Don’t forget price, investors warn
Audit

Don’t forget price, investors warn

20y Paul Grant

Don’t forget price, investors warn

Shareholders fear sealed audit bids may drive up costs Read More...

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Sealed bids: you get what you pay for
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Sealed bids: you get what you pay for

20y Accountancy Age

Sealed bids: you get what you pay for

Bidding for audit work using sealed bids is a welcome move Read More...

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Never mind the cost, feel the quality
Audit

Never mind the cost, feel the quality

20y Paul Grant

Never mind the cost, feel the quality

Use of sealed bids marks a complete change in focus from the recent past Read More...

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NAO questions use of Tsunami relief money
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NAO questions use of Tsunami relief money

20y AccountancyAge.com

NAO questions use of Tsunami relief money

No proper account kept of how aid money has been spent Read More...

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PwC to tally Oscar winners
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PwC to tally Oscar winners

20y AccountancyAge.com

PwC to tally Oscar winners

Auditors will know winners before anyone else Read More...

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Road to global standards agreed
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Road to global standards agreed

20y Paul Grant

Road to global standards agreed

IASB and US counterpart signed memorandum of understanding Read More...

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Bank of England ditches PwC
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Bank of England ditches PwC

20y AccountancyAge.com

Bank of England ditches PwC

First time on record that Bank has changed auditors Read More...

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DTI awaits scrutiny of Big Four audit competition
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DTI awaits scrutiny of Big Four audit competition

20y Paul Grant

DTI awaits scrutiny of Big Four audit competition

Investor groups eagerly await results of study into audit market, due to be released to DTI soon Read More...

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Katrina relief money frittered away in US
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Katrina relief money frittered away in US

20y Paul Grant

Katrina relief money frittered away in US

Disaster relief aid for areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina was wasted, according to audits Read More...

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Sellafield in probe
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Sellafield in probe

20y Paul Grant

Sellafield in probe

British Nuclear Group Sellafield attacked by the European Commission Read More...

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Sealed bids spell end of price war
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Sealed bids spell end of price war

20y Paul Grant

Sealed bids spell end of price war

Shareholder demand for audit quality sees FTSE companies take new approach Read More...

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KPMG auditors to face SEC over Ahold
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KPMG auditors to face SEC over Ahold

20y AccountancyAge.com

KPMG auditors to face SEC over Ahold

Watchdog says they should have acted on warning signs Read More...

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KPMG partners hit with record fines
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KPMG partners hit with record fines

20y Paul Grant

KPMG partners hit with record fines

SEC hands out largest ever penalties to individual auditors over Xerox fraud case Read More...

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Deloitte chairman cleared on Capital charges
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Deloitte chairman cleared on Capital charges

20y Alex Hawkes

Deloitte chairman cleared on Capital charges

The Big Four firm is also cleared of separate charges Read More...

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NAO offers advice on public sector efficiency
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NAO offers advice on public sector efficiency

20y AccountancyAge.com

NAO offers advice on public sector efficiency

Audit watchdog not convinced of Gershon Review savings Read More...

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Griffith-Jones gets nod for KPMG top job
Accounting Firms

Griffith-Jones gets nod for KPMG top job

20y Alex Hawkes

Griffith-Jones gets nod for KPMG top job

Current KPMG chief executive the only name going forward to partners, with 75% acceptance rate needed to secure job Read More...

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Sanctuary coughs up over £1m for auditors
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Sanctuary coughs up over £1m for auditors

20y Nicholas Neveling

Sanctuary coughs up over £1m for auditors

Struggling music group Sanctuary paid over £1m to auditors in 2005 Read More...

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Baker Tilly invited to re-apply for Sanctuary audit
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Baker Tilly invited to re-apply for Sanctuary audit

20y AccountancyAge.com

Baker Tilly invited to re-apply for Sanctuary audi...

Mid-tier firm in the running despite disagreements over 2005 accounts Read More...

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Accounting at Sellafield attacked over 'lost' plutonium
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Accounting at Sellafield attacked over 'lost' plutonium

20y Paul Grant

Accounting at Sellafield attacked over 'lost' plut...

EC orders Sellafield to improve reporting procedures Read More...

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NAO qualifies NHS Direct audit
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NAO qualifies NHS Direct audit

20y Kevin Reed , Writer

NAO qualifies NHS Direct audit

Lack of management control over disparate payroll system leads to audit qualification for NHS Direct Read More...

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Extended scrutiny causes alarm for foreign auditors
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Extended scrutiny causes alarm for foreign auditors

20y Accountancy Age

Extended scrutiny causes alarm for foreign auditor...

US oversight board plays down growing number of overseas inspections Read More...

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PCAOB general counsel to step down
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PCAOB general counsel to step down

20y AccountancyAge.com

PCAOB general counsel to step down

Top lawyer to leave watchdog in March Read More...

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Accounting goes to Hollywood
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Accounting goes to Hollywood

20y Nicholas Neveling

Accounting goes to Hollywood

PwC's Brad Oltmanns and Rick Rosas will lead the balloting process for this year's Academy Awards Read More...

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Mayflower tribunal: first test for AIDB
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Mayflower tribunal: first test for AIDB

20y Paul Grant

Mayflower tribunal: first test for AIDB

Public hearing in September will put new discipline board in spotlight Read More...

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September date for Mayflower tribunal
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September date for Mayflower tribunal

20y Paul Grant

September date for Mayflower tribunal

Four-week disciplinary will hear complaints against PwC, former FD and a financial controller Read More...

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DTI signals climbdown over liability cap fears
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DTI signals climbdown over liability cap fears

20y Paul Grant

DTI signals climbdown over liability cap fears

Fears of cap negotiations allayed after talks with government Read More...

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KPMG partners told to meet pension deficit
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KPMG partners told to meet pension deficit

20y Gavin Hinks

KPMG partners told to meet pension deficit

Partners will need to find another £60m to plug £88m hole in fund Read More...

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