All articles by Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

Grant Thornton adds four partners in advisory and audit divisions 

Kelly and Wilson will join the audit division, while Sheehan-Kohli and Shortt will be in the advisory practice. 

UK’s FRC sanctions BDO and former partners over audit failures  

The probe was triggered by findings that a senior manager at BDO committed dishonest activities across several audits between 2015 and 2019.  

Grant Thornton Advisors expands with Polish addition  

Once completed, the integration will bring more than 1,200 Grant Thornton Poland employees and approximately $70m in annual revenue into the Advisory platform.  

KPMG ends overtime pay for UK junior auditors

Previously, junior auditors were eligible for additional pay under the “recharges” scheme when their workload exceeded 50 hours.  

RSM UK adds senior executives to transactions tax team in London 

The appointments are intended to enhance the transactions tax team’s capacity.  

BDO UK and Ireland near completion of merger negotiations 

If finalised, the combined operations would result in a company employing 8,500 people and nearly £1.1bn ($1.4bn) in annual revenue.  

Cooper Parry grows audit operations in London and South 

Recent changes include the arrival of Sarah Harries as audit director.  

EY names Sue Kench as new global independent non-executive  

In her new role, Kench will advise EY’s global executive on a range of issues, including policy, strategy and considerations related to public interest.  

Deloitte Tax and Snowflake expand partnership

The expansion is focused on cloud modernisation and aims to introduce enhanced data solutions and analytics for tax teams. 

Grant Thornton Advisors expands platform to New Zealand

The addition of Grant Thornton New Zealand brings a firm with more than $40m in annual revenue and more than 300 professionals to the platform.