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    • in Blogs · Graham Liddell · Resources · Technical
    • — 6 Feb, 2018

    Graham Liddell: Could you miss the IT revolution?

    Technology is going through a revolution. Will local government embrace the change or, like scientist Joseph Priestly, cling on to the old ways even when it is obvious they have[…]

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    • — 24 Jan, 2017

    Graham Liddell: The Audit Commission, what was lost and what was gained

    Most local authorities will opt for using Public Sector Audit Appointments, the successor body to the Audit Commission. Graham Liddell writes in losing the commission local government lost an important ally[…]

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    • — 9 Nov, 2016

    Graham Liddell: It’s budget season – time for internal audit to add value

    Budget setting is underway and what better time for internal audit to show it can add value and do a better job than artificial intelligence. Finance teams are now fully immersed[…]

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    • — 26 Sep, 2016

    Graham Liddell: Data analytics and the internal audit evolution

    There is a 94% probability that our audit jobs will be replaced by robots over the next 10 to 20 years (Frey and Osborne: The future of employment. How susceptible[…]

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    • — 15 Aug, 2016

    The great internal audit quiz

    Think you know what makes for great internal audit? Graham Liddell argues it’s not just about checklists and offers a handy quiz to help you pin down what makes for a[…]

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    • in Blogs · Graham Liddell · Resources · Technical
    • — 7 Jun, 2016

    Graham Liddell: Living happily ever after (with a shared service)

    Putting together a shared service for internal audit could be an ordeal. Graham Liddell talks through the key questions for a happy marriage between teams. You’ve weighed up your options[…]

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    • — 19 Apr, 2016

    Graham Liddell: internal audit’s snog, marry, avoid conundrum

    Graham Liddell considers the relative merits of delivering internal audit services in-house, outsourced or through a shared service. Your head of audit leads an effective in-house audit team that delivers a[…]

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    • in Blogs · Graham Liddell · Technical
    • — 29 Feb, 2016

    Graham Liddell: Speeding up the internal audit countdown

    Traditionally heads of internal audit boast to their peers about the number of days in their audit plans. But, as budgets are squeezed, a different question is being whispered, ‘How[…]

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    • — 18 Dec, 2014

    Ask the Auditor: Code of Accounting Practice needs a major overhaul

    After six years of leading technical teams providing technical guidance, training and advice to auditors and local authority accountants, Graham is leaving Grant Thornton UK LLP to join Brighton and[…]

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    • in Blogs · Graham Liddell · Technical
    • — 27 Nov, 2014

    Ask the Auditor: School assets and your balance sheet

    Following CIPFA’s November local authority conferences, Graham Liddell from Grant Thornton UK LLP provides an updated assessment of the issues faced by local authorities  considering whether to recognise school buildings[…]

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