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Accounting and Audit

16 Dec 2018 / Accounting and Audit

Big Audit Firm Break-Up and Northern VCT AGM

A report commissioned by the Labour Party has advocated the break-up of the big four audit firms that dominate the audits of FTSE-350 firms. The report, co-authored by Prof.…

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Company News

16 Dec 2018 / Company News

Blancco AGM and Regulatory Landscape

Today I attended the Annual General Meeting of Blancco Technology Group (BLTG). This technology company is now focused on the data erasure market which is surely a growing…

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Accounting and Audit

15 Dec 2018 / Accounting and Audit

Acquittals Over Tesco Fraud

Yesterday (6/12/2018) was another sad day for those who would like to stop false accounts being published by public companies. Two former executives of Tesco who had been…

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7 Dec 2018 / ShareSoc News

FRC Slides 3 Dec 2018, How to Complain and Appeal for Volunteers

I have received this feedback from the FRC “Thank you very much for rounding up a great audience on Monday, we are very pleased with how the event went. Please…

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Accounting and Audit

7 Dec 2018 / Accounting and Audit

Autonomy, FRC Meeting, Retailers and Brexit Legal Advice

The big news last Friday (30/11/2018) was that former CEO Mike Lynch has been charged with fraud in the USA over the accounts of Autonomy. That company was…

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Accounting and Audit

5 Dec 2018 / Accounting and Audit

FRC Investor Event on 3rd December 2018

This was a very well attended, very successful event held at the FRC office at 125 London Wall. An attentive audience of over 70 UKSA and ShareSoc members…

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Blog

28 Nov 2018 / Blog

FRC and FCA Investigations: Managing expectations, and Blancco news

Peter Parry and I now have regular meetings with the FRC and FCA to discuss topics of interest. We met Jen Sisson of the FRC on 23 Sep…

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Accounting and Audit

22 Nov 2018 / Accounting and Audit

Too Much Cash, Wey Education and Patisserie Accounts

Are you stacked up with cash in your ISAs, SIPPs, and direct portfolios? As a dedicated follower of fashion (if the markets are falling as investors sell, then…

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ShareSoc News

12 Aug 2018 / ShareSoc News

Firmer, faster, more transparent action needed by FRC, we tell Kingman

UKSA and ShareSoc responded jointly to Sir John Kingman’s review of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). We summarised our assessment of the FRC’s current strengths and weaknesses and…

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Corporate Governance

16 Jul 2018 / Corporate Governance

UK Corporate Governance Code and new Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018

On July 16th, 2018 the FRC published its latest revision of the UK Corporate Governance Code, which is in my view shorter, simpler and better. The code can…

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Regulations and Law

14 Jul 2018 / Regulations and Law

FRC Enforcement Video

The FRC is working hard to improve its transparency. Some would say they are not working hard enough and need a much more fundamental review. Recently there has…

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Corporate Governance

22 Jun 2018 / Corporate Governance

Watch out FRC – there’s a new Guv’nor in town

One of our members – Tony Johnson – who is a Chartered Secretary and longstanding member of ICSA, has brought to my attention ICSA’s planned rebranding to become…

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