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
13th Mar 2024
Innocent SMEs caught up in ruthless R&D clampdown
The tax inspectorate is attempting to claw back an estimated £1.3bn of wrongful research and development (R&D) allowances – however...
HMRC & policy
7th Feb 2024
Audit market constraints are crushing small firms
New research commissioned by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has found significant competition barriers in the UK audit market that...
Financial reporting
31st Jan 2024
EY dumps Asda amid governance concerns and debt
EY has resigned as auditor to debt-laden Asda, but neither firm disclosed the separation despite the precarious state of the supermarket’s...
Financial reporting
24th Jan 2024
FRC waters down ESG and audit requirements
Britain’s accounting watchdog has loosened the UK’s corporate governance code, dropping a series of proposals that would have toughened...
Finance & strategy
17th Jan 2024
Row brewing as BrewDog backtracks on wage pledge
BrewDog co-founder James Watt has defended the company’s decision to drop its pledge to pay bar staff the real living wage, arguing that it...
Finance & strategy
10th Jan 2024
Auditors facing ‘awkward questions’ as Post Office scandal escalates
Former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells announced this week she is to hand back her CBE amid fallout from Mr Bates vs The Post...
Financial reporting
20th Dec 2023
Asda bosses claim ‘no holes’ in finances despite £4.2bn debt
Asda’s bosses have attempted to play down the firm’s £4.2bn debt, telling MPs there are “no gaps” in the supermarket’s finances despite...
Financial reporting
6th Dec 2023
Honest Burgers survives grilling over unpaid tax
Fast-food chain Honest Burgers has taken a bite out of HMRC for ignoring a request to extend repayment terms of a tax bill. The high-street...
Business tax
29th Nov 2023
Accusations fly in Wilko collapse blame game
The demise of 93-year-old high-street stalwart Wilko was down to running out of cash amid former prime minister Liz Truss’s mini-Budget...
Financial reporting
25th Oct 2023
Corporate governance U-turn risks Carillion repeat
“Burdensome” legislation designed to strengthen corporate reporting requirements and overhaul audit has been pulled by the government...
Financial reporting