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  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    Accounting & Consulting services
    Special audit into German group Grenke uncovers string of failings

    Findings of BaFin-commissioned probe comes as accounting industry remains under scrutiny

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    KPMG UK to split roles of chair and chief executive

    Corporate governance overhaul comes weeks after former chair told employees to ‘stop moaning’

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    Bill Michael quits as chair of KPMG UK after telling staff to ‘stop moaning’

    Big Four boss’s position became ‘untenable’ following comments at virtual meeting

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    City InsiderMatthew Vincent
    KPMG’s Bill Michael and his game of moans

    Staff unimpressed by halfhearted initial attempts from their boss to apologise for his comments

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    KPMG appoints first female leaders in shake-up after Michael furore

    Performance system to be scrapped as firm moves to calm relations with staff

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    KPMG’s UK boss steps aside as firm probes comments that offended staff

    Bill Michael is reported to have dismissed unconscious bias as ‘complete crap’

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    LexKPMG LLP
    KPMG/audit reform: behind the curve Premium

    The Big Four accounting firm may be over the worst but improving the culture remains paramount

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    KPMG UK chairman told staff to ‘stop moaning’ about work conditions

    Bill Michael later apologised to consultants who had raised concern over pay

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    UK financial regulation
    UK directors face new liability demands under major audit reform

    Far-reaching overhaul of corporate governance set to be unveiled in long-awaited white paper

  • Promoted Content
  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    KPMG’s UK partners to take 11% pay cut amid Covid slowdown

    Big Four accounting firm’s continued investment in staff and technology hits profit

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    Special ReportCorporate Change and Technology
    Accountants see IT investment pay off in pandemic

    Crisis vindicates heavy spending on digital products at UK professional service firms

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Fintech
    City Insider

    Royal seal of approval works wonders for morale at KPMG

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    KPMG ‘helped’ buyout fund dump £100m Silentnight pensions liabilities

    UK accounting watchdog alleges conflict of interest in arranging sale of bedmaker to HIG

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    KPMG puts UK restructuring unit up for sale

    Big Four group denies talking to private equity firms on a potential disposal

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Accountancy
    Big Four’s audit income jumps as firms raise prices

    Total fees rose 7% last year after groups moved to counter closer regulatory scrutiny

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Deloitte LLP
    Deloitte resigns as EG Group auditor over governance concerns

    Petrol stations group loses Big Four firm soon after its owners seal £6.8bn deal to buy Asda from Walmart

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    KPMG UK delays results as Covid forces rethink on partners’ pay

    Big Four firm says ‘significant uncertainty remains’ over UK economy’s future performance

  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    UK employment
    London a recruiting black spot as rest of UK recovers

    Demand for employees still declining as jobseekers look outside the capital

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
    Whistleblower warned EY of Wirecard fraud four years before collapse

    Exclusive: Employee at payments group’s longtime auditor flagged suspicious accounting and attempted bribery in 2016

  • Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
    UK official was set to join KPMG while in talks to lead project that paid firm £1.5m

    Chris Townsend agreed to head government Covid programme despite having accepted job from KPMG

  • 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

  • Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
    Accountancy
    UK’s largest accounting firms lambasted by watchdog for ‘unacceptable’ work

    PwC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG had higher number of audits needing big improvements, FRC finds

  • Monday, 6 July, 2020
    Accountancy
    Big Four told to outline plans for audit split by October

    UK regulator orders the largest shake-up of the industry in decades

  • Friday, 3 July, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    After Wirecard: is it time to audit the auditors?

    The industry’s failure to spot holes in the accounts of several collapsed companies has led to clamour for reform

  • Wednesday, 10 June, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    The many stages of grief over balance sheet repairs

    Investors and market face more denial, depression and anger in coronavirus recovery

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