LIVE BLOG: Tesco's trading update
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LIVE BLOG: Tesco's trading update

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

LIVE BLOG: Tesco's trading update

Welcome to the Accountancy Age/Financial Director live blog, where we will cover all the relevant issues and opinions that arise from Tesco's crucial ...

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KPMG replaces PwC as Grainger auditors
Accounting Firms

KPMG replaces PwC as Grainger auditors

10y Richard Crump , Writer

KPMG replaces PwC as Grainger auditors

Property owner Grainger replaces auditors following first tender in ten years Read More...

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KPMG overhauls approach to its audit reports
Audit

KPMG overhauls approach to its audit reports

10y Richard Crump , Writer

KPMG overhauls approach to its audit reports

KPMG invites listed audit clients to include broader qualitative commentary from the auditors in annual reports Read More...

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KPMG and EY win major listed company audits
Audit

KPMG and EY win major listed company audits

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

KPMG and EY win major listed company audits

Quintain Estates and Pennon Group choose KPMG and EY as their auditors Read More...

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Extended audit and audit committee reports produce varied results
Audit

Extended audit and audit committee reports produce varied results

10y Naomi Rainey

Extended audit and audit committee reports produce...

KPMG’s survey finds a variety of risks and approaches in extended auditor and audit committee reports Read More...

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Major UK companies line up 2017 for audit tenders
Audit

Major UK companies line up 2017 for audit tenders

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

Major UK companies line up 2017 for audit tenders

Johnson Matthey, Babcock International, Qinetiq and Big Yellow Group line up 2017 audit tenders, while 32Red swaps Grant Thornton for KPMG Read More...

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Leader: Latest stats show audit revolution's a long way off
Audit

Leader: Latest stats show audit revolution's a long way off

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

Leader: Latest stats show audit revolution's a lon...

The first tranche of audit tenders has seen familiar faces picking up major audits - illustrating that more market competition is a long way off Read ...

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KPMG retains long-standing Greggs audit work
Audit

KPMG retains long-standing Greggs audit work

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

KPMG retains long-standing Greggs audit work

Big Four firm keeps hold of its slice of Greggs services Read More...

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RSA introduces 25% non-audit fee cap
Accounting Firms

RSA introduces 25% non-audit fee cap

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

RSA introduces 25% non-audit fee cap

RSA's auditors, currently KPMG, will face a 25% non-audit fee cap, based on the total audit fee Read More...

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Boutique governance and audit advisers join forces
Accounting Firms

Boutique governance and audit advisers join forces

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

Boutique governance and audit advisers join forces

Senior practitioners merge their businesses to provide range of board governance services Read More...

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Barclays to end 120-year audit relationship with PwC
Accounting Firms

Barclays to end 120-year audit relationship with PwC

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Barclays to end 120-year audit relationship with P...

PwC being replaced as auditors of Barclays for first time since 1896 Read More...

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Wheel of Fortune: The Audit Fees Survey 2014
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Wheel of Fortune: The Audit Fees Survey 2014

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Wheel of Fortune: The Audit Fees Survey 2014

Download the Audit Fees Survey 2014 Special Report IT HAS BEEN a signal year for auditors and the finance directors and audit committees of the FTSE 3...

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Auditors believe companies are losing battle against cyber crime
Audit

Auditors believe companies are losing battle against cyber crime

10y Danny Palmer

Auditors believe companies are losing battle again...

KPMG's UK Audit Committee Institute warns about poor quality data hampering cyber protection efforts Read More...

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Period of non-exec pay rises comes to an end
People Business

Period of non-exec pay rises comes to an end

10y Richard Crump , Writer

Period of non-exec pay rises comes to an end

Median base fee level for FTSE 100 non-executive directors falls for first time in five years Read More...

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Investors call for bespoke audit committee reports
Audit

Investors call for bespoke audit committee reports

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Investors call for bespoke audit committee reports

FRC finds investors want audit committee reporting to be bespoke and company specific Read More...

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Upping the audit ante
Audit

Upping the audit ante

11y Jane Howard

Upping the audit ante

Enhanced expectations and new reporting requirements mean the stakes have never been higher for auditors, explains Jane Howard Read More...

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Pennycook joins Howden as audit committee chair
People Business

Pennycook joins Howden as audit committee chair

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Pennycook joins Howden as audit committee chair

Co-op finance boss to chair Howden Joinery Group audit committee Read More...

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Ex-Travis Perkins FD joins Pendragon as audit committee chair
Company News

Ex-Travis Perkins FD joins Pendragon as audit committee chair

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Ex-Travis Perkins FD joins Pendragon as audit comm...

Paul Hampden Smith replaces Pendragon chairman designate Mel Egglenton as company's audit committee chair Read More...

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Investor power at core of Competition Commission remedies
Accounting Firms

Investor power at core of Competition Commission remedies

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Investor power at core of Competition Commission r...

Greater visibility of work done by auditors and audit committees will prove their interests are being served Read More...

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The Financial Director 2013 Audit Survey
Audit

The Financial Director 2013 Audit Survey

11y Richard Crump , Writer

The Financial Director 2013 Audit Survey

The Financial Director audit survey shows the Big Four has maintained its stranglehold on the audit market. But for how long? asks Richard Crump Read ...

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Byron Grote to join Anglo American board
People Business

Byron Grote to join Anglo American board

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Byron Grote to join Anglo American board

Former BP chief financial officer lined up for Anglo American audit chair Read More...

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Audit committees don't understand their annual reports
Audit

Audit committees don't understand their annual reports

11y Rachael Singh

Audit committees don't understand their annual rep...

Two-fifths of audit committees from around the world believe their annual reports cannot be understood Read More...

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AC reports should not be dismissed as mere compliance
Audit

AC reports should not be dismissed as mere compliance

11y James Roberts

AC reports should not be dismissed as mere complia...

The audit committee report is a powerful tool for giving stakeholders insight into the culture and integrity at the top of a company. More companies s...

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Ex-CFOs dominate audit committee chair role
Audit

Ex-CFOs dominate audit committee chair role

11y Richard Crump , Writer

Ex-CFOs dominate audit committee chair role

Survey of 800 CFOs finds that 71% of audit committee chairs in the UK have held the top finance job at a company Read More...

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EX-SABMiller CFO takes audit committee chair at Serco
People Business

EX-SABMiller CFO takes audit committee chair at Serco

11y Richard Crump , Writer

EX-SABMiller CFO takes audit committee chair at Se...

Malcolm Wyman has joined Serco Group as a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee. Read More...

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FTSE 350 reporting leaves a lot to be desired
Corporate Governance

FTSE 350 reporting leaves a lot to be desired

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

FTSE 350 reporting leaves a lot to be desired

PwC's survey finds gaps between reporting performance and management pay – and just a quarter use strategy as a base for their reporting Read More...

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Investors make last ditch attempt to sway audit reforms
Audit

Investors make last ditch attempt to sway audit reforms

12y Rachael Singh

Investors make last ditch attempt to sway audit re...

Investors representing €732bn in Europe send letter to European Commissioner Michel Barnier to take tough stance on audit reforms Read More...

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