ACCA has this morning been rocked by news that Andrew Hind, announced as the new chief executive to take over from Anthea Rose in March, will now not ...
View articleRoger Hoyle, currently chief executive of Liverpool Health Authority, has been appointed a new member of the Audit Commission with effect from 1 Janua...
View articleAndersen has admitted to a second congressional committee it made 'honest errors' in its audit of Enron, the collapsed energy giant. Read More...
View articleThe Accountancy Foundation, the profession's new watchdog, is putting the final touches to its working programme as it gears up to 'hit the ground run...
View articleThe Ministry of Defence's accounts today got the thumbs-down from the National Audit Office due to out-of-date technology and a failure to account cor...
View articleCracks are beginning to appear in the alliance formed between the Big Five firms in the face of severe criticism over the Enron affair. Read More...
View articleCharities are shifting their audit business away from the Big Five firms, giving more work to the mid-tier, a new survey has found. Read More...
View articleThe chairman of the UK Accounting Standards Board has hit back at claims that the new FRS17 accounting rule is forcing the UK's leading employers to e...
View articleThe BBC has dismissed its director of global marketing and brand development Jeff Taylor for 'breaching the company's employment policy on conflict of...
View articleDame Shirley Porter today lost the final round in the battle over the Westminster council homes-for-votes scandal, vindicating the district auditor's ...
View articleAndersen boss Joe Berardino has admitted the firm got it wrong over the audit of Enron, the US energy company that collapsed last month. Read More...
View articleICAS is this week celebrating another landmark goal as it welcomes its 15,000th member. Read More...
View articleThe UK accounting standard setter is hoping the global board will heed its moves to harmonise accounting rules for listed and non-listed companies. Re...
View articleShould the costly independent professional review continue? Yes, says Danielle Stewart, as it is better than audit in many ways. Oh no it's not, says ...
View articleThe independent professional review: a waste of time, or the way forward? Stella Fearnley, reader in accounting at Portsmouth Business School, and Dan...
View articleAndersen is bracing itself for an independent investigation of its audit work at Enron in the wake of the collapse of the US energy trader. Read More...
View articleTough key performance indicators will be used to measure the success of the ICAEW's regional structure and justify the institute's investment in the n...
View articleHeads of the European Union's Supreme Audit Institutions are to meet with the European Court of Auditors in London today to work towards furthering th...
View articleAndersen, auditor of Enron, the energy company that filed for bankruptcy protection at the weekend, is to have its work investigated by Deloitte Touch...
View articleIt goes without saying that money laundering - whether connected with terrorism, drugs or organised crime (or indeed a combination of the three) - nee...
View articleErnst & Young says it was not contacted for information by the forensic accountants who concluded there were 'serious concerns' about the Big Five...
View articleJohn Stoker, the chief charity commissioner, will today be quizzed by the influential and powerful Public Accounts Committee following a critical Nati...
View articleForensic accountants have defended lawyers after a survey revealed solicitors do not always encourage expert witnesses to be 'truly independent' and o...
View articleBig Five firms meet Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure future disasters don't result in business meltdown due to IT failure Read More...
View articleBig Five firm accuses European Central Bank of maintaining secrecy over its policies and causing market confusion Read More...
View articleSmall businesses will be offered a lighter-touch after the Auditing Practices Board this week confirmed it is to push ahead with offering the independ...
View articleThe ICAS quality review scheme seems to have had little publicity in your paper to date and I would like to redress the balance. I had to stump up an ...
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