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BDO promotes nine new partners
June 7th, 2016
BDO has announced the promotion of nine new partners across the UK. The promotions, which will be effective next month as of 2 July 2016, cover a broad spectrum of the firm’s service lines and regions. The firm has ...
FRC investigates KPMG over Ted Baker audit ethics
June 6th, 2016
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced it is to investigate KPMG over the firm’s consideration of and compliance with ethical standards in connection with the provision of non-audit services during the audit of the financial statements of Ted ...
ACCA sets out “Magnificent Seven” attributes vital to success in modern business
June 6th, 2016
Major new international study from ACCA discovers what makes the ‘perfect professional’ in 2016 and beyond Intellect, creativity, emotional intelligence, vision, experience, technical skills and a mastery of the digital world are seven key skill areas sought by employers ...
PwC announces executive board changes
May 31st, 2016
New PwC leader Kevin Ellis, who takes over as chairman and senior partner for the UK and Middle East from 1 July, has revealed his new UK executive board. UK Executive Board: Kevin Ellis – Chairman and senior partner Jon Andrews ...
Deloitte has added 80 new partners, 30 per cent of which are women
May 31st, 2016
Accountancy giant Deloitte has added 80 new partners, 24 of which are women, as the company pushes to improve its gender diversity. The new roles fall predominantly in London, with 56 of the partners working in the capital. It was recently ...
KPMG replaces BDO as auditor of the multinational company Benchmark
May 30th, 2016
ANIMAL WELFARE and nutrition business Benchmark has confirmed the appointment of KPMG as its auditor. The Big Four firm replaces BDO, which held the post with the AIM-listed company for the past 15 years. The appointment is effective immediately, and ...
Deloitte trashed the hype around the $US180 billion fintech industry
May 24th, 2016
Deloitte just trashed the hype around the online lending industry. The accountancy and consultancy practice has done a deep dive on the online lending industry and its conclusions should make for devastating reading for anyone connected to the sector. ...
ACCA-qualified accountant jailed for failure to declare £430k income
May 23rd, 2016
An ACCA member from Essex who failed to declare income and pay £107,000 of tax owed from accountancy work and property lettings and tried to hide the money in his children’s bank accounts has been jailed for four years, ...
KPMG audit quality criticised in FRC review
May 23rd, 2016
The quality of audit work undertaken by the top six firms has improved with only KPMG found to have audits in need of significant improvement, the FRC said Thursday. Out of the 104 audits were inspected for 2015/16 – 89 of ...
IBM Big Data expert shares tips with CPAs
May 20th, 2016
Paul Zikopoulos uses the mall as an example of how Big Data can be used for meaningful business insights. When you go to the mall, who doesn’t sign onto the “free” wireless internet service so you can use your ...
