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Grant Thornton UK LLP

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Grant Thornton US among shortlist of bidders for UK franchise

    Buyout firms EQT and Permira also in running for mid-tier accountancy firm

    City of London skyline
  • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
    Private equity circles Grant Thornton’s UK business

    Carlyle, Blackstone and Permira among firms considering buying a stake in mid-tier accountant

    Grant Thornton offices in Bristol
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    Grant Thornton explores three-way merger

    Accounting firm’s US arm proposes takeover of UK and Irish businesses

    Lights illuminate offices at the Grant Thornton building in Dublin, Ireland
  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
    Grant Thornton UK chief David Dunckley steps down

    Chief operating officer Malcolm Gomersall takes over day-to-day running of firm until successor is found

    David Dunckley, Grant Thornton’s former chief executive
  • Sunday, 7 January, 2024
    Grant Thornton demoted from top tier of audit supervision after cutting high-profile clients

    Regulator to perform fewer inspections after firm reduces its number of ‘public interest entity’ audits by more than 70%

    A bus passes outside Grant Thornton offices in London, England
  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
    UK companies
    The violent past of the man behind Victoria plc’s troublesome subsidiary

    Auditor’s warning adds to scrutiny of Hanover Flooring and its director Batash Karim

  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Victoria PLC
    Royal carpet maker Victoria’s shares tumble on auditor’s fraud risk warning

    Grant Thornton raised concerns over one of group’s subsidiaries

    A red carpet is brought out of Buckingham Palace ahead of the coronation of King Charles III in May
  • Monday, 18 July, 2022
    Grant Thornton fined for ‘serious failings’ in Sports Direct audits

    Auditor and former partner receive severe reprimands over their handling of financial inspections

    Grant Thornton offices in Finsbury Square, London
  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    Patisserie Holdings PLC
    Patisserie Valerie settles with Grant Thornton over £200mn claim

    Administrators end lawsuit that alleged negligence in audits of café chain

    The Patisserie Valerie logo on top of cake slices
  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    Grant Thornton’s UK profits rise by more than a third

    Accountancy firm says revenue jump driven by ‘exceptionally buoyant’ demand for M&A advice

    Grant Thornton chief executive Dave Dunckley
  • Sunday, 7 November, 2021
    Accountancy
    Audit ‘challengers’ in watchdog’s bad books as they take on Big Four

    Sanctions and investigations against Grant Thornton and other mid-tier accountants overshadow gains

    The FRC has launched investigations into Grant Thornton BDO, Mazars and Crowe
  • Monday, 1 November, 2021
    Grant Thornton fined over audit failings at outsourcer Interserve

    Sanction of £700,000 is second reprimand in six weeks for UK’s sixth-largest accounting firm

    A Grant Thornton office
  • Friday, 15 October, 2021
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    Grant Thornton to charge more than £20m for Greensill administration

    Firm’s fee forecast now represents close to 5 per cent of its entire UK annual revenues

  • Monday, 27 September, 2021
    Grant Thornton fined £2.3m for Patisserie Valerie audits

    Firm showed ‘serious lack of competence’ in its work on collapsed UK café chain, says Financial Reporting Council

    A Patisserie Valerie branch in London
  • Friday, 18 June, 2021
    Grant Thornton loses Supreme Court hedge accounting case

    Firm told to pay £13m in damages over advice to Manchester Building Society

    Grant Thornton office
  • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
    News in-depthAccountancy
    UK plan to shake up audit market faces major setback

    Smaller accounting businesses set to shun proposal to share FTSE 100 work with Big Four firms

  • Tuesday, 6 April, 2021
    Grant Thornton says most UK staff want to stay away from office after pandemic

    Nine out of 10 at Britain’s sixth-largest accountant wish to work predominantly from home

    Grant Thornton building in Bristol, England
  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    Grant Thornton sued for £200m over Patisserie Valerie audits

    Lawsuit set to be one of largest brought against mid-tier accounting firm in London courts

    Bakery chain Patisserie Valerie was put into administration in January 2019 after the discovery of ‘significant and potentially fraudulent accounting irregularities’
  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    Blow for Grant Thornton as court rejects £22m appeal

    Accountant loses battle to overturn judgment that it failed to spot fraud at AssetCo

  • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
    Grant Thornton fined £3m for Conviviality audit failures

    Accounting firm severely reprimanded by FRC and made to commit to improvement of ethical controls

    The sanctions are another setback for Grant Thornton, which is also being investigated by the FRC for its audits of Patisserie Valerie and Interserve
  • Friday, 12 June, 2020
    Accountancy
    Grant Thornton staff face redundancy as pandemic bites

    Accounting firm to cut jobs despite rejecting use of government furlough scheme

  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2020
    Grant Thornton audit profits fall by 90%

    Accountancy firm says 150 of its 4,500 UK staff have agreed pay cuts during coronavirus outbreak

  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2020
    Accounting & Consulting services
    Grant Thornton offers UK staff voluntary sabbatical or dramatic pay cut

    Latest example of how professional services firms seek to mitigate impact of coronavirus

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    Grant Thornton fined £650,000 by FRC over inadequate audit

    Accounting watchdog criticised for not naming company where errors were identified

    offices of Grant Thornton 30 Finsbury Square London. 18/10/18
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    Lex
    Grant Thornton: mob-handed Premium content

    Refreshing the upper echelon with fresh talent has advantages

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