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National Audit Office

Human rights watchdog wins first clean audit opinion

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been given its first ever unqualified audit opinion

24 Nov 2011

Big Four breakup

Audit competition inquiry accelerates

The Big Four and Grant Thornton have submitted strong initial statements to the Competition Commission's audit inquiry

23 Nov 2011

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

US watchdog finds PwC and KPMG wanting

KPMG and PwC's 2010 audits had weaknesses, according to US watchdog the PCAOB

22 Nov 2011

EU audit reform delayed at least one week

Audit reform proposals from Brussels have been pushed back one week and maybe more

22 Nov 2011

RSM Robson Rhodes pays out £1m in iSoft tribunal

Glyn Williams and Robson Rhodes accept their conduct in the audit of iSoft fell short of standards, an AADB tribunal reveals

21 Nov 2011

Barnier's audit reforms 'delayed one week'

Audit reform proposals from European Commission to be unveiled a week later than planned due to busy agenda in Brussels

18 Nov 2011

Barnier's audit reforms 'might be delayed'

Barnier's audit reform proposals might be published later than the expected date of 23 November

18 Nov 2011

Olympus to file accounts or risk delisting

Camera maker commits to publishing Q2 accounts by 14 December

18 Nov 2011

US regulators play hardball, China plays hard to get

China has backtracked on moves towards joint audit oversight and the US looks increasingly belligerent

17 Nov 2011

Optimal budgeting 'essential' as council funding down 11.8%

CIPFA and the Audit Committee underline importance of budgeting as council funding falls

17 Nov 2011

China audit strife prompts patriotic retort

Disagreements over audit inspections led a Chinese official to call for US-listed companies to "de-list and come home"

15 Nov 2011

Beever wins Glasgow Housing strategy audit

Major Scottish landlord awards Beever and Struthers contract to look over its business plan

15 Nov 2011

November is the cruelest month (for audit)

PwC racks up four embarrassing audit exposures with E&Y and KPMG hot on their heels

11 Nov 2011

Audio: Audit reform at home and abroad

Rose Orlik speaks to BDO's senior audit partner James Roberts about the latest developments in audit and reporting

11 Nov 2011

Video: Audit reform at home and abroad

Rose Orlik speaks to BDO's senior audit partner James Roberts about the latest developments in audit and reporting

11 Nov 2011

Caledonia Investments swaps Deloitte for KPMG as auditor

KPMG succeeds Deloitte as auditor for investment trust business

10 Nov 2011

Building faith in financial reporting

The Financial Reporting Lab is a welcome initiative, writes Sallie Pilot

09 Nov 2011

Mazars departs as Deloitte lands Air Partner audit role

Mazars' departure sees Deloitte take over as auditor for non-commercial airliner

09 Nov 2011

Olympus ditched auditor over accounting disagreement

Internal document shows accounting disagreement was the reason for Olympus replacing KPMG

07 Nov 2011

German government refuses to make PwC a scapegoat

Bankers and auditors PwC mistakenly calculate Germany is €55bn better off, but won't be made the fall guy

07 Nov 2011

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Penny Avis' book Nevermind the Botox Rachel

Video: From corporate finance to author

Rachael Singh interviews self-published author and former Deloitte partner Penny Avis on her novel "Nevermind the Botox Rachel"

Managers must spot signs of staff stress

Learn to identify the symptoms of stress in your team, urges CABA

The Practitioner: Staff sit-down shocker

The Practitioner has plenty to think about after a senior staff member reveals the pair haven't 'chatted' for quite a while...

Time for consulting to re-balance?

Despite robust performance in 2011, the consulting industry must reduce its reliance on financial services clients, says Alan Leaman

businessman steps forward

Tax: Don't go back in the future

Forget retrospection and instead put the GAAR together properly to create certainty for business, says Gary Richards

CIMA and ICAEW accounts: all in the presentation

Fully transparent, or just one for the accountants? asks Kevin Reed

TS recalls Pet's star Healy's close links to HMRC

Tim Healy's recent run-in with the taxman isn't his only dealing with HMRC, TS recalls...

Colin: Cost-cutting a step too far

Finance function takes its toll at BBC offices

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