KPMG hit with £250m lawsuit over botched audits of collapsed construction giant Carillion By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 19 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 May 2021 KPMG faces a £250million lawsuit over its botched audits of collapsed construction giant Carillion. The Big Four accountant gave the firm a … Read more
Botched audits costing Britain billions of pounds by failing to prevent corporate collapses, economist warns By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 BST, 20 April 2021 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 20 April 2021 Accountancy firms are costing workers, suppliers and the economy billions of pounds, says economist Carsten Jung Auditors are ‘failing society’ … Read more
One of the great comedy put-downs on British television came when Caroline Aherne was playing the wonderful Mrs Merton. Her victim was Debbie McGee, wife of Paul Daniels. ‘So Debbie … ’ asked Mrs Merton with that deceptively innocent expression on her face ‘…what first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?’ Like all good … Read more
Do you want to understand what is wrong with the BBC, why it is in crisis and why so many people are refusing to pay their licence fee? Look no further than Gordon Ramsay’s new game show, which began with much fanfare on Wednesday night. For the next three weeks, Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance (BBC … Read more
BooHoo’s ‘industrial scale’ wage shame: Fresh crisis for online retailer as audits of 18 textile factories suggest workers are paid as little as £3-an-hour Audit reports claim that workers in supplier factories paid below minimum wage The documents also highlighted inconsistencies in working-hour records Boohoo has suspended trade with the suppliers found to be breaching … Read more