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EY to create 270 new jobs in Ireland expansion
June 3rd, 2016
Professional services firm opens second office in Dublin and new Galway office EY to recruit 220 new experienced hires and increase graduate intake from 200 to 250 across its seven offices Salaries for experienced hires to average in excess ...
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 ...
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 ...
KPMG receives complaints over Isle of Man controversy
May 18th, 2016
KPMG’S Canadian arm is the subject of two complaints from one of the country’s largest financial worker’s unions, with the group claiming that the Big Four firm set up offshore tax structures in the Isle of Man to help wealthy Canadians ...
Five more women added in gender discrimination lawsuit against KPMG US
May 17th, 2016
Five more women have been added as named plaintiffs to the ongoing $350m (£243m) class action gender discrimination lawsuit against KPMG’s US arm. On 13 May, Sanford Heisler, the law firm representing the five plaintiffs, filed an amended complaint ...
EY to be replaced as BBC auditor
May 16th, 2016
National Audit Office set to replace EY as BBC auditor The current auditor is Big Four firm, EY, who took over the audit from KPMG in 2015. At the time, the BBC signed a three-year contract with EY, with ...
AAYP 2016: Five key skills auditors will need in the future
May 10th, 2016
AUDIT teams have the skill sets to meet today’s requirements but changes will be needed to meet the demands of audit in the future. That is the finding of two international research studies published by ICAS and the FRC which examines the skills, ...
Statistics: Growth potential for in-house lawyers
May 9th, 2016
Law Society figures show growth potential for in-house careers According to the Society’s number crunchers, as of 31 July 2015, there are now over 5,000 commercial businesses out there taking on practising solicitors, an increase of 4.4% in only twelve ...
Deloitte Unveils Five Blockchain Partnerships and 20 Prototypes
May 4th, 2016
One of the largest accounting firms in the world, Deloitte, says it has partnered with five blockchain startups and built a wide range of prototypes to service industries including insurance, employee management and cross-border payments. The ‘Big Four’ accounting ...
Top ten accountancy firm has recruited a former EY partner
April 27th, 2016
Top Ten accountancy firm Smith & Williamson has recruited a former EY partner to join its tax ranks. John Cooney re-joins the firm as partner after ten years in a similar post at EY ,where he specialised in advising ...
