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
7th May 2021
Covid lets capital advisory out of the bottle
Companies have burned through their cash reserves during the past year. Government support loans are a lifeline that has saddled many firms...
Finance & strategy
28th Apr 2021
Big Four calls for leeway on high-risk audits
Fear of public criticism has prompted large audit firms to request leniency from the accountancy regulator for taking on difficult jobs,...
General practice
21st Apr 2021
Greensill: Cameron, Sunak called to explain links
An influential panel of MPs have called former prime minister David Cameron and current Chancellor Rishi Sunak to answer questions on the...
Finance & strategy
8th Apr 2021
EY drops £10.8m money laundering whistleblower fight
The High Court ruled last April that Amjad Rihan was unlawfully forced out of EY after his audit team uncovered evidence an organised crime...
General practice
7th Apr 2021
Convergence on sustainability reporting standards
The absence of a globally agreed set of green standards has long been a bone of contention for accounting sector watchdogs, with concerns...
Financial reporting
31st Mar 2021
Greensill collapse risks future of Liberty Steel
Calls for a full inquiry into the government’s decision-making process for handing out multi-million-pound emergency coronavirus loans are...
Finance & strategy
24th Mar 2021
‘The jury’s still out’: Lukewarm response to government audit reform plan
After several years, three reviews and countless political soundbites, the government’s grand design to clean up the “broken” audit sector...
Finance & strategy
17th Mar 2021
FRC probes Deloitte audit of Lookers
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said it is scrutinising Deloitte’s statements for the years ended 31 December 2017 and 2018. The Big...
Financial reporting
8th Mar 2021
How small firms delivered big service during Covid
Small is beautiful, according to celebrated economist E.F. Schumacher. His argument that society ought to consider local, leaner solutions...
Practice strategy
2nd Mar 2021
Jump in furlough numbers as lockdown hits hard
The hospitality sector, hit hardest by the crisis, furloughed 1.15m people, up 3% from December. It had the highest take-up of firms, with...
HMRC & policy