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...PCAOB chair Erica Williams said in a speech in December that audit firms had told its inspectors that “the combination of the Covid-19 pandemic, remote auditing, the Great Resignation, and the war for talent...
...Last week, following a separate Fox Williams investigation into alleged workplace misconduct, the CBI sacked its director-general Tony Danker....
...Hakluyt, the corporate consultancy founded by ex-MI6 intelligence officers, is appointing former UK Conservative party leader Lord William Hague as chair of its international advisory board....
...Letter in response to this article: Harsh words for the PM’s foreign investor fandango / From Mark Pears, Chief Executive, The William Pears Group, London NW3, UK...
...Rees-Mogg’s decision to ban Bain followed a meeting last month with Lord Peter Hain, the veteran anti-apartheid campaigner, and Athol Williams, a former Bain partner in South Africa turned whistleblower...
...William Bannister, chief executive of Motor Fuel Group, the UK’s largest independent petrol station operator, said it had “regularly” experienced delays in getting new charge-points connected....
...place the organisation on the front foot, saying it was “well on the road to recovery” through its plans to adopt recommendations from reviews by ethics consultancy Principia Advisory and law firm Fox Williams...
...The CBI told members that by next week it would have begun or completed the implementation of all 34 recommendations by law firm Fox Williams, which was called in to review the misconduct allegations....
...Butler, Ben O’Dwyer, Louis Harreau, James Klikis, Richard Tunnard, Okhtay Ilghami, Omri Faraggi, Alex Hamer, João Rosado, Matthew Dawson, Kislay Thakur, Sean McPherson, Daniel, Dan, and a few who asked...
...In London, after the pageantry and razzamatazz of this weekend’s Lord Mayor’s Show (for those unfamiliar with this ritual, read Michael O’Dwyer’s explainer) there is a set piece opportunity for prime minister...
...ISG is owned by William Harrison, a Britishvolt investor, although Millett said he had no involvement with the business....
...The wind is blowing in your face today, not at your back,” said Patrick Dwyer, an adviser whose clients invest in buyout funds....
...Britishvolt’s current significant shareholders include Cathexis — an investment vehicle owned by Texas billionaire William Harrison that owns the project’s contractor ISG — as well as commodities giant Glencore...
...The latest monthly survey by William Blair last week found that job postings by the Big Four were 62 per cent lower than a year ago. Additional reporting by Michael O’Dwyer in London...
...Reporting by Peter Foster, Anjli Raval, Judith Evans, Josephine Cumbo, Michael O’Dwyer, Ian Smith, Oliver Telling, Philip Georgiadis, Hannah Kuchler, David Sheppard, Kate Beioley, Oliver Barnes, Jane Croft...
...Its board convened to discuss the Fox Williams report....
...An independent investigation at the CBI’s request by Fox Williams, the law firm, has led to the suspension of three staff....
...improper alteration of audit documentation undermines the integrity of the board’s inspection processes and impedes the board’s mission to improve audit quality and protect investors,” said PCAOB chair Erica Williams...
...reporter This is quite random but I loved this — heartwarming and lovely amid all the doom and gloom: Richard E Grant: My lifelong infatuation with Barbra Streisand (The Times) Anonymous editor + Michael O’Dwyer...
...Law firms are eager to be seen to be in the most carbon-efficient buildings partly because they are now marketing themselves as advisers on environment-related issues, said Tony Williams, founder of legal...
...that the PCAOB is committed to sanctioning top-level personnel at the largest firms when they fail to take sufficient supervisory steps aimed at preventing violations by their subordinates,” said Erica Williams...
...The government has proposed an independent watchdog under plans published today, which would replace the four professional bodies that oversee the industry at the moment, Michael O’Dwyer reports....
...Pfizer has hired William Pao as chief development officer, effective from March. He joins from Roche....
...That will be the highest profit share in more than a decade, accountancy correspondent Michael O’Dwyer reports. Last year’s average profit share was only around £731,000, down from 2019’s £882,000....
...Michael O’Dwyer in London 18....
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