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The Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) – responsible for supervising banks, building societies, credit unions and investment firms and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – a regulatory authority focused on customer protection and markets, have highlighted the importance of effective internal audit as a key element of the overall governance framework....
2013 Information security breaches survey We were commissioned by the department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to survey companies across the UK on recent cyber security incidents and emerging trends. This survey aims to provide greater awareness amongst UK business of the risks, how companies are mitigating (or not)...
Cloud computing promises lower up-front costs, greater business agility, and a reduced burden on internal IT management. Therefore the Chief Information Officers (CIOs) of many large enterprises are now adding cloud-based solutions to their existing IT services. But before CIOs can fully leverage the benefits of cloud technologies they need...
Being better informed: financial regulatory, accounting and audit bulletin: April 2013 The start of April brought the demise of the Financial Services Authority, to be replaced by the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority. See this month’s feature article for more information on the UK’s new macroprudential regulator,...
How have the biggest companies in the south been performing financially? In collaboration with Decision Magazine, The PwC Top 500 Companies in the South report is available for you to review, including the turnover, pre-tax profit, and profit margin of each company, number of staff, their productivity, and average salary...
Companies need to be more agile to keep up with the new risk landscape, according to Ian Wishart, office senior partner at PWC in Southampton. Ian Wishart shares how business in the South East have to consider risk and resilience issues in a changing climate and our findings from the...
Dealmakers across the south have more time to submit their entries and nominations for the Solent Deals Awards 2013. The final deadline is now Monday 11 March. PWC are sponsoring the Business Magazine Deals Awards Management Team of the Year award across the Thames Valley and Solent region, Deals must...
The PwC Annual Global CEO Survey starkly highlights that business in every region of the world has now faced several years of disruption marked by sustained uncertainty that has required them to become ever more resilient in order to succeed. Uncertainty over economic growth continues to be the main concern...
Too many employers are relying on their payroll providers to support their real time information (RTI) compliance, raising the risk that many won’t be ready in time for the April deadline. This is according to a PwC survey of nearly 200 HR and payroll professionals. Virtually all employers (99%) surveyed...
