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MPs announce inquiry into Audit Commission abolition

Inquiry to ensure local authorities receive value for money

10 Nov 2010

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Audit Commission's demise may see Big Five emerge

A future Big Five: lucrative audit commission contracts could see the emergence of a new big player in audit

04 Nov 2010

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Video: Audit Commission to become fifth big firm?

Could the Big Four be challenged by a new firm created from remnants of the Audit Commission?

28 Oct 2010

Audit reform special report

In the wake of the financial crisis the pressure is on from many quarters to reform audit in the UK.

28 Oct 2010

PwC slates FRC idea to create Big Five

PwC attacks watchdog's suggestion Audit Commission could become next big firm

22 Oct 2010

Audit Commission should be denied to Big Four

Financial Reporting Council says Big Four acquisition of the Audit Commission would damage the audit market

15 Oct 2010

A tough commission

The Audit Commission’s scrapping will be a disappointment but not a surprise to interim chief executive Eugene Sullivan

09 Sep 2010

News round-up 9 September 2010

The big stories on accountancyage.com from the last two weeks

09 Sep 2010

Audit Commission names Gareth Davies in crucial MD role

Davies to lead the commission's audit practice, in what could be a vital role in influencing its future in an open local government audit market

06 Sep 2010

Firms eye up Audit Commission work

The demise of the Audit Commission could spark a feeding frenzy for the body's work between the big firms

19 Aug 2010

Benefits of scrapping Audit Commission may be short lived: ACCA

ACCA warns of consquences of scrapping Audit Commission

16 Aug 2010

Audit Commission to be scrapped, government confirms

Work of the Audit Commission to be replaced with private sector contracts

16 Aug 2010

Audit Commission suspends search for chief executive

Salary veto prompts end of CEO search at the Audit Commission

16 Jun 2010

Councils ‘risk missing deadline for rules switch’

Local authorities are 'falling behind', Audit Commission warns

25 Feb 2010

London Development Agency needs more finance skills, warns new FD

New LDA director of finance Ian Grattidge concerned over finance skills gap across the agency, as it looks to deal with issues raised by its auditors

14 Jan 2010

Olympic land-buying agency criticised for poor quality accounts

London Development Agency must improve its finanicial management, warns Audit Commission

13 Jan 2010

Audit Commission freezes fraud charges

Environment too harsh to increases charges for fraud detection, says audit chief

04 Dec 2009

Audit Commission chief to step down

Chief executive to make way before general election

27 Nov 2009

Public sector gains new finance e-learning tools

Audit Commission and ICAEW launch seperate e-learning tools: aimed at public sector managers and accountants respectively

27 Oct 2009

NHS finances in surplus - but room to improve

NHS in surplus, but financial planning still a problem, finds the Audit Commission

29 Sep 2009

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Leader: Will younger generation push for a UK institute?

Will British institutes learn from a New Zealand/Australia merger - or have the Trans/Tasmans already learned from them?

Jo Swinson: More needed but insolvency reform step in the right direction

Consumer affairs minister Jo Swinson writes for Accountancy Age on the incoming reforms to insolvency practitioners’ regulation.

FRC is sounding like a modern day Cassandra

Concerns raised in the FRC's latest round of audit inspections sound strikingly familar. Why has the profession failed to address them?

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Don't COP out of guiding clients through tax mire

Anita Brook of Accounts Assist gives a hands-on guide to Code of Practice 9

Taking Stock: Accountancy and the sheriff of Cumbria

TS loves it when two worlds collide

Colin: Hey diddle (tax) diddle

Colin offers his assessment of the pressure on 'tax havens'

Colin: Don't panic! (about avoidance)

Colin succinctly rounds up the latest court ruling on tax avoidance and advisers' responsiblities

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