Working flexibly and logically at PwC
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Working flexibly and logically at PwC

6y Emily Sexton-Brown , HRD Connect

Working flexibly and logically at PwC

PwC is now allowing new hires to work the hours that personally suit them through their new Flexible Talent Network and Helen Hopkin, head of workplac...

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PwC annual report: the drive to keep improving
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PwC annual report: the drive to keep improving

6y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

PwC annual report: the drive to keep improving

It’s been another great year for PwC. But how many of their targets have been reached, and what will 2019 bring? Read More...

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KPMG does charity abseil for NSPCC partnership
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KPMG does charity abseil for NSPCC partnership

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KPMG does charity abseil for NSPCC partnership

James Stewart, head of Brexit and vice chair at KPMG, and Peter Wanless, CEO of the NSPCC, on why businesses need to partner with charities Read More...

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Debenhams now working with KPMG team amidst CVA worries
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Debenhams now working with KPMG team amidst CVA worries

6y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

Debenhams now working with KPMG team amidst CVA wo...

After their third profit warning of the year, Debenhams calls in KPMG reconstructing specialists Read More...

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Deloitte reduces gender pay gap but bonus gap widens
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Deloitte reduces gender pay gap but bonus gap widens

6y Accountancy Age

Deloitte reduces gender pay gap but bonus gap wide...

This year Deloitte's gender pay gap is 41.1% compared with last year's 43.2% but there are still few female partners Read More...

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Half of EY's UK Board positions are now held by women
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Half of EY's UK Board positions are now held by women

6y Accountancy Age

Half of EY's UK Board positions are now held by wo...

With two new appointments, five out of ten Board members at EY are women Read More...

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Deloitte poised to replace PwC as Lloyds' auditor amid Big Four conflict
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Deloitte poised to replace PwC as Lloyds' auditor amid Big Four conflict

6y Accountancy Age

Deloitte poised to replace PwC as Lloyds' auditor ...

Lloyds Banking Group are preparing to replace PwC as auditor and have supposedly asked Deloitte to step in from 2021 Read More...

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FRC data on Big Four audits may highlight need for industry overhaul
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FRC data on Big Four audits may highlight need for industry overhaul

6y Accountancy Age

FRC data on Big Four audits may highlight need for...

New FRC data shows that audit fees across EY, Deloitte, KPMG, and PwC rose by nearly 6 percent in 2016/17 compared with a 2.7 percent rise the previou...

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EY set to administer potential House of Fraser collapse
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EY set to administer potential House of Fraser collapse

6y Accountancy Age

EY set to administer potential House of Fraser col...

The high street store faces failure after the Chinese owner of Hamleys pulls out of its £70m investment promise Read More...

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Deloitte latest Big Four player to offer legal services in bid to become more holistic
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Deloitte latest Big Four player to offer legal services in bid to become mo...

6y Accountancy Age

Deloitte latest Big Four player to offer legal ser...

Deloitte Legal International will be a fully licensed foreign law practice independent from other Deloitte entities serving clients across South East ...

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Another accounting error for BT Group as £500m pension deficit mistake revealed
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Another accounting error for BT Group as £500m pension deficit mistake reve...

6y Accountancy Age

Another accounting error for BT Group as £500m pen...

Willis Towers Watson’s miscalculation of the group’s pension deficit follows the recent accounting scandal which knocked £8bn off its stock market val...

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KPMG South Africa hit hard as more clients sever ties following audit scandals
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KPMG South Africa hit hard as more clients sever ties following audit scand...

6y Accountancy Age

KPMG South Africa hit hard as more clients sever t...

Mining company Gold Fields and mutual savings bank Finbond are the latest blow to the Big Four firm's audit clients Read More...

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EY expands blockchain strategy in cryptocurrency tech acquisition
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EY expands blockchain strategy in cryptocurrency tech acquisition

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EY expands blockchain strategy in cryptocurrency t...

Big Four giant EY acquires cyrpto technology from San Francisco-based startup Read More...

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Deloitte to manage Gaucho administration with hundreds of jobs at stake
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Deloitte to manage Gaucho administration with hundreds of jobs at stake

6y Accountancy Age

Deloitte to manage Gaucho administration with hund...

Over 500 jobs already lost as Big Four firm moves its focus from Poundworld to the Gaucho group Read More...

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Big Four firm EY appoints 71 new equity partners
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Big Four firm EY appoints 71 new equity partners

6y Accountancy Age

Big Four firm EY appoints 71 new equity partners

EY continues on its upward trajectory by hiring 71 new equity partners, smashing the target for BME partners but falling short of the target for femal...

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FRC fines reach record high after 24% increase this year
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FRC fines reach record high after 24% increase this year

6y Accountancy Age

FRC fines reach record high after 24% increase thi...

After a string of high profile audit failings, including the collapse of Carillion, the FRC has been under increasing pressure from the government and...

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PwC replaces Deloitte as Linklaters auditor after Arsenal lawsuit
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PwC replaces Deloitte as Linklaters auditor after Arsenal lawsuit

6y Accountancy Age

PwC replaces Deloitte as Linklaters auditor after ...

The conflict began when Arsenal stakeholder Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith filed a professional negligence claim against the Big Four and magic circle firm...

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PwC ordered to pay $625.3m over failure to detect Colonial Bank fraud
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PwC ordered to pay $625.3m over failure to detect Colonial Bank fraud

6y Accountancy Age

PwC ordered to pay $625.3m over failure to detect ...

A US federal judge found that as auditor PwC was negligent and failed to detect £2bn fraud which spanned several years Read More...

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FRC to investigate KPMG’s Conviviality audit
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FRC to investigate KPMG’s Conviviality audit

6y Accountancy Age

FRC to investigate KPMG’s Conviviality audit

The FRC is investigating KPMG over its 2017 audit of Conviviality, which went into administation in April after finding an unexpected tax bill of £30m...

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FRC opens investigation into Deloitte’s audits of SIG
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FRC opens investigation into Deloitte’s audits of SIG

6y Accountancy Age

FRC opens investigation into Deloitte’s audits of ...

The investigation comes months after shareholders voted to remove Deloitte as auditor in an unusual rebellion, and will focus on the audit of cash and...

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PwC auditor spent just two hours on BHS audit, says chairman
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PwC auditor spent just two hours on BHS audit, says chairman

6y Accountancy Age

PwC auditor spent just two hours on BHS audit, say...

In a damning email circulated to PwC partners, Kevin Ellis said Steve Denison spent only two hours on the audit and backdated his audit opinion Read M...

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FRC reports an “unacceptable deterioration” in KPMG audit quality
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FRC reports an “unacceptable deterioration” in KPMG audit quality

6y Accountancy Age

FRC reports an “unacceptable deterioration” in KPM...

The report found that half of KPMG's audits needed more than limited improvements, and will now increase scrutiny on the firm's upcoming audit work Re...

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PwC fined a record £10m over BHS audit
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PwC fined a record £10m over BHS audit

6y Accountancy Age

PwC fined a record £10m over BHS audit

The record fine comes after a two-year investigation into BHS’s 2014 audits, which PwC had signed off on just days before its sale for £1 Read More...

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KPMG fined £4.5m over Quindell audit misconduct
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KPMG fined £4.5m over Quindell audit misconduct

6y Accountancy Age

KPMG fined £4.5m over Quindell audit misconduct

The firm admitted to two counts of misconduct and said that it "should have gone further" in challenging the scandal-ridden company's accounts Read Mo...

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PwC to net £50m from Carillion insolvency
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PwC to net £50m from Carillion insolvency

6y Accountancy Age

PwC to net £50m from Carillion insolvency

The NAO report revealed that Carillion's insolvency will cost the taxpayer £148m while PwC will net £50m, a figure that has been questioned by MPs Rac...

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Deloitte faces disciplinary action over Autonomy accounts scandal
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Deloitte faces disciplinary action over Autonomy accounts scandal

6y Accountancy Age

Deloitte faces disciplinary action over Autonomy a...

The FRC has brought disciplinary action against Deloitte auditors over their failure to adequately challenge issues with Autonomy’s accounts, which le...

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HMRC’s refusal to raid top Tory donor Lycamobile to be investigated by MPs
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HMRC’s refusal to raid top Tory donor Lycamobile to be investigated by MPs

6y Accountancy Age

HMRC’s refusal to raid top Tory donor Lycamobile t...

After a French probe into Lycamobile uncovered money laundering and tax fraud, HMRC refused to raid the company, citing its political donations Read M...

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