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View articleSmall businesses are being warned to be extra vigilant in their fight against fraud, especially during times of rapid growth. Read More...
View articleHLB International, which was left without a UK firm after Kidsons merged with Baker Tilly, has appointed Numerica and its audit arm AV Audit to be its...
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View articleJohnston Carmichael, one of Scotland's largest independent firms, has agreed terms to buy the Aberdeen office of HLB Kidsons. Read More...
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View articleLawyers for Deloitte & Touche yesterday challenged Simon Jones, the former finance director of Barings' Singapore arm, in the High Court as the firm a...
View articleIndustrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Asian superpower's biggest bank, has called on Ernst & Young to audit its books amid concerns about t...
View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers has today launched a novel tool to evaluate the contribution to clear financial reporting of new UK and global accounting rules...
View articleScottish auditor general Robert Black has been drawn into a political row over claims that hospital waiting lists in Scotland have been artificially r...
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View articleLondon Transport has given the go-ahead for the controversial part-privatisation of the Tube, a move backed by a report from Ernst & Young. Read More...
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