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  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    Accountancy
    UK regulator finds ‘unacceptable’ rate of failures in council audits

    FRC review singles out Grant Thornton and Mazars for particularly poor audit quality

  • Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    ‘Lapdog’ auditors ain’t quite right again

    Watchdog takes firms to task in quality review; AO hits long awaited high during lockdown

  • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
    LombardCat Rutter Pooley
    Housebuilders can’t help getting a helping hand from government

    State support extends beyond returned furlough funds; Grant Thornton rapped over Conviviality

  • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
    Grant Thornton UK LLP
    Grant Thornton fined £3m for Conviviality audit failures

    Accounting firm severely reprimanded by FRC and made to commit to improvement of ethical controls

  • Monday, 20 April, 2020
    Grant Thornton cuts staff pay to weather expected fall in profits

    UK accounting firm decided it was not ‘appropriate’ to tap government furlough scheme

  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2020
    Grant Thornton UK LLP
    Grant Thornton audit profits fall by 90%

    Accountancy firm says 150 of its 4,500 UK staff have agreed pay cuts during coronavirus outbreak

  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2020
    Accounting & Consulting services
    Grant Thornton offers UK staff voluntary sabbatical or dramatic pay cut

    Latest example of how professional services firms seek to mitigate impact of coronavirus

  • Thursday, 30 January, 2020
    Frasers Group
    Belgian tax authority drops part of Frasers tax probe

    Cloud of uncertainty removed from retailer formerly known as Sports Direct

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Grant Thornton audit failings must be made public

    How can the regulator impose £650,000 fine but not name the public company involved?

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  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
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    Grant Thornton fined £650,000 by FRC over inadequate audit

    Accounting watchdog criticised for not naming company where errors were identified

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    Apprenticeship levy’s low take-up highlighted by survey

    Two years after its launch, half of the companies covered by the scheme have yet to spend anything

  • Monday, 4 November, 2019
    Accountancy
    UK audit shake-up spurs bonanza for non-Big Four firms

    Smaller groups see ‘unprecedented’ interest as FTSE 350 anticipates post-scandal rules

  • Sunday, 3 November, 2019
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    Tough times for auditors at Grant Thornton

    Mid-tier firm said this week that partner pay had fallen and it would delay publishing accounts

  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
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    Grant Thornton: mob-handed Premium

    Refreshing the upper echelon with fresh talent has advantages

  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    Grant Thornton UK LLP
    Grant Thornton partner pay drops as it delays accounts

    Auditor extends its financial year end by six months as it recovers from tough year

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    Accountancy
    Grant Thornton cuts back partners as it seeks improvement

    About a dozen senior staff will leave accounting firm as it restructures after hard year

  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Sports Direct’s reluctant auditors show need for a third party

    Would a separate body to appoint corporate scrutineers fix a flaw in the system?

  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2019
    Frasers Group
    Sports Direct in government talks over auditor trouble

    Grant Thornton to quit next month and no other firm is willing to step in

  • Sunday, 4 August, 2019
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    Ensure companies get the audit they deserve

    Sports Direct case demonstrates the major flaws in the current system

  • Monday, 29 July, 2019
    Frasers Group
    Grant Thornton to quit as Sports Direct auditor

    Split with longstanding client adds to pressure on Mike Ashley over governance

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    Patisserie Holdings PLC
    Patisserie Valerie creditors pick new administrator

    Restructuring firm FRP will succeed KPMG after criticism over conflict of interest

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    LexAccountancy
    Auditors/Sports Direct: no shoo in Premium

    Accountants no longer want clients to be sitting too comfortably

  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
    Accountancy
    Grant Thornton and PwC criticised for substandard audits

    FRC findings add to cloud over sector after Patisserie Valerie and Carillion scandals

  • Monday, 3 June, 2019
    Grant Thornton changes audit head for second time in a year

    Fiona Baldwin will take up role after several high profile accounting controversies

  • Monday, 29 April, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Deloitte and KPMG show ethics are inconsistent

    Decisions on Ferrexpo and Pat Val suggest Big Four do not behave as one

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