Amid unprecedented political scrutiny and a second competition probe, the Big Four audit firms continue to hold a vice-like grip over the FTSE 100 audit market, now worth nearly £900m. Philip Smith provides a detailed breakdown of total audit and non-audit fees by FTSE 100 company, plus tenure lengths and year ends from our exclusive Accountancy auditors survey

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has begun a major project which aims to challenge existing thinking about corporate reporting and consider how companies should better meet the information needs of shareholders and other stakeholders, as well as alternative ways of delivering that information

The NHS in Scotland is ‘not financially sustainable’ and immediate action is needed to create long-term fundamental change in how healthcare is delivered as current progress is too slow, according to a highly critical report by Audit Scotland