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
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
2nd Mar 2021
EY Germany changes leadership to clean Wirecard reputation
EY Germany has shuffled its leadership as it seeks to clean its reputation following the Wirecard debacle. Hubert Barth, who has led the...
Finance & strategy
24th Feb 2021
Post-lockdown plan: Dangers remain in road ahead
A wave of relief washed over most businesses this week as Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave firms struggling through the pandemic a post-...
Finance & strategy
17th Feb 2021
Flexible family firms survive, but lag on tech
Family-owned firms are struggling to innovate and are resistant to change despite having their business models upended by Covid-19, a new...
Finance & strategy
10th Feb 2021
Audit expectations gap row reopens old wounds
The Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (PIRC) recently challenged a consultation from the International Auditing and Assurance...
Finance & strategy
8th Feb 2021
The value of real-time relationships in a crisis
Ever-changing lockdown regulations at one time would have made it near impossible to forecast how the next month would go, let alone the...
General practice
3rd Feb 2021
Bricks-to-clicks evolution accelerates as online retailers swallow high street brands
Clothing retailer Boohoo has acquired all of the intellectual property assets of Debenhams, including customer data and selected contracts...
Finance & strategy
29th Jan 2021
UK accounting firms still drawing furlough cash, HMRC data reveals
Haines Watts, and UHY Hacker Young are the highest profile accounting firms still requiring support, however many others make the publicly...
HMRC & policy
13th Jan 2021
Embattled Grant Thornton vows to fight off £200m Patisserie Valerie lawsuit
Grant Thornton has promised to “rigorously” defend itself in court over alleged accounting failures related to the collapse of Patisserie...
Financial reporting