The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) plans to overhaul the Corporate Governance Code, introduce fraud reporting duties for directors and update the ethics standard for auditors

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has opened an investigation into the audits of four companies in the GFG Alliance group by King & King

The delay to the publication of a timetable for audit reform has forced the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors to write to the Prime Minister calling for urgent action

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is consulting on proposals to extend access to key audit partners working in local audit, changing the rules of entry, to increase competition

The EU is to impose mandatory sustainability reporting for large companies under its Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation into HW Fisher's audit of Liberty Commodities which is part of metal tycoons Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance

KPMG is being sued for £1.3bn by the Official Receiver over its role as auditor to collapsed contractor Carillion

The Public Accounts Committee is warning that local government funding is creating a ‘real risk’ due to a lack of funding that will only ‘allow local government to stand still’ while its failure to complete audits on time is making the situation worse

Kate Beeston ACA and Helen MacNeill FCA set out the key issues for 2021 year-end audits, which includes the continued impact of Covid-19, accounting estimates and future audit developments, including ISQM (UK) 1

Seismic shifts in the audit and accountancy regulatory landscape were set in motion last year, which are expected to continue to take shape and impact the sector during 2022 explain Julie Matheson, partner, and Lucinda Soon, lawyer in the regulatory team for accounting services at law firm Kingsley Napley LLP

A quarter of audits for non-listed company audits reviewed by the ICAEW were judged as sub standard, requiring improvement, according to the ICAEW

For the thirteenth year, audit, tax, advisory and risk firm, Crowe, has been named the top charity auditor in Civil Society’s Charity Finance Audit Survey for 2021, followed by Big Four firms Deloitte and PwC