The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an inquiry into Deloitte’s audits for listed rail operating group Go-Ahead 

Big Four audit firm Deloitte has resigned as Polymetal auditors due to the mining company’s Russian business interests

AIM listed S4 Capital plc has delayed its annual results due to auditors, PwC refusing to sign off the accounts

The social element of environment, social, governance (ESG) reporting is a critical part of the mix to give insight into employment trends but is it meeting expectations, asks Rachel Kay, researcher, High Pay Centre

Accountants need to keep up to speed with the changing sanctions on Russia and conduct due diligence on clients. John Edwards, CEO of the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA), gives his top tips on ensuring compliance

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 Chancellor has called on UK firms to ‘think very carefully’ about any investments that would support the Putin regime, in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine

The recent High Court ruling on the Autonomy acquisition by HP raises serious considerations for auditors when working on mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Navdeep Shihn, commercial litigation lawyer at SA Law LLP, examines the preliminary judgment

Big Four firm KPMG and a former audit director have been fined over £900,000 for audit failures relating to listed Revolution Bars Group

Changes to the prospectus regime governing lists on the London Stock Exchange will see the introduction of a simpler regime for companies listing and raising capital

Helen MacNeill FCA examines the new quality management standards, focusing on ISQM (UK) 1, effective from December 2022 and what it means for audit firms

Large private companies are starting to use the Wates Principles as a framework for their corporate governance reporting, but ‘disclosure practices are still in their infancy’