UK retailers given hope of ‘green shoots of recovery’ after Easter pickup
Sector enjoyed best month in more than two years in March, consumer spending report shows
February 2024
‘Incredible failure’: KPMG rejects claims it assessed ‘the wrong company’ before $423m payment to Paladin
Consultancy firms divided on controversial tax scheme as ATO threatens action
December 2023
Shoppers cut back on non-essential items to add to UK retail gloom
Businesses bank on ‘last-minute flurry of festive frivolity’ after Black Friday fails to give November lift
November 2023
Consultancy firms paid $40m to review safety of aged care homes did not meet government standards
KPMG was among the four firms to have had reports rejected, a Senate inquiry heard, putting pressure on abandoning future outsourcing altogether
KPMG lodges complaint after AI-generated material was used to implicate them in non-existent scandals
Senate inquiry into Australian consultancy industry concedes its integrity has been undermined by reliance on case studies generated by Google Bard AI tool
Australian academics apologise for false AI-generated allegations against big four consultancy firms
Case studies created by Google Bard AI as part of submission to parliamentary inquiry proven to be factually incorrect
October 2023
Warren Mundine launched expletive-riddled spray after KPMG rejected his $10,000 speaker’s fee
Exclusive: Prominent no campaigner told senior staffer that ‘I’m going to treat you cunts like you treated me’
Bleak day for UK jobs as firms including Rolls-Royce and KPMG plan to cut 4,000 roles
British jet engine maker to cut workforce as Swedish electric truck firm Volta files for bankruptcy
Nils Pratley on finance
Carillion and the government’s shameful inertia on reform
Nils Pratley
KPMG boss says Carillion auditing was ‘very bad’ as firm is fined record £21m
Two-thirds of CEOs think staff will return to office five days a week, survey finds
September 2023
UK mortgage payers making big changes to meet higher payments, survey finds
Britons are raiding savings or cutting pension contributions, KPMG study finds
'You have lied to us': senators lash KPMG Australia boss and allege cover-up – video
KPMG Australia chief executive Andrew Yates has clashed with Greens senator Barbara Pocock, who suggested the firm sought to conceal its power mapping the public service
Victorian government hired KPMG to consult on tobacco changes despite firm’s links to industry
Transparency advocates condemn arrangement as ‘appalling’ while health department refuses to say how much consultancy was paid
August 2023
Conflict of interest or a very cunning plan?
The consultancy business model is catching on
July 2023
Federal government under fire for hiring KPMG on health and climate while firm advises fossil fuels
Australian government spending on big four consultancy firms up 1,270% in a decade, analysis shows
Partners and staff at Australia’s big consultancy firms sacked for misconduct including sexual harassment
KPMG and Deloitte refuse to join PwC in banning political donations in Australia
