PwC’s newly-announced audit reforms are “unacceptable” and “do not appear to go far enough”, according to Professor Prem Sikka and the CMA Read More...
View articlePwC has committed to an additional £30m annual spend to boost training, employee numbers and technology in a bid to improve its audit process. It incl...
View articleGrant Thornton has today appointed insider Fiona Baldwin as head of audit, several months after the Patisserie Valerie debacle Read More...
View articleAccountancy is not fit for purpose in the 21st Century, according to Professor Richard Murphy. Here he discusses his vision for the future of accounta...
View articleCEO of Greenshoot Labs, Tim Deeson, explains how chatbots will revolutionise audit and improve customer service and loyalty Read More...
View articleKPMG UK's new audit structure is intended to deliver on many of the CMA and BEIS comittee recommendations, but critics say only a full separation will...
View articleAudit reform gets a step closer with the Competition and Market Authority's recommendations, including a separation of audit from other functions Read...
View articleAs the CMA announces sweeping proposals for audit reform, Clive Viegas Bennett, CEO of MGI Worldwide, says the way the industry works is fundamentally...
View articleIn her final article for Accountancy Age, Lucy explores quality of audit in the past and now, and what the future of the profession looks like Read Mo...
View articleEx-Big Four accountant and investor Steve Phillips, who is now CFO at GovGrant, shares his unique perspective on the audit conundrum Read More...
View articleICAEW has identified the construction sector as an industry that needs to adapt to survive Read More...
View articlePearson business school's Jennifer South FCA MA (Oxon) outlines how new technologies including AI and data analytics will transform audit Read More...
View articleA summary of the cases of financial scandals, accounting fraud and corporate fraud which capitivated us last year and their implications Read More...
View articleThe Independent Review into the Quality and Effectiveness of the UK Audit Market led by Sir Donald Brydon has announced its advisory board Read More...
View articleFrom PwC to flinder: Accountancy Age speaks with one of the co-founders of flinder about the world of accounting and how the main issues boil down to ...
View articleAfter being on the brink of complete collapse, Patisserie Valerie and 2,000 of its jobs has been saved Read More...
View articleBen Taylor, CEO of Rainbird, has spoken to Accountancy Age about technology in accounting and what the future might bring Read More...
View articleSource Global Research has put the question to audit clients and has received some interesting responses Read More...
View articleThe crisis in company audit has knock on consequences for public audit - and now is a good time to review the remit of the National Audit Office, say ...
View articleEmeritus Professor Ruth Bender of Corporate Financial Strategy from Cranfield School of Management on the next steps following the CMA and Kingman rev...
View articleSimon Bonney, partner and insolvency expert, said “It is difficult, given the extent of the fraud, that this isn’t something that could have been spot...
View articleMore than half of company secretaries surveyed by ICSA, the Government Institute and recruitment specialist said the industry has learned little from ...
View articleEY are responding to calls for independence among the Big Four accounting firms Read More...
View articleIt is thought that up to 900 Patisserie Valerie employees could lose their jobs Read More...
View articleThe investigation into Carillion's collapse continue on with a renewed focus on KPMG's audits of the construction business Read More...
View articleThe popular cake chain says it's accounts were 'significantly manipulated' before its near-collapse last year Read More...
View articleIt's time! After another year of financial scandals, Accountancy Age are taking the plunge and writing a feature on audit in accountancy. Please take ...
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