The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has banned a corporate trustee and one of its directors from acting as pension scheme trustees after multiple governance failures which it said highlighted a lack of competence, capability and integrity

Grant Thornton is facing a £200m lawsuit brought by the administrators of collapsed café chain Patisserie Valerie, seeking damages in respect of the firm’s audits for the financial periods September 2014 to September 2017

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is consulting on plans to revise the standards for an audit firm’s responsibilities to design, implement and operate a system of quality management, in response to changes made by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)

Online fashion retailer Boohoo has appointed PKF Littlejohn as its external auditor, replacing PwC which stepped down from the role in October

The government is to offer councils an additional £15m in response to findings of the independent review into the effectiveness of local audit carried out by Sir Tony Redmond earlier this year, to fund a suite of improvements in transparency and accountability

In a round-up of the biggest audit stories of the year, we look at all the non-coronavirus news, including audit wins and losses, plans to break up Big Four audit firms, fines, reprimands, standard revisions, audit quality inspections and an exclusive interview with FRC boss Sir Jon Thompson

The Financial Reporting Council has undertaken new analysis of its audit quality inspection results after discovering 80% of audits required improvement, effective challenging was a key component  

The government has announced a further extension to changes to insolvency measures and the regulations for company AGMs, designed to relieve the pressure on businesses dealing with coronavirus

As auditors wait for a government response to Sir Donald Brydon’s audit review, Johnston Carmichael’s audit head Graham Marjoribanks argues action already taken by firms and regulators will see audit add value and a more robust approach to client relationships

ICAEW has published a manifesto setting out its vision for the future of audit, saying the success of any changes to firm structure and regulation depends on a clearer understanding of the role and purpose of audit

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) says research carried out with audit committee chairs (ACCs) indicates a need to develop standards for audit committees in order to ensure a more consistent approach to promoting audit quality

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is consulting on proposals to revise its review standard for interim financial statements, to ensure the level of work carried out by auditors reflects wider expectations on going concern

Failure to maintain adequate stockpiles of personal protective equipment (PPE) cost the government £10bn as prices soared during the pandemic, while moves to boost supply failed to get equipment to frontline workers quickly enough, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found

Big Four’s fees for non-audit work at audit clients declined by a fifth last year, but much more needs to be done to increase public confidence, says Chris Biggs of Theta Global Advisors

Audit firms have heeded Financial Reporting Council (FRC) advice to implement additional measures to enhance their evaluation of companies’ going concern assessments during the pandemic, a review by the regulator has found