two years as the economic downturn and competition from supermarkets continues to bite, insolvency sp...

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PwC wins Yukos appeal
Accounting Firms

PwC wins Yukos appeal

18y David Jetuah

PwC wins Yukos appeal

PricewaterhouseCoopers celebrating Russian court case victory relating to bitterly-fought Yukos dispute Read More...

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Lehmans job moving slower than expected
Business Recovery

Lehmans job moving slower than expected

18y David Jetuah

Lehmans job moving slower than expected

Tony Lomas, the lead administrator says winding down Lehman Brothers European operations has been held up because of the huge number of trades the ban...

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Lehmans creditors' meeting set for 14 November
Business Recovery

Lehmans creditors' meeting set for 14 November

18y David Jetuah

Lehmans creditors' meeting set for 14 November

Creditors meeting could see 2,350 people in attendance as the administrators set out their stall Read More...

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Woolworths FD leaves troubled retailer
Company News

Woolworths FD leaves troubled retailer

18y Alex Hawkes

Woolworths FD leaves troubled retailer

Stephen East replaced by Robert McDonald, company says Read More...

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Plug pulled on SMEs' electricity supplier
Business Recovery

Plug pulled on SMEs' electricity supplier

18y Kevin Reed , Writer

Plug pulled on SMEs' electricity supplier

E4B enters adminstration: SMEs' electricity supply safe Read More...

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