Big Four accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been fined £5 million in relation to its audits of Galliford Try and Kier Group. The company was fined a total of £8,850,000, adjusted to £4,998,500, by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) - £3,038,750 and 
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Reforms to the UK's audit and corporate governance framework will make the country "an even more attractive place in which to do business and to invest", the UK government has said. In the government's response to an earlier consultation on audit and corporate governance, Business Secretary Kwasi Kw
Sir Jon Thompson, the chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has called the overhaul of the UK's audit regime a "missed opportunity" to improve internal controls in a proportionate UK-specific manner. Yesterday, the UK Government said that its revamp of the UK's corporate reporting
The Executive Counsel of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has imposed sanctions against KPMG and Anthony Sykes, an audit engagement partner, in relation to the statutory audit of the consolidated financial statements of Rolls-Royce Group plc for the financial year ended 31 December 2010. The fi
Proposed changes to the UK's financial reporting rules following Brexit have been published by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). The FRC issued the FRED 80 draft amendments on Friday, which propose to update the application guidance to FRS 100 to reflect changes to company law and decisions on
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published its thematic review of discount rates.
Big Four firm KPMG is set to be fined £14.4 million after a Financial Reporting Council (FRC) tribunal found that its auditors deliberately misled regulators during routine inspections of its audit of collapsed government contractor Carillion. The £14.4m fine for KPMG would be the second
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has made changes to its Publication Policies for the Audit Enforcement Procedure (AEP) and the Accountancy and Actuarial Schemes. The main change relates to the test to be applied, by the Conduct Committee, when considering whether to make an announcement regard
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published new research, in conjunction with the UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner and Lancaster University, which has identified significant shortcomings in the quality of companies’ modern slavery reporting. The research looked at a sample of 100 major com
The Executive Counsel of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has imposed sanctions against Deloitte and John Charlton, one of the firm's audit engagement partners, in relation to the statutory audit of the financial statements of Mitie Group plc, for the financial year ended 31 March 2016. Deloitt
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published a new Audit Firm Governance Code for the Big Four audit firms and firms that audit FTSE-350 companies and significant numbers of public interest entities (PIEs). The new Code is a result of the findings of a monitoring programme undertaken by the F
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a consultation to take responsibility for the registration of auditors of public interest entities (PIEs) from the recognised supervisory bodies (RSBs). The proposal will bolster the FRC’s supervisory toolkit and enable it to become increasing
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published the Exposure Draft of Proposed ISA (UK) 600 Special Considerations -Audits of Group Financial Statements (Including the Work of Component Auditors). The revisions build upon the recently revised international version of the standard, with an enhanc
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has commenced an investigation in relation to the audit conducted by Deloitte LLP of the financial statements of Go-Ahead Group plc. The investigation concerns the years ended 3 July 2021, 27 June 2020, 29 June 2019, 30 June 2018, 1 July 2017, and 2 July 2016.
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published its 3-Year Plan which sets out the FRC’s progress toward establishing the new Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA). The FRC’s 3-Year Plan follows the government’s 2021 consultation ‘Restoring Trust in Audit and C