Patisserie Valerie is yet another victim of a broken auditing sector
Accounting expert Prem Sikka looks at this corporate catastrophe.
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A year-on from the Carillion collapse, little has changed
The government has stepped up its outsourcing despite the scandal
HMV is another example of how vulture funds have devoured the high street
We should talk more about private equity
Poverty, personal debt, profiteering and tax avoidance – The economy in 2018
In 2018, a fifth of Brits remain in poverty
A government review of the auditing industry is dodging major reforms
The government is backing a new report on audit reform, but it lacks radical edge. Prem Sikka writes.
REVEALED: How to avoid more audit disasters like Carillion
A series of auditing failures show it’s time for major reform of the sector, argues Prem Sikka in a new report for the Labour Party.
Prem Sikka: Unpicking the City of London’s new finance sector propaganda
A new report paints a rosy picture of the finance sector’s tax contribution. Prem Sikka digs a bit deeper…
Prem Sikka: Six ways to sort out sky-rocketing executive pay
One of the author’s of Labour’s new policy paper on executive pay sets out how to rein in the fat cats.
Bet365 pay bonanza: Why executive pay is not a ‘private’ matter
No one ‘deserves’ £265m a year. Society should define fair pay, writes accounting expert Prem Sikka.
Tackling corruption starts at home – we must end tax havens in the Channel Islands
Government after government has indulged the tax avoidance operations going through Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. But Labour has finally said: no more.