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Audit costs for English councils more than tripled from 2022/23 to 2023/24

English Councils are now charged more than double Welsh and Scottish Councils per hour of additional audit work. In their new report, the Audit Reform Lab calls on Labour to beef up its plans for local audit regulation.
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Voluntary Local Review report published following knowledge transfer partnership with Basildon Borough Council

Dr Abi O'Connor.

Dr Abi O’Connor joins CRAFiC through the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme

Abi O’Connor will join Sheffield University Management School’s Centre for Research into Accounting and Finance in Context to research a project titled ‘Following urban assetisation: a comparative theory of local state restructuring’.
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Reimagining Accounting and Finance: Doctoral Research Highlights from the 2025 Management School Doctoral Conference

CRAFiC is proud to support critical, interdisciplinary and impact-driven research that addresses some of the most pressing questions in finance, accounting, sustainability and governance.
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Professor Bill Lee to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from BAFA

We are proud to announce that Professor Bill Lee is to be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Accounting and Finance Association.

| Published by BAFA
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Richard Murphy and colleagues ranked in the top 10 PFM blog articles in 2022

A blog written by Richard Murphy and colleagues titled Developing and Using Global Tax Transparency Principles has been ranked fourth in the top 10 PFM blog articles in 2022.

| IMF PFM Blog
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Richard Murphy remains social media accountant of the year

Richard Murphy has been named the UK's top accountancy online influencer for the 4th year running by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

| Tax Research UK
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Tina Papadopoulou’s paper published in the prestigious British Journal of Management

Tina Papadopoulou, a Sheffield University Management School PhD alumna, had her paper published in the prestigious British Journal of Management (ABS 4) this November.
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Manchester Offshored: a new report from Sheffield University Management School and University of Sheffield researchers launched

Adam Leaver, Richard Goulding and Jonathan Silver launch a new public interest report on the Manchester Life partnership between Manchester City Council and the Abu Dhabi United Group.