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Goldman, Freshfields lead as Cinven snaps up Grant Thornton UK stake

Deal comes as a flurry of private equity firms pile into professional services

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Grant Thornton Netherlands mulls sale to private equity

By Edin Imsirovic

2024-10-08T06:27:00Z

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Grant Thornton Professional services Accountancy Deals

Grant Thornton is a professional services network of independent accounting and consulting member firms

CVC mulls Grant Thornton UK offer as private equity pushes into professional services

Sebastian McCarthy

2024-08-19T10:08:00Z

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Grant Thornton laying off 350 US employees as it prepares to close private equity sale

2024-05-21T06:36:00Z

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Grant Thornton UK’s partner pay hits £644,000

2024-03-28T12:18:10Z

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Grant Thornton appointed a new UK CEO earlier this year

Grant Thornton UK appoints new CEO after Dave Dunckley’s exit

By James Booth

2024-01-22T11:28:00Z

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Accountancy Grant Thornton Accountacy Professional services On the move

COO Malcolm Gomersall steps up to the top job after Dunckley's five-year stint

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‘I was considered the most junior person in the room’: Senior disabled finance workers on promotion battles and prejudiced attitudes

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Grant Thornton’s UK chief executive Dave Dunckley steps down

2024-01-10T14:54:32Z

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Accountancy Grant Thornton Accountacy Professional services On the move

Grant Thornton UK posted revenue of £610m in 2022

Audit firms scramble for top talent as students favour consultancy

By James Booth

2023-10-30T00:01:54Z

7 min read

Accountancy EY Grant Thornton audit KPMG PwC Deloitte

A smaller percentage of graduates is applying for accountancy jobs

Ex-Grant Thornton auditor who quit over return-to-office rule loses discrimination claim

By James Booth

2023-07-05T09:41:24Z

3 min read

Accountancy Grant Thornton Diversity Professional services

The tribunal found that Grant Thornton 'acted fairly' in moving to place Dodzi Attoh on a performance improvement plan

Grant Thornton partners’ pay slides amid deal slowdown

By James Booth

2023-04-04T11:03:15Z

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Accountancy Grant Thornton pay

Grant Thornton said the fall in average partner pay was a result of increased investment over the year, including a 12% rise in partner numbers to 212

EY audit quality slides ahead of potential split

By James Booth

2022-07-20T07:39:48Z

3 min read

Accountancy EY Grant Thornton audit FRC KPMG PwC Deloitte

FRC review comes as a decision on dividing the firm nears

Professional services firms continue working to unwind the Australian financier’s empire

Grant Thornton bills £19m for first year of Greensill administration

Allen & Overy also charged £6.2m in legal fees as administrators’ bills mount

The FRC initially set out a sanction of £1.3m for Grant Thornton, which it adjusted to £718,250 following the auditor's cooperation in the investigation

Grant Thornton hit with £700,000 fine for Interserve audit

The sanctions concern the audit work done between 2015 and 2017

KPMG and FRP Advisory — Patisserie Valerie's liquidators — are set to go to court in November to resolve uncertainties stemming from KPMG’s time as the company’s administrator

KPMG goes to High Court over Patisserie Valerie administration dispute

KPMG resigned as administrator of Patisserie Valerie in 2019 because of a conflict of interest

Grant Thornton had acted as statutory auditor for Patisserie Holdings Plc since 2007

Grant Thornton fined £4m for audit failure at Patisserie Valerie

Grant Thornton and one of its partners sanctioned over Patisserie Valerie work

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Alantra strips out 20 managing directors in investment bank business shift

Barclays plans bonus hikes of up to 20% for capital markets bankers

Hedge fund Caxton posts nearly 80% profit drop

Fund CEOs predict private markets M&A boom will spill over into 2025

Neil Woodford defiant over fund collapse: ‘I don’t think there’s anything I could have done’

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Abrdn names tech chief for investments unit in latest appointment under Jason Windsor

Simpson Thacher hires Sidley Austin finance duo in London

Trading Places: EY names UK financial services head, BofA promotes 387 MDs

Tougher audit standards fall short on fraud, shareholder group says

By James Booth

2021-05-27T10:02:56Z

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Accountancy Financial Reporting Council Grant Thornton audit

Grant Thornton chief executive David Dunckley was blasted by MPs in 2019 after he told a parliamentary committee it was not an auditor's job to look for fraud following the discovery of a black hole in the accounts of cake shop Patisserie Valerie, which his firm audited

Audit sector failures mean more Carillion-style collapses likely, says think tank

James Booth

2021-04-21T06:02:43Z

3 min read

Accountancy EY Grant Thornton KPMG PwC

British construction company Carillion fell in to liquidation in 2018

Grant Thornton says almost 90% of staff want to work from home

James Booth

2021-04-07T09:55:02Z

2 min read

Accountancy Remote Working Grant Thornton

94% of staff said that having a mix of remote and office working would positively benefit them

Greensill Capital owes £1bn to creditors including SoftBank, Credit Suisse

Bérengère Sim

2021-03-19T09:31:25Z

2 min read

Grant Thornton Greensill Greensill Capital

Greensill Capital’s administrators, Grant Thornton, have held a meeting virtually with 59 creditors, 34 to whom the company owes almost £1bn

German towns face losses on insolvency of Greensill-owned bank

Patricia Kowsmann

2021-03-17T07:31:16Z

4 min read

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Grant Thornton

Goldman, Freshfields lead as Cinven snaps up Grant Thornton UK stake

Grant Thornton Netherlands mulls sale to private equity

CVC mulls Grant Thornton UK offer as private equity pushes into professional services

Grant Thornton laying off 350 US employees as it prepares to close private equity sale

Grant Thornton UK’s partner pay hits £644,000

Grant Thornton UK appoints new CEO after Dave Dunckley’s exit

Shruti Tripathi Chopra

London Stock Exchange fires US employee after video of ‘racist’ altercation

‘I was considered the most junior person in the room’: Senior disabled finance workers on promotion battles and prejudiced attitudes

JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon to meet chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of Labour government’s first Budget

Grant Thornton’s UK chief executive Dave Dunckley steps down

Audit firms scramble for top talent as students favour consultancy

Ex-Grant Thornton auditor who quit over return-to-office rule loses discrimination claim

Grant Thornton partners’ pay slides amid deal slowdown

EY audit quality slides ahead of potential split

Grant Thornton bills £19m for first year of Greensill administration

Grant Thornton hit with £700,000 fine for Interserve audit

KPMG goes to High Court over Patisserie Valerie administration dispute

Grant Thornton fined £4m for audit failure at Patisserie Valerie

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