The heat is being turned up on the Treasury to reply to Lord Sharman's review of central government accounting, published early last year. Read More...
View articleHousing Associations and other Registered Social Landlords must tighten up their internal and external audit arrangements, Westminster?s main financia...
View articleHousing associations and other registered social landlords must tighten up their internal and external audit arrangements, Westminster's main financia...
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View articleShould the costly independent professional review continue? Yes, says Danielle Stewart, as it is better than audit in many ways. Oh no it's not, says ...
View articleAndersen, under fire for its audit of collapsed energy giant Enron, has been rapped across the knuckles by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, following a revie...
View articleThe Securities and Exchange Commission is to monitor the annual reports of all Fortune 500 companies' filing with it during 2002. Read More...
View articleACCA chief executive Anthea Rose today announced she was 'happy' to remain at the helm of the institute after her proposed successor withdrew from tak...
View articleEuropean accountancy body FEE is pushing for a harmonised set of auditing standards that will support the European Commission's drive to integrate cap...
View articleACCA has this morning been rocked by news that Andrew Hind, announced as the new chief executive to take over from Anthea Rose in March, will now not ...
View articleAndersen has admitted to a second congressional committee it made 'honest errors' in its audit of Enron, the collapsed energy giant. Read More...
View articleRoger Hoyle, currently chief executive of Liverpool Health Authority, has been appointed a new member of the Audit Commission with effect from 1 Janua...
View articleThe Accountancy Foundation, the profession's new watchdog, is putting the final touches to its working programme as it gears up to 'hit the ground run...
View articleThe Ministry of Defence's accounts today got the thumbs-down from the National Audit Office due to out-of-date technology and a failure to account cor...
View articleCracks are beginning to appear in the alliance formed between the Big Five firms in the face of severe criticism over the Enron affair. Read More...
View articleCharities are shifting their audit business away from the Big Five firms, giving more work to the mid-tier, a new survey has found. Read More...
View articleDame Shirley Porter today lost the final round in the battle over the Westminster council homes-for-votes scandal, vindicating the district auditor's ...
View articleThe BBC has dismissed its director of global marketing and brand development Jeff Taylor for 'breaching the company's employment policy on conflict of...
View articleThe chairman of the UK Accounting Standards Board has hit back at claims that the new FRS17 accounting rule is forcing the UK's leading employers to e...
View articleAndersen boss Joe Berardino has admitted the firm got it wrong over the audit of Enron, the US energy company that collapsed last month. Read More...
View articleICAS is this week celebrating another landmark goal as it welcomes its 15,000th member. Read More...
View articleThe UK accounting standard setter is hoping the global board will heed its moves to harmonise accounting rules for listed and non-listed companies. Re...
View articleShould the costly independent professional review continue? Yes, says Danielle Stewart, as it is better than audit in many ways. Oh no it's not, says ...
View articleThe independent professional review: a waste of time, or the way forward? Stella Fearnley, reader in accounting at Portsmouth Business School, and Dan...
View articleAndersen is bracing itself for an independent investigation of its audit work at Enron in the wake of the collapse of the US energy trader. Read More...
View articleTough key performance indicators will be used to measure the success of the ICAEW's regional structure and justify the institute's investment in the n...
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