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
14th Oct 2021
Three large firm audit probes indicate ‘systematic failure’
A glut of investigations into suspect audits have emerged as the government continues to plot its reform of the misfiring market. The...
Financial reporting
29th Sep 2021
Petrol crisis: Could proactive planning have lessened the impact?
What started with KFC unable to source chickens has led to the prospect of Christmas without turkeys . The truck driver shortage that led...
Finance & strategy
27th Sep 2021
Grant Thornton fined £2.35m for ‘lack of competence’ in Patisserie Valerie audit
Grant Thornton has been fined £2.35m and told to improve its culture of challenging suspected fraud for failings in relation to its audit...
Financial reporting
23rd Sep 2021
Saving the planet one accounting metric at a time
From the masterminds behind Davos, a new meeting of world and business leaders convened virtually this week to address efforts in...
Financial reporting
14th Sep 2021
The resilience dividend: Reaping rewards of helping clients help themselves
Portt, as oblivious to the impending health crisis as anyone in 2019, was instead thinking about the climate and building in future...
Finance & strategy
10th Sep 2021
Open Banking evangelists see promise amid Making Tax Digital chaos
The UK’s top industry bodies have urged the government to delay the electronic tax collection scheme for small businesses and self-employed...
Tech pulse
1st Sep 2021
Labour shortages force firms to rethink cashflow
Covid restrictions and Brexit bureaucracy have combined to choke Britain’s supply of workers, leaving supermarket shelves empty, fruit and...
Finance & strategy
25th Aug 2021
Third government department coughs to IR35 miscalculation
The UK’s court system has become the latest government department to stumble over off-payroll tax rules, landing itself a £12.5m bill for...
HMRC & policy
23rd Aug 2021
The next step in Open Banking: Iron out the wrinkles
Open Banking had a good pandemic. According to the organisation which oversees implementation in the UK, uptake rose 86% with adopting...
Tech pulse
12th Aug 2021
Urgent climate update: Accountants gear for action
The planet is going to get hotter, humans are to blame and everyone must do better, a sobering new report from the UN’s climate change arm...
General practice