KPMG and Deloitte ‘corporate undertakers’ make their move as Irish businesses face triple threat
Joe Brennan: Might upcoming wave of troubled companies be handled differently to the post-crash victims?
Irish auditors face increased pressure to detect fraud
Watchdog planning greater onus on auditors to look for potential fraud in accounts
Home building may be delayed as engineer insurance costs spiral
Exit of UK insurance underwriters who dominated professional indemnity market
KPMG in UK sued for £6m by property company Mount Anvil
Homebuilder claims it faced unexpected tax bill after negligent advice
Could do better: the need for tougher board reviews
Glowing assessments adorned last annual reports of Wirecard and Carillion before they imploded
Grant Thornton UK sued for £200m over Patisserie Valerie audits
Accounting firm accused of negligence for not spotting suspected fraud at cafe chain
Big Four told to outline plans for audit split in UK by October
Shake-up comes after audit concern in serie sof high profiel corporate collapses
UK accounting industry cuts partner pay and furloughs staff
KPMG, PwC, Deloitte and EY move to build up cash reserves
Examiner’s fees at centre of legal dispute related to Sammon closure
Michael McAteer of Grant Thornton was appointed examiner in 2018 of the Irish building group
Bill Michael has a long fight on his hands to restore KPMG UK’s image
A string of senior departures prompted suggestions of ‘toxic’ culture at some divisions
Japan pension fund wrong to target short sellers
Suspending these loans will cost the GPIF about $125 million a year
KPMG fined £5m in UK over ‘exceptional’ breach in BNY Mellon audit
Fines for auditor tops £20m in 12 months, more than penalties for whole industry last year
UK watchdog orders ringfencing of ‘Big Four’ accounting businesses
Review to decide if full break up of PwC, EY, Deloitte and KPMG is needed
Interserve unveils rescue plan that hands control to banks
Outline agreement follows months of discussion on how to avert Carillion-style collapse
Business 2018: the winners and the losers
The last 12 months proved to be another year of mixed fortunes in corporate Ireland
Britain needs new watchdog to shake up 'Big Four' accountants
EY, Deloitte, KPMG and PwC check the accounts of 341 of the top 350 UK companies
Interserve shares sink as it battles to avoid Carillion’s fate
Danish outsourcer ISS also announces plans to cut 20% of workforce and quit 13 markets
Central Bank ups ante on outsourcing as risks mount
Survey finds many boards lack understanding of external handling of critical functions
Construction of 18 schools delayed by setbacks in two firms
Collapse of builders Sammon behind 15 of the stalled construction projects
Short sellers: ‘unreasonably maligned’ or ‘jerks’?
Tesla chief Elon Musk is latest in long line of figures suspicious of short selling
Mounting auditor regulation ‘to reduce role to box-ticking’
Regulation threatens to undermine auditor judgment, former Ryanair deputy chief says
Furniture supplier sues school builder over alleged non-payment
G Morgan & Sons claims Inspiredspaces Bundle 5 owes it €196,000
Building costs rising to pre-crash levels, surveyors warn
Latest tender price survey from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland shows that building costs are likely to increase by 7.4 per cent this year
State ‘has duty’ to help subcontractors after Carillion collapse
Businesses ‘shafted’ over PPP project to build five schools, Oireachtas committee hears
Court grants injunction against subcontractors blockading schools
Firm that took over from Sammon insists it does not owe money for works carried out
NTMA considers public contractors risk list after Carillion collapse
‘Too much emphasis placed on price when public contracts are being awarded’
PPPs will cost more to avert Carillion-type implosion
Cantillon: NTMA chief says more weight to be given to balance sheet strength for contracts
Collapsed school builders ‘received 98 per cent’ of fees due
Sammon payments for school building projects not ’paid on’ to subcontractors, committee told
Troubled emerging markets near bear market territory
Stocktake: Elon Musk taunts short sellers and GE exits Dow Jones index
Woodvale Construction wins contract for six unfinished schools
Stalled project after Carillion collapse resulted in liquidation of Sammon Construction Ireland,
Bank working to restart construction on six State schools
Funder exploring options after original builder Sammon went into liquidation
BAM seeks to complete €100m schools contract after Sammon collapse
Sisk and JJ Rhatigan also believed to be bidding for schools contract
Bank hopes to restart stalled €100m school-building project
MUFG says it is exploring solutions to continue construction of six southeast schools
Business crumbles for Sammon despite surviving recession
Effect on school building projects illustrates problems of relying on overseas funding
Fears for schools as builder Sammon is liquidated
Department of Education must hire replacement for separate Maynooth contract
Sammon to be liquidated following Carillion ‘perfect storm’
Kildare-based company employs 200 people in Kilcock
Competition to build schools, Italian bonds, and boosting the household budget
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New rivals to build and run schools left unfinished after Carillion collapse
State’s National Development Finance Agency says schools and Institute of Education must be ready for new academic year
Carillion’s demise spurs call for action against Big Four
Outsourcer’s fate exposed ‘systemic flaws’ in corporate Britain and its ‘toothless’ and ‘feeble’ regulators, say Commons committees
‘Same old greed’: report into Carillion collapse pulls no punches
Brutal assessment of ‘delusional’ directors, timid regulators and bonus-obsessed board
Dublin council could be exposed to ‘Carillion-type collapse’ from PPPs
Senior housing officials say Public Private Partnerships too slow and expensive
State agency to meet schools over Carillion collapse
State finance agency to discuss progress after Irish contractor Sammon called in examiner
INM in court, Cairn Homes’ founder shares, and Sammon construction in examinership
Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from ‘The Irish Times’ business desk
BAM and Sammon likely to complete unfinished schools in Ireland
Work on schools stalled following collapse of Carillion in UK, which forced Sammon into examinership
INM dispute makes the headlines
Business Week: also in the news were house prices, the gender pay gap and a trade war
Sammon construction group in examinership, management exits at Eir, and CRH pay
Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from ‘The Irish Times’ business desk
Sammon was owed €8m by Carillion on schools projects
Contract was worth €100 million to Irish construction group now in court protection
Carillion collapse pushes Sammon into examinership
Irish specialist in building schools is insolvent after stage payments dried up but has reasonable prospects of survival
Cantillon: Auditors struggle with their sums
New report by international regulators found failings in 40% of audits they inspected last year
Volatile European markets following strong US inflation data
Ryanair climbs 1.83% to €16.16 on what traders said was good day for the sector
Ireland steadily climbs financial secrecy rankings
Cantillon: Big Four break-up unlikely anytime soon
Capita shares plummet 47% after latest profit warning
Carillion rival had almost €140m in Irish state contracts in 2017
Fears over school project delays after Carillion collapse
School principals waiting to move into new buildings concerned at “indefinite” delays
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