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...Mr Sproul is a beneficiary of that approach. He took over from Mr Connolly in 2011, and secured a second term four years later. His tenure has not always been smooth....
...David Sproul, chief executive of Deloitte, told the FT in March that creating audit-only firms “would be to the detriment of the capital markets”....
...Mr Sproul urged other firms in the sector to tackle clients’ bad behaviour rather than move their own employees....
...Sproul pointed out....
...With Mr Michael’s firm making the same pledge in November, and Mr Sproul saying he supported the policy, it sounded like a cartel of the converted. It certainly needs to be....
...Mr Sproul added that Deloitte, which has about 1,000 UK partners, has “reinforced” existing guidance on appropriate conduct in response to the #MeToo movement, such as the rules on socialising with colleagues...
...The other firms did not initially share their own statistics for partner dismissals but have since provided similar figures in the wake of Mr Sproul’s comments....
...Deloitte UK chief executive David Sproul added that he believed there was an “expectation gap” between what the public assumes of auditors and what they do in practice....
...As Mr D’Souza notes: “All too often people give the next generation the experience they had in their earlier working lives rather than what they would have wanted....
...Sir Philip and Mr Ashley will no doubt be expressing themselves as freely and forcibly as ever. Bentley blow?...
...Crucially, they did not suggest Mr Trump is on course for defeat in 2020....
...Deloitte won several major audit mandates this year, including BAE Systems, BP, Centrica and GlaxoSmithKline and now audited 26 per cent of the FTSE 100’s companies, said Mr Sproul....
...David Sproul, CEO, Deloitte UK “This is one of those evolve-or-die moments for many businesses....
...Mr Sproul said: “We’ve invested in developing our capability across emerging business disrupters, such as blockchain, crowdsourcing and robotics, working to ensure we can help our clients position their...
...But there has been an immediate benefit for his peer-to-peer lending business, Mr Lewis tells Harriet Agnew....
...How Mrs May will therefore feel about appearing on Monday on a platform emblazoned with the Deloitte logo is easy to imagine....
...Mr Sproul says the target is to grow this to €8bn-€9bn by 2020. It will be headquartered in the UK and regulated by the Financial Reporting Council. Mr Sproul said the deal was “Brexit agnostic”....
...“VAT is an EU tax but it is a source of revenue that future [UK] governments would want to keep hold of,” said David Sproul, chief executive of Deloitte UK....
...David Sproul, Deloitte’s chief executive, remains optimistic about large companies’ prospects: “The evidence we have seen so far in the market is somewhat brighter....
...“The most important thing is having an open philosophy that welcomes skilled workers into the UK,” said Mr Sproul. “It goes beyond just Europe....
...David Sproul, chief executive of Deloitte, said: “The faster than expected appointment of the new prime minister removes one source of uncertainty.”...
...“The deal is Brexit agnostic,” David Sproul, Deloitte’s UK chief executive who is the chief executive-elect of Deloitte North West Europe, told the Financial Times....
...“Softening demand in emerging economies, greater financial market volatility and higher levels of risk aversion make for a more challenging backdrop for the UK’s largest businesses,” said David Sproul, chief...
...Mr Sproul says that Deloitte continues to look at medium-sized “bolt-on” acquisitions, particularly in areas such as technology, analytics and digital. Competition for deals is tough, however....
...Instead they have come up through the ranks of advisory (PwC’s Mr Powell and EY’s Steve Varley), corporate finance (KPMG’s Mr Collins) and tax (Deloitte’s David Sproul)....
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