The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has published its work programme for 2019, which will see state aid for banks as one of the audit priorities for the year
Effective charity governance requires considering both the tangible and the intangible when working with management, and addressing culture and behaviour is as important as policies and procedures, says Pesh Framjee FCA
The Charity Commission has opened a class statutory inquiry into two London-based charities, Future Vision Care and Future Vision Consortium, over concerns that charitable funds may be at risk
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a discussion paper on climate change, saying its effects and the associated transition to a low carbon economy may have a major impact on financial markets and on products that serve those markets
Andrew Sheridan and Geoff Rowley, partners at FRP Advisory, have been appointed as administrators to Bloodhound Programme Ltd, the company behind a project to break the land speed world record by creating a supersonic racing car capable of doing 1,000mph, which has run out of funds
Grant Thornton has announced that current CEO Sacha Romanovitch is to step down later this year following the identification of a successor, after she decided to not stand for re-election for a second term
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC)’s total expenditure for the year came in under budget, in part because of the amounts it received in costs from a series of high profile investigations into accountancy firms, according to the regulator’s 2017/18 annual report
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has welcomed the proposal of a comprehensive system to protect whistleblowers and complement top-down enforcement across EU member states
The government has published guidance on the recognition of professional qualifications in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, along with advice on the implications for businesses which provide services
Three former BDO USA accountants have been suspended by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for their improper professional conduct during an audit of an exchange-listed insurance company, which included predating documents
The Treasury has announced it is to retain the £50 note - which has come under criticism over the role of high value notes in illicit transactions - but is to issue a new, more secure polymer version
With six months to go until the Brexit deadline, business preparedness has hardly changed from December 2017 while levels of confidence in future turnover and employee growth have dipped, according to research from FTI consulting
A panel of experts is to investigate the subject of competition in the digital market, a field which is dominated by a small number of large companies, and make recommendations on future government policy
Cloud accounting software provider FreeAgent has launched a new set of licences specifically for accountants with clients that bank with the Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest, enabling them to add their new clients to the service for free
EY has made further adaptions to its recruitment process for graduates and school leavers to speed-up the process and help boost diversity among its new recruits by removing the conventional ‘one-to-one’ final interview
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken steps via an emergency court order to halt a planned initial coin offering (ICO) by a company called Blockvest, which backers falsely claimed was approved by the US regulator
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