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Richard joined Financial Director in August 2010 from Reactions, a reinsurance magazine.

You can read his reflections on the undulations of the economy and business world at our blog, Extraordinary Items.

Articles by Richard Crump

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EU waiting on outcome of Competition Commission probe

If Commission comes out in favour of the Big Four's oligopoly it could prove very damaging for the EU proposals

25 May 2012

UK Supreme Court by Jaume Meneses

Court ruling could herald universal insolvency approach

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether foreign court rulings in insolvency matters can be enforced in England and Wales

23 May 2012

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Deloitte: UK plcs sitting on £64bn cash pile

Excess working capital could pay the government's debt interest payments for the next 18 months

23 May 2012

Sportingbet settles €17.2m Spanish tax bill

The Spanish tax authority recently made clear that any online operator that has accepted revenues from Spanish customers has an obligation to pay Spanish taxes

23 May 2012

FRC announces budget cut for coming year

FRC priorities include exerting greater international influence and revising the corporate governance code

22 May 2012

Reed Elsevier CFO joins FRC board

Mark Armour has served as CFO since 1996

22 May 2012

McBrides named as UKTI advisor for inbound business

Any business which approaches the UKTI with a view to setting up or expanding within the UK will be referred to a panel of accountants

21 May 2012

Don’t be so defensive, FRC chief tells audit profession

Speaking at an ASIG conference Stephen Haddrill said the profession's defensive stance is "not necessary or appropriate"

18 May 2012

“Get the basics right” ICAEW tells EU

According to the ICAEW, many EU member states have not got the capacity or capability to implement international reporting standards

16 May 2012

Best Practice: Mazars’ David Herbinet

Mazars' latest bid to crack the FTSE 350 audit market is a long-term project

15 May 2012

Moving up the audit food chain

Mid-tier firms hope AIU report will offer tastier audit clients. But are their eyes bigger than their bellies?

14 May 2012

KPMG: QE to resume “sooner rather than later”

With the economy back in recession KPMG expects the Bank of England will have to extend its asset purchase programme

11 May 2012

Baker Tilly criticised for lack of professional scepticism

Issues in the sufficiency or quality of audit evidence were identified in key areas on five audits reviewed by the AIU

10 May 2012

PKF urged to pay more attention to audit of impairments

Issues found relating to the sufficiency of audit evidence used for key judgements over the impairment of deferred costs and goodwill

10 May 2012

ICAEW warns against prohibiting the use of fair value

Prohibiting the use of fair value would cause many derivative financial instruments to be taken off the balance sheet

09 May 2012

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