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22 February 2013updated 22 Oct 2020 3:55pm

“We think the somewhat stark description of the finance directors does not represent the real world”

Business quote of the day.

By Raymond Doherty

The Big Four has today rejected claims from the Competition Commission that they focus on satisfying clients rather than shareholders.
 
Hywel Ball, head of assurance, UK & Ireland, at Ernst & Young:
 
“We think the somewhat stark description in black and white terms of the role and power of the finance directors and their motives does not represent the real world as we experience it.”
 

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