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
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
18th Oct 2023
Ethics on the menu in false sandwich expense case
A bank analyst sacked for expensing a coffee and sandwich for his wife without declaring the claim was for two people has lost his case for...
Finance & strategy
11th Oct 2023
Government gears up to unveil late-payment support
The government is preparing to unveil measures that aim to help small businesses get paid on time. Accounting experts welcomed the...
Finance & strategy
4th Oct 2023
British businesses warned over EU carbon tax
Brussels has launched the world’s first carbon tax on imported steel, cement and other goods, and UK businesses have warned to be compliant...
Business tax
27th Sep 2023
EY refunds Santander £15m for poor service
EY has reportedly repaid Santander UK £15m after the bank was dissatisfied with the Big Four firm’s work to fix lingering financial crime...
Finance & strategy
20th Sep 2023
SFO charges four with Patisserie Valerie fraud
The former chief financial officer of Patisserie Valerie and three other people have been charged with fraud following the bakery’s 2019...
Financial reporting
13th Sep 2023
Rogue employee organises fraud hiccup in a brewery
Hear the one about the fake emails, fake meetings and 100,000 cans of BrewDog beer? The Scottish brewer’s co-founder James Watt has told...
Finance & strategy
24th Aug 2023
FRC to update ethics standards to bolster audit independence
Industry experts welcomed the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) proposals, which aim to strengthen conflict of interest restrictions...
Financial reporting
17th Aug 2023
Crowe faces the music over botched Akazoo audit
Audit firm Crowe has agreed to pay US regulators $750,000 (£589,000) to settle poor audit charges related to its work for purported music...
Financial reporting