Poor performance in banking crisis weakens case for Big Four status quo

Lord MacGregor, chairman of the Lords' economic affairs committee, on the findings of its audit inquiry

01 Apr 2011

Too many accounting bodies, bemoan Lords

Audit and accounting professional bodies have been criticised in the Lords inquiry for over-complicating regulation

31 Mar 2011

Pace of change to new accounting rules frightens EC

Jeroen Hooijer warns that major accounting standards project requires more road-testing

31 Mar 2011

Don't replace UK GAAP with IFRS, say Lords

Lords inquiry into audit during the banking crisis concludes that IFRS is "inferior" to UK GAAP

30 Mar 2011

Bank auditors accused of "complacency"

Lords committee demands statutory obligation for bank auditors to meet with regulators more frequently

30 Mar 2011

Social mobility'll only get you so far in firms

29 Mar 2011

Prosecutors halt Anglo Irish accountant's disciplinary

Accountancy tribunal of former Anglo Irish chairman halted by the public prosecutor over fears it would prejudice potential future criminal trials

25 Mar 2011

PwC to audit Clarity Commerce Solutions

PwC is to take over from Baker Tilly as the auditor of Clarity Commerce Solutions

16 Mar 2011

Audit resignations throw suspicion on Chinese accounting

Auditor and CFO departures in Chinese business listed on the US stock exchange raises question about accounting methods

16 Mar 2011

Government must improve financial management

Despite progress, government departments have plenty of room for improvement in their financial management, according to the NAO

03 Mar 2011

Big Four domination creates dearth of expert witnesses

Lack of expert accounting witnesses caused by the Big Four all working for the same big clients and managing partners warned to co-operate with investigations

02 Mar 2011

Treasury wants large business tax transparency

Daivd Gauke says that misconceptions around large businesess' tax payments could be cleared up if their affairs were more transparent

01 Mar 2011

HMRC calls in consultants for blame game

28 Feb 2011

Changing the Bribery Act risks undermining UK's reputation

Corporate governance experts warn that changing the act would undermine UK's reputation

24 Feb 2011

Healthcare Locums investigations nearly complete

Investigations into accounting irregularities near completion. Non-execs brought in to take the company forward

21 Feb 2011

Ernst & Young makes non-exec appointments

Mark Olsen, Sir Richard Lambert and Klaus Mangold become Big Four firm’s first non-executives

10 Feb 2011

PwC tenure as TUI auditors could be short-lived

Incoming audit committee chairman at TUI Travel set to consider PwC's independence as auditor

04 Feb 2011