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E&Y trumps PKF in investment fund audit bid

E&Y pushed PKF aside in the bid to audit Imara African Opportunities Fund

31 May 2011

Firms turn to school leavers

Back to school for firms' recruitment plans?

Mat Allen suggest that rising uni fees might encourage firms to look outside of the academic system for recruits

12 May 2011

Philip Long's Olympic hurdles

Philip Long retires from PKF

PKF's national head of corporate recovery Philip Long steps down having served for more than 38 years at the firm

08 Apr 2011

Richard Bint takes PKF senior partner role

Richard Bint takes senior partner role, having joined in 1975

07 Apr 2011

PKF administrators achieve CVA at Dundee FC

Administrator Bryan Jackson has managed to complete a company voluntary arrangement at Dundee FC

09 Feb 2011

PKF succeeds PwC as ViCTory VCT auditor

Global investment company ViCTory VCT is changing its auditor from PwC to PKF as part of a cost-cutting drive

01 Feb 2011

PKF boosts charity team

Charity finance director veteran Karen Thompson joins PKF as audit partner

17 Jan 2011

PKF awarded fees for Super Aguri F1 administration

PKF partners have been awarded fees for insolvency work on Super Aguri Formula One, more than two years after they were succeeded by liquidators.

03 Nov 2010

PKF administrator called into Dundee FC

Bryan Jackson is appointed administrator of Scottish football club Dundee FC

15 Oct 2010

Dundee FC lines up PKF partner for administration

PKF insolvency practitioner Bryan Jackson in line to take on the administration of Dundee FC

12 Oct 2010

PKF receives mixed review from audit watchdog

PKF becomes the latest firm to have the Audit Inspection Unit's tough examination of its work made public

12 Oct 2010

Penman joins PKF from S&W

Andrew Penman leaves Smith & Williamson after 16 years to join PKF

20 Sep 2010

Audit services: top to bottom

Audit firms make fine promises on service – but which ones are delivering? We reveal the results of our inaugural Finance 360 survey of client opinions

25 Feb 2010

Big Four audits are off the pace

Smaller firms top the list of the best audit services in the inaugural Accountancy Age Finance 360 survey of client opinions

25 Feb 2010

Top audit firms take non-executive action

Top eight audit firms weigh up how to implement governance code stipulation for independent non-executives

11 Feb 2010

Firms adapt to governance changes

New corporate governance code imposes sweeping changes on the largest eight audit firms

21 Jan 2010

Concern over costs of new ‘comply or explain’ audit code

Corporate governance code may hit smaller firms covered by it more than the Big Four

21 Jan 2010

Doctors' tax amnesty 'unfair'

Tax experts argue the amnesty should be available to all tax payers

12 Jan 2010

German merger creates new top ten super-firm

PKF announced four-firm merger

11 Dec 2009

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