Mark Taylor
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Mark Taylor is a financial services journalist specialising in legal and regulatory compliance, white collar crime and technology.
Journalist
9th Oct 2019
Pizza Express calls in advisers as debt mismanagement criticisms mount
Popular high street chain Pizza Express has served a slice of Italy to British diners since 1965 when it first opened in Soho, London...
Finance & strategy
2nd Oct 2019
Goals Soccer Centre admits accounting blunder ‘materially higher’ than £12m
Goals, of which Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley owns a significant stake, was kicked off the stock exchange on Monday having breached...
Finance & strategy
24th Sep 2019
Thomas Cook management under fire for litany of accounting failures
Eleventh-hour talks to secure a further £200m in funding – after a proposed injection of £900m – ended without an agreement and Thomas Cook...
Finance & strategy
18th Sep 2019
Sports Direct race against the clock to appoint auditor as government intervention looms
Mike Ashley’s business, which filed its latest set of accounts without an auditor, has been turned down by each Big Four firm in its search...
Financial reporting
12th Sep 2019
UK cannabis accounting industry ready to roll
Mainstream acceptance of cannabis is increasing across the world, and more than 50 countries have legalised some form of cannabis for...
Finance & strategy
27th Aug 2019
Accounting probe at Eddie Stobart signals end of road for CEO
Another household name has been nobbled by accounting failures as transport company Eddie Stobart becomes the latest British brand engulfed...
Financial reporting
17th Jul 2019
Grant Thornton scrambling for cover after Sports Direct audit delay
Problems are mounting for Grant Thornton after retailer Sports Direct blamed the auditor for a delay in the publication of its annual...
Management accounting
15th May 2019
Autonomy finance chief jailed for five years
Channel stuffing, inflated sales, round-trips and back-dated contracts were some of the fraudulent accounting tricks used by Autonomy’s...
Finance & strategy
8th May 2019
KPMG slammed over Patisserie Valerie conflict
KPMG is under fire for appointing itself administrator of troubled bakery Patisserie Valerie despite knowing it was conflicted in...
Management accounting
1st May 2019
KPMG fined £6m and severely reprimanded over audit
Britain’s audit watchdog has sanctioned KPMG and two partners for misconduct in relation to the auditing of automobile insurer Equity...
Financial reporting