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Grant Thornton

  • UK firms looking to India for growth despite trade deal delays

    TRADE

    A host of UK firms are looking to expand their operations in India despite delays to the UK-India trade deal. India is now considered a core international growth market for UK mid-market firms, according to a survey of a survey of just over 600 medium-sized UK firms by accountancy firm Grant Thornton. Just over 70 [...]

  • UK’s audit watchdog calls on top accounting firms to boost measures against exam cheating

    Exam scandals

    The UK’s accounting watchdog has called on Britain’s seven largest auditors to improve the measures they have in place to prevent cheating on exams, following a series of international cheating scandals involving the world’s biggest audit firms. In a letter seen by City A.M., the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) called on the country’s top [...]

  • Grant Thornton triples paternity leave offering as talent war continues

    Grant Thornton

    Grant Thornton has tripled the length of its paid paternity leave offering from two to six weeks as the UK’s top accounting firms have increasingly turned to offering staff perks and benefits in their efforts to recruit and retain talent.    The accounting firm will offer its staff six weeks of paid paternity leave from [...]

  • Big Four auditors up advisory fee incomes as challengers capture larger share of audit work

    August 5, 2022

    The UK’s challenger auditing firms are increasingly capturing a larger share of Britain’s audit market, as the Big Four increasingly generate their revenues through non audit work, new data from the UK’s accounting watchdog shows. The research shows smaller auditors upped their audit fee incomes at almost twice the rate of the Big Four, as [...]

  • Auditors should stop ‘complaining’ about fines and improve the quality of their work, FRC chief says

    August 3, 2022

    The head of the UK’s accounting watchdog has said Britain’s major auditors should stop “complaining” about fines and start improving the quality of their work instead. In an interview with the Financial Times, Financial Reporting Council (FRC) chief executive Sir Jon Thompson said “the solution” to auditors’ problems with fines is “entirely” in their own [...]

  • Grant Thornton slapped with multi-million pound fine after FRC calls out ‘serious failings’ in Sports Direct audit

    July 18, 2022

    The UK’s accounting watchdog today hit Grant Thornton with a £2.05m over “serious failings” in its audits of high-street retailer Sports Direct. The fines come after the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said Grant Thornton had failed to properly scrutinize Sports Direct’s relationship with an unnamed delivery company and the impact the relationship would have [...]

  • Grant Thornton settles £200m lawsuit with Patisserie Valerie’s administrators

    June 27, 2022

    Grant Thornton has settled a £200m lawsuit with Patisserie Valerie’s bankruptcy administrators over its role in the café chain’s collapse. The London headquartered accountancy giant has reached agreement to settle its case with Patisserie Valerie’s administrators out of court, according to the Sunday Telegraph who broke the news. In a statement sent to City A.M., [...]

  • UK’s accountancy sector turnovers soar to record highs

    May 12, 2022

    The UK’s accountancy firms generated more cash in March than in any other month on record, new Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures show. Turnover in Britain’s accountancy sector jumped 14 per cent from February to March to record highs of £4.13bn. The multi-billion sum comes as a new high for the UK’s accountancy industry, [...]

  • Grant Thornton strikes deal to offer crypto-recovery services

    May 3, 2022

    Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has joined forces with a trio of other firms with a view to offering crypto recovery services. The accountancy firm struck a deal with two London law firms and a New York investment manager, to help clients recover stolen crypto assets. The deal comes on the back of a sharp rise [...]

  • Tory backbencher calls on government to close ‘loopholes’ letting London firms work for the Kremlin

    April 11, 2022

    Tory backbencher Kevin Hollinrake has called on the government to close the “loopholes” that have allowed UK professional services firms to continue carrying out bankruptcy proceedings on behalf of the Russian state. In a letter to Rishi Sunak, the Conservative party MP accused accountancy giant Grant Thornton, litigation funder Harbour, and London law firm CMS [...]

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