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Audit fees at the Big Four accountancy firms Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG increased by 6.9% last year as they increased their charges to account for tougher regulations introduced by the regulator.  The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) 2020 Key Facts and Trends in the Accountan

Keith Skeoch has been appointed interim chair of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). Mr Skeoch will serve as interim chair from October 12 for a period of up to six months.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued three sets of amendments to UK and Ireland accounting and reporting standards. The amendments address some topical issues, and maintain a necessary alignment with international standards.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has indicated that rule breaches have been discovered in its investigation into KPMG’s audits of collapsed contractor Carillion.

The Financial Reporting Council's (FRC) Financial Reporting Lab is inviting investors and companies to participate in a new project on corporate disclosures on risks, uncertainties and scenarios.   Investors and other stakeholders are increasingly looking for information from companies about ho

BDO, which is the second-largest auditor of listed companies in the UK, has been fined £160,000 and reprimanded over its audit of international insurer AmTrust Europe Limited. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said the fined related to BDO's unintentional rule breaches relating to failures

The UK’s accounting watchdog has closed its investigation into the finances of support services contractor Mitie.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has fined Grant Thornton for repeated breaches of ethical standards. Such breaches included failing to maintain its independence over its audit of collapsed alcohol firm Conviviality.

Critics have argued that yesterday's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) order for the UK's Big Four accountancy firms to separate their audit practices has not gone far enough to remove conflicts of interests within big audit companies. Yesterday, Scottish Financial News reported that the FRC had out

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has ordered the UK's Big Four accountancy firms to separate their audit practices by June 2024. The FRC has outlined a set of principles for the operational separation of audit functions within PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY. The watchdog has ruled that the four&nbs

Since the start of the coronavirus crisis, audit firms across the UK have introduced a range of additional measures to improve their evaluation of companies’ going concern assessments.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced that Simon Fraser has been appointed as the chair of the Pre-Emption Group (PEG). Mr Fraser has been a longstanding member of the PEG and has a long and distinguished career in investment management and corporate roles, including his current role a

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) ) has issued imposed non-financial sanctions on KPMG in relation to the statutory audits of the financial statements of Foresight 4 VCT plc. The sanctions have been imposed for the KPMG's audits of the company for the 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 financial

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today completed its annual review of FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework and made minor amendments, for consistency, to the disclosure exemptions relating to the statement of cash flows. The FRC has also issued FRED 74 Draft amendments to FRS 102 – In

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation into KPMG and PwC over the audits of Eddie Stobart Logistics plc.