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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has highlighted the step change in the increased use of technology in the audit industry to improve the efficiency and quality of audits.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to companies that it was aware were intending to publish preliminary financial statements in the next few days, urging them to delay their planned publications.

Guidance on how to arrange and conduct AGMs in light of Covid-19 has been published by The Chartered Governance Institute (ICSA) in conjunction with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and Slaughter & May.  Paul George, FRC executive director of corporate governance and reporting, sa

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today issued updated guidance for auditors which may be facing practical difficulties in carrying out audits as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (coronavirus).

A major review of how companies and auditors assess and report on the impact of climate change has been announced by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). The watchdog will review the extent to which UK companies and auditors are responding to the impact of climate change on their business to ensur

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today published guidance for companies on disclosure of risks and other reporting consequences arising from the emergence and spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The regulator is also discussing with audit firms whether the virus affects their ability to revie

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have published joint letters for accountants and auditors with information regarding auditing, accounting and corporate reporting standards during the transition period following the UK’s e

New research from the Hampton-Alexander Review has found one-third of board seats at FTSE 100 companies are now held by women, however progress to develop the succession pipeline across the FTSE 350 remains slow.

Over half of FTSE 250 companies (52%) fail to mention ethnicity in their board diversity policy, and most of the FTSE 350 do not set measurable ethnicity targets, according to new research from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). Just 14% of FTSE 100 companies set measurable objectives for board

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today announced a major shakeup of its oversight and supervisory functions to speed up the pace of enforcement investigations. The regulator is also broadening its stated purpose which is to serve the public interest by setting high standards of corporate go

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today launched a consultation on revised auditing standard for identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement.  The FRC’s changes reflect revisions made by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and are designed

The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has urged that legislation should break up the UK's largest accountancy firms known as 'The Big Four' after it emerged that the profession is engaging in talks to enact a self-imposed split.

The Big Four accounting firms are engaging in talks with the audit regulator regarding a self-imposed break-up in an attempt to get ahead of government enforcement action. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is currently drawing up guidelines for the separation of audit and consulting operations a

Reporting on workforce-related issues needs to improve to meet investor needs and reflect modern-day workforces, according to a new report from the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Financial Reporting Lab. Workforce-related matters such as working conditions, changing contractual arrangemen

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has revealed it will need at least another six months to investigate KPMG’s auditing of collapsed construction and services firm Carillion due to the scale and complexity of the case.