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KPMG courts controversy over MF Global client details

MF Global clients angry as KPMG publishes their details

15 Mar 2012

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KPMG administrators charge £5.4m fees for Peacocks since January

Administrators rack up £5.4m for but unsecured creditors including taxman could receive less than 1p for every pound owed

15 Mar 2012

Ex-Kier FD joins engineering business Lamprell’s board

Deena Mattar is lined up as next audit committee chair for Lamprell

13 Mar 2012

KPMG appoints Simon Collins new UK chairman

Global head of KPMG's transactions and restructuring group, will start top job at the Big Four firm on 1 October, after retirement of John Griffith-Jones

12 Mar 2012

HBOS hid debt portfolio stress from its auditors

HBOS ignored warnings from its auditor KPMG over the state of bad debts within the corporate division of subsidiary Bank of Scotland

12 Mar 2012

Communicator says no

Marketing contact earns their keep with no comments galore

06 Mar 2012

Accounting regulator investigates KPMG's audit of Equity Red Star

The Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board (AADB) has begun an investigation into KPMG's audit of Equity Red Star, a motor and home insurer

05 Mar 2012

KPMG sponsored Energy report branded 'shoddy nonsense'

AF Consult launches heavily criticised report on the costs of UK green energy targets, after sponsor KPMG walked away from findings

05 Mar 2012

KPMG's trainees learn a harsh business lesson

KPMG's audit trainees now understand that bonuses aren't set in stone

24 Feb 2012

No bonus for KPMG audit trainees

£1,000 second-year audit exam bonus scrapped, KPMG tells trainees in email

24 Feb 2012

More than 3,000 jobs go at Peacocks

KPMG administrators make more than 3,000 redundancies but manage to save 6,000 jobs through a sale to Edinburgh Woollen Mill

22 Feb 2012

KPMG: Hidden environmental costs equal 41% of earnings

New report urges businesses to protect themselves from 10 environmental and economic 'megaforces' that could prevent growth

17 Feb 2012

Ex-KPMG director boosts Grant Thornton’s London team

Former Threshers, Wine Rack and Hilton Manchester administrator, Ian Corfield takes partner role at Grant Thornton

13 Feb 2012

KPMG signs alliance with family business group

Big Four firm to hold educational and networking events with the Institute for Family Business

13 Feb 2012

Exclusive: KPMG refuses to release controversial green energy report

Consultancy will not publish full findings of report, after leaked press release criticising green energy costs sparked media storm

07 Feb 2012

KPMG bills £6.7m for six months on Aero Inventory

Administrators rack up £33.4m in fees for two years work on the collapsed manufacturer

30 Jan 2012

KPMG makes new appointments to transfer pricing team

Stuart McDougall has taken over leadership of KPMG's transfer pricing practice in the UK

25 Jan 2012

KPMG spent as much as it recovered in Bridge administration

Administrators spent more than they recovered in Bridge administration with creditors owed £4.1m

24 Jan 2012

More than 200 jobs go at collapsed Peacocks

KPMG administrators make nearly 250 redundancies at collapsed clothing retailer Peacocks

19 Jan 2012

Peacocks calls in KPMG administrators

High street retailer employing about 13,000 staff has entered administration with four KPMG partners appointed to it

19 Jan 2012

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Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane

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