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The Big Four’s push to become the little guy’s friend
May 16th, 2016
Servicing the needs of large corporates remains the Big Four’s heartland. But the top four firms are increasingly attempting to disrupt the smaller reaches of the business market. In the 18 months since KPMG made a £40m sally into the ...
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 ...
EY conflicts of interest issues could affect Royal Dutch Shell-BG Group deal
May 4th, 2016
Conflicts of interest and issues around auditor independence could affect the proposed acquisition of BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell, Manifest has suggested. Analysis by proxy voting agency Manifest ahead of Royal Dutch Shell’s AGM next month has found that EY, ...
PricewaterhouseCoopers pays €37m to save Spanish employees from jail
April 14th, 2016
The accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has handed over €37m (£29m) to the Spanish government to save four of its former employees from serving lengthy jail terms for fraud. The four former senior executives, who include the firm’s ex-president Miguel Fernández de Pinedo, ...
A head start on the transition to VAT in the GCC
April 6th, 2016
PwC has held a VAT workshop in Qatar, as part of a region wide initiative to update locally based businesses on the latest developments and the implications of VAT introduction in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States. The potential ...
Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin
April 4th, 2016
A network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. An unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin’s close circle fabulously wealthy. Though the ...
Big four among others to join together to enable more apprenticeships
March 21st, 2016
Leading professional services and industry employers, Professional Bodies and training providers have come together to develop a new apprenticeship standard for the audit, accountancy and tax professions. The new standard has been developed to provide school leavers with a ...
PricewaterhouseCoopers accused of conflict of interest in development role
March 21st, 2016
Diane Abbott is furious that PwC is working on a DfID scheme called the Investment Facility for Utilising UK Specialist Expertise Big Four accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers has been accused of “a very serious conflict of interest” in its role as an ...
International Audit Regulators Call For Measurable Improvement
March 15th, 2016
The pace of audit quality improvement is too slow and measureable improvement is needed, an international survey concluded. The Independent Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR) issued the results of their annual inspections findings survey this week. In response ...
