Press mentions
As an Institute, we’re in constant contact with journalists, reporters and press teams, spreading word of the work we do.
Below is a list of key press mentions we’ve secured.
2024
August
Accounting Web | Local authorities face challenges amid audit woes
Board Agenda | A perfect storm of governance failings
Local Government Chronicle | Ann Brook: Devolution bill must include internal assurance
Open Access Government | How geospatial tech transforms government strategy
July
Board Agenda | News round |up: this week in governance
FT's Banking Risk and Regulation | How internal auditors can help meet new UK corporate governance code
Accountancy Daily | Audit reform given green light in King’s Speech
The Independent | Long |awaited audit reforms in King’s Speech to help avoid big company failures
i News | Audit watchdog reforms to halt big corporate failures will be delayed
Accounting Web | Audit reform finally backed in King’s Speech
Board Agenda | Audit reform back on the government’s agenda
MorningStar | UK announces audit reforms to help avoid big company failures
The Standard | Long |awaited audit reforms in King’s Speech to help avoid big company failures
MSN News | Audit watchdog reforms to halt big corporate failures will be delayed
Yahoo Finance | Long |awaited audit reforms in King’s Speech to help avoid big company failures
ESG Investor | UK Audit Reform Back on the Agenda
Irish News | Long |awaited audit reforms in King’s Speech to help avoid big company failures
Local Government Chronicle | Officers fear raising financial concerns could jeopardise their jobs
Yahoo News | Government must reform system for children with educational needs, say councils
ICAEW | Severe financial difficulties likely for one third of councils
The Independent | Government must reform system for children with educational needs, say councils
PQ Magazine | AI will turbocharge cyber crime
MSN | Government must reform system for children with educational needs, say councils
Accountancy Age | The Draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill – landmark legislation in the making?
June
Accountancy Today | AI will ‘turbocharge’ cyber-crime and fraud, warns CIIA
Accountancy Daily | Internal auditors becoming increasingly concerned about AI
Board Agenda | News round-up: this week in governance
Resilience Forward | AI is likely to fuel a surge in cyber, fraud, and economic crime warn chief internal auditors
CIR Magazine | AI will ‘turbocharge’ cyber crime, auditors warn
May
Accountancy Today | ACCA praises internal audit code update to global standards
Yahoo Finance | ACCA: Updated internal audit code aligns to global standards
UK utility companies in hot water
April
Compliance Week | Accountancy bodies urge ethical behavior amid exam cheating scandals
AuditBoard | 8 Ways the Proposed UK Internal Audit Code of Practice Goes Beyond the Global Internal Audit Standards
Compliance Week | Report: Poor awareness of supply chain disclosure regs leaving firms exposed
March
Bloomberg Law | Internal Auditors at UK Companies Propose Adding ESG to Duties
Accountancy Today | Chartered IIA to launch new Internal Audit Code to improve corporate governance
Compliance Week | EU to ban sale of products made with forced labor
CIR Magazine| Chartered IIA launches public consultation on revamped internal audit code
Edie | As EU nations row over CSDDD, UK auditors outline revamped code to enhance ESG performance
Accountancy Daily | Single internal audit code to address risk
Resilience Forward | Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors consults on new internal audit code of practice
Treasury Today | Consultation on new Internal Audit Code of Practice seeks to bolster governance
February
Accountancy Today | Chartered IIA urges OFWAT to address audit weaknesses
Financial Times | Lack of internal auditors at water companies a ‘significant weakness’
City A.M. | Ofwat blasted for allowing struggling water firms to not employ auditors
UtilityWeek | Weekend press: Lack of internal auditors ‘significant weakness’ for water firms
Accountancy Daily | Ofwat blasted for lack of internal audits at water suppliers
Bloomberg Law | UK Water Suppliers With Shaky Finances Urged to Run Audits
Compliance Week | Best practices for determining need for a human rights policy
Compliance Week | U.K. governance code revisions: Boards lead on culture, audit supports
January
Accountancy Today | Chartered IIA welcomes FRC changes to UK Corporate Governance Code
Accountancy Daily | Revised FRC Code focuses on internal controls
Continuity, Insurance and Risk Magazine | CIIA welcomes revised Corporate Governance Code
2023
December
London Loves Business | SMEs warned to ensure their supply chains are resilient in the face of growing global supply chain pressures
Accountancy Daily | Chartered IIA warns of threats to supply chains
Resilience Forward | Company boards urged to ensure that companies are ready for 2024’s supply chain threats
Business Money | Boards urged to seek assurance on their supply chain security
November
Resilience Forward | Boards need to address climate change hazards in supply chains
Continuity, Insurance and Risk | Boards urged to address ESG risks in supply chain
Commercial Risk | Auditors urge companies to do more to tackle ESG supply chain risk
Business Money | Boards urged to tackle climate change hazards in supply chains
Financial Times | What’s left of the UK’s once ambitious corporate governance reforms?
Board Agenda | Boards will need to make internal controls statement
ICAEW Insights | King’s Speech audit reform omission “very disappointing”
i Paper| Ministers betray business and public trust as they backtrack on audit scandal reform
Accountancy Daily | Omission of audit reforms ‘very disappointing’
The Guardian Politics Live | Seven measures left out of king's speech
October
London Loves Business | Government faces growing calls from MPs and Lords to include Audit Reform Bill in King’s Speech
Board Agenda | MPs and Lords call for audit reform bill in King’s Speech
Accountancy Daily | Urgent call to set out timetable for Audit Reform Bill
City AM | MPs call on Rishi Sunak to stop delaying audit reform
Sunday Times | Don’t scrap audit reform, MPs urge Sunak
Risk Coalition | Risk management and internal audit should collaborate to navigate the poly-crisis of risk
Board Agenda | UK government backtracks on audit reform
ICAEW Insights | Internal auditors can help boards tackle ‘poly-crisis’
Accountancy Daily | Government u-turn on non-financial reporting rules
Accountancy Age | KPMG handed record fine over audit failures in Carillion demise
Board Agenda | Record fine for KPMG over Carillion audit
September
Bloomberg | Cybersecurity Tops Business Risks Challenging European Auditors
Business Money | Businesses facing a poly-crisis reveals new Chartered IIA research
Board Agenda | Reform in Reverse
Financial Times | The UK has no excuse to further delay audit reform
Commercial Risk | Cyber, human capital and macroeconomics top risk list for European auditors
Board Agenda | ‘Fast-moving threats’ will soon challenge boards, warns CIIA
FINTECH GLOBAL | What’s going on with UK corporate governance and audit reform?
Strategic Risk |Poly-crisis looms so boards and risk managers must act now
August
Board Agenda | How to operate during economic uncertainty
Risk Coalition | Adapting to economic uncertainty
July
Accountancy Age |Audit teams must collaborate to weather economic storm, experts say
ICAEW Insights | Boards urged to collaborate with internal audit as interest rates rise
Commercial Risk | CIIA urges boards to elevate internal audit as economic risks increase
Continuity Central | Economic climate is seen as top risk by businesses in the UK and Ireland
Accountancy Today | CIIA urges boards to work with internal audit amid rising interest rates
Strategic Risk | Why risk managers should harness intelligence from internal audit as recession fears grow
Board Agenda | Reports on risk and resilience
Board Agenda | Adapting to Economic Uncertainty
May
Accountancy Daily | Liquidity and financial risk top threat for businesses
Governance Journal | Building resilience for geopolitical disruption
Continuity, Insurance and Risk Magazine | Risk Outlook
Insider Engage | Navigating the turbulent waters of geopolitical hazards
Commercial Risk | Financial, liquidity and insolvency top European auditor risk list
Strategic Risk |Economic uncertainty fuels financial, liquidity and insolvency fears
Board Agenda | Navigating Geopolitical Risk
Continuity Central | Business risks move to the top of organizational concerns
The Accountant | Economic uncertainty fuels financial, liquidity and insolvency fears
Continuity, Insurance and Risk Magazine | CIIA calls for govt action on resilience reforms
Accountancy Age | FRC announces major overhaul of UK Corporate Governance Code
April
Governance & Compliance | Tech Revolution
March
Enterprise Times | Research from the week beginning 20th February 2023
February
Accountancy Age | Carillon scandal highlights lack of 'real competitors' in UK audit
Accounting Today | Ukraine anniversary highlights geopolitical risk, audit group warns
Continuity Central | New report looks at the challenges of navigating geopolitical risks
ICAEW | Businesses must take action to weather geopolitical storms
Strategic Risk | Airmic: Resilience essential amidst rising geopolitical tensions
Commercial Risk | Risk managers must expand horizons to combat geopolitical risk: Airmic
CIR Magazine – Firms face further geopolitical disruption
NEDonBoard | Boards must prepare for continual disruption from geopolitical incidents
Board Agenda | ‘Collaboration’ is key to preparing for geopolitical crises
Captive Insurance Times | Geopolitical uncertainty set to worsen, Airmic report says
January
Accountancy Today | Chartered IIA names Anne Kiem OBE as new CEO
Strategic Risk | Chartered IIA appoints Anne Kiem OBE as CEO
2022
December
Accountancy Age | FRC to address failing audit market with competitiveness measures
Board Agenda | Embrace data analytics to boost risk assessment advises Chartered IIA
Risk Coalition | Boards, risk professionals and internal audit must work together to navigate the ‘perfect storm’ of high-impact interlocking risks urges Chartered IIA
November
City A.M. | UK's new government should simply 'get on' with audit reform letter to Rishi Sunak says
Accountancy Daily | Auditors Call On Government to Prioritise Audit Reform
CIR | Fresh Calls for Goverment Action On Audit Reform
Accountancy Age | UK Government Must Get On With Audit Reform Industry Body Says
Financial Times | Ofgem urged to force UK energy companies to have internal auditors
Strategic Risk Europe | IIA highlights governance shortfalls at energy firms
City A.M. | Use artificial intelligence to navigate volatile economy audit body says
Accountancy Daily | Auditors urged to adopt data analytics
CIR | Chartered IIA raises concerns about audit deficiencies at energy suppliers
Strategic Risk Europe | A third of internal auditors are yet to adopt data analytics
Board Agenda | Why we need audit reform right now
Irish Times | Embrace data analytics to mitigate fast-moving risks, says audit body
Board Agenda | News Roundup
October
Business News Wales | Welsh businesses face 'perfect storm' of risk
September
Board Agenda | Auditors press for internal controls law
City A.M | Liz Truss urged to 'remain committed' to audit reform
Audit Beacon | New European IIA report offers internal auditors an early glimpse into 2023
International Accounting Bulletin | Businesses face perfect storm of high-impact risks
Strategic Risk | Boards face 'perfect storm' of high-impact risks
Accountancy Daily | Cyber security and staff shortages major risks for internal auditors
July
Accountancy Daily | Internal auditors need to stop fraud
Accountancy Age | Corporate governance reform vital to address organisational “culture crisis”
City AM | UK's cost of living crisis has created 'perfect conditions for fraud to flourish,' new report says
Strategic Risk Europe | Cost of living crisis fuels risk of fraud
Accountancy Today | CIIA warns of increased risk of fraud amid cost of living crisis
June
Board Intelligence | In conversation with Gavin Hayes
Continuity, Insurance and Risk Magazine | Conflict in Ukraine exacerbates severity and range of risks - CIIA
Accountancy Daily | Auditors highlight risks of war in Ukraine
Accountancy Age | Blunted audit reforms risk 'pick n mix' approach to reporting
Continuity, Insurance and Risk Magazine | Chartered IIA calls for acceleration of Audit Reform Bill
May
The Times | 'Perfect storm of risks' amid Ukraine war
The Risk Coalition | Internal audit and risk functions must collaborate to champion a healthy culture
Accountancy Daily | Audit reform delay likely as excluded from Queen's Speech
Accountancy Today | Chartered IIA welcomes draft audit reform commitment in Queen's Speech
April
Accountacy Age | One year anniversary of BEIS audit reform whitepaper sparks industry frustration
Accountancy Age | FRC to ARGA transition plan sparks industry frustration as audit reform delay persists
March
Accountancy Today | CIIA pens letter to PM urging audit reform
Accountancy Daily | Internal audit body slates lack of progress on audit reform
Audit Board | Chartered IIA Warns Boards to “Get a Grip” on Unhealthy Corporate Cultures
Compliance Monitor | How the pandemic changed Compliance
Accountancy Age | FRC must address “glacial” efforts to improve UK corporate culture
NEDonBoard | Cultivating a healthy culture: the role of boards and how internal audit can support them
Audit Beacon | New IIA-UK Report Takes a Fresh Look at Auditing Culture
AuditBoard | Boards and Audit Committees Must Take Culture Risks More Seriously
London Business School | New report highlights risks of unhealthy corporate cultures
Continuity, Insurance and Risk Magazine | Boards urged to ‘get a grip’ on unhealthy corporate culture
Accountancy Daily | Poor corporate culture result of board indifference
Financial Times | Auditors warn of ‘organisational culture crisis’ at UK companies
2021
December
Accountancy Age | Audit committees must take climate change "a lot more seriously"
November
edie | Shareholders ignoring auditor approaches to climate risk, report warns
The Times | Auditors are guilty of poor judgment, Financial Reporting Council claims
The Risk Coalition | Risk in Focus - what's on the risk radar?
City AM | Prospect of watered down UK audit reforms draws criticism
Financial Times | Scaled back UK audit reforms attract investor anger
Accountancy Today | Chartered IIA raises concerns over audit reform reports
Accountacy Daily | Internal auditors urge government to hold directors accountable
October
ICAEW | Six ways to embed climate change risk management
Asia Insurance Review | Global: Cyber security tops ranking of organisational risks for 2022
Accountancy Age | SMEs can capitalise on “perfect storm” with salary sacrifice EV schemes
Accountancy Age | Less than two thirds of organisations are taking net zero action, survey finds
Accountancy Daily | Internal audit teams need to prioritise climate risk
September
edie | Report: 9 in 10 European businesses not properly preparing for climate risks
Accountancy Daily | Cyber attacks and financial liquidity biggest risk for auditors
August
Accountancy Age | Statutory audit must “make more use” of internal audit expertise
July
Accountancy Age | ICAEW and ACCA slam BEIS plans for new professional body for corporate auditors
June
Financial Times | Hybrid working makes it harder to detect fraud, auditors warn
May
City AM | Chartered IIA calls on government to extend mandatory climate reporting to smaller businesses
March
The Risk Coalition | Mind the Gap: cyber security risk in the new normal
City AM | BEIS urged to set out implementation timetable for Sarbanes-Oxley-style audit reform
Bloomberg | Bonuses Are Targeted in U.K. Crackdown on Audit Scandals
Accountancy Age | Once in a generation’ audit reforms published
Professional Security | Cyber risk in the new normal
Accountancy Age | Audit reforms will be published ‘shortly’ says government
February
European Business Magazine | Over half of businesses suffered a cyber attack within the last twelve months
City AM | Half of businesses suffered a cyber-attack in last 12 months
January
City AM | Singapore audit reform stresses need for UK action, IIA warns
2020
November
Accountancy Today | Chartered IIA calls on the government to ‘urgently’ accelerate UK audit reform
Accountancy Today | CIIA warns majority of businesses are unprepared for climate change
Edie | Half of UK businesses 'have not prepared for climate risks', survey finds
Accountancy Age | Pandemic accelerates need for audit reform
September
Accountancy Today | Chartered IIA report highlights top risks in industry
Accountancy Daily | Half of internal audit functions affected by coronavirus redeployment
Accountancy Today | Half of internal audit teams affected by Covid-19 redeployment
January
Accountancy Daily | Internal audit leader makes case for regulator with real power
Internal Audit 360 | Internal Audit Group Releases New Code of Practice
Accountancy Today | FRC welcomes Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors’ new code
Accountancy Age | 'Status, scope and skills of internal audit' must be increased says Chartered IIA
Reuters | New UK industry code aims to prevent Carillion-style crashes
This is Money | New UK industry code aims to prevent Carillion-style crashes
Investing.com | New UK industry code aims to prevent Carillion-style crashes
London South East | New UK industry code aims to prevent Carillion-style crashes
U.S. News | New UK industry code aims to prevent Carillion-style crashes
The Business Times | New UK industry code aims to prevent Carillion-style crashes
City AM | New internal audit code of practice launched to help prevent corporate collapses
Business Insider | New Internal Audit Code aims to prevent another Carillion-style collapse
Nasdaq | UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan. 9
Accountancy Daily | Revised internal audit code focuses on risk management
Third Sector | New code says internal auditors should have unrestricted access to charities
Yahoo! News | New UK industry code aims to prevent Carillion-style crashes
Reuters (India) | UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan. 9
Firstpost | New UK industry code aims to prevent Carillion-style crashes
Street Insider | New UK industry code aims to prevent Carillion-style crashes
Reuters (Africa) | UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan. 9
Business Telegraph | UK companies ‘paying lip service’ to governance
Compliance Week | Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors publishes new Internal Audit Code of Practice
Flipboard | New UK industry code aims to prevent Carillion-style crashes
Charity Digital News | Charities offered guidance on avoiding financial problems
FT | UK companies are only ‘paying lip service’ to governance reform
2019
December
Accountancy Age | Brydon Report: Industry reacts to findings and audit recommendations
November
City AM | John McDonnell says Labour will break up Big Four ‘cartel’
FT | MPs berate ‘audit automatons’ over Thomas Cook collapse
October
City AM | Government faces calls for reform as data shows dominance of big four audit firms
Accountancy Age | Deloitte report shows companies putting 'success factors' ahead of profit
Accountancy Age | Deloitte report shows companies putting 'success factors' ahead of profit
FT | Big Four lift UK market share as audit reform concerns grow
Times | Number may be up for the KPMG members’ club in Grosvenor Street, Mayfair
Accountancy Age | FRC releases revised UK Stewardship Code
Yahoo Finance | UK asset managers face tougher checks on investment policy, green credentials
UK Investing | UK asset managers face tougher checks on investment policy, green credentials
Nasdaq.com | UK asset managers face tougher checks on investment policy, green credentials
Reuters | UK asset managers face tougher checks on investment policy, green credentials
The Times | Pension law targets new digital dashboard and reckless bosses
September
City AM | Internal auditors name cybersecurity as the top risk faced by their businesses
Accountancy Today | Cybersecurity named ‘top risk’ to businesses by internal auditors
Accountancy Daily | Cybersecurity tops list of business risks
July
City AM | Auditors 'should have unlimited access' to avoid another Carillion
Accountancy Daily | IIA consults on code of practice to raise internal audit standards
Business Insider | Businesses to get audit code of practice to prevent corporate disasters
June
Reuters| UK internal auditors call for reinforcement after Carillion crash
Mail Online| UK internal auditors call for reinforcement after Carillion crash
EuroNews | UK internal auditors call for reinforcement after Carillion crash
April
Accountancy Daily| CMA’s joint audit proposals divide opinion
Independent | Watchdog orders major shake-up of big four accountancy firms but does not recommend full split
Accountancy Age | The CMA has released its final report into the future of the audit market
Insider | Watchdog calls for big four accountants to separate auditing arms from consultancy
March
FT | UK accounting watchdog to be replaced by stronger regulator
2018
September
Evening Standard | Auditor calls for private firms to have tougher standards to stop BHS repeat
February
FT | Internal audit has failed to look at the bigger picture
