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City law firm helped on asset sales, rescue bids and restructuring
Group plans to benefit from e-commerce as data protection rules hit letter sending
Numbers can be highly misleading, no matter how well or badly they are audited
MPs’ report on collapse asks for possible break-up of ‘cosy’ auditors
Regulator under fire from MPs for ‘passive’ scrutiny of accountants behind failed outsourcer
Cosy arrangements that foster wrongdoing are rife
Company’s rise and ‘spectacular fall’ was a story of ‘recklessness, hubris and greed’
Collapsed UK outsourcer kept cash on its books under ‘early payment facility’
Outsourcer reveals new chief paid £500,000 over four months to help rescue business
Outsourcer issued three new shares for every two held by investors
Investors use AGM votes to remove an auditor, a chairman and protest over pay
Services group is in talks with about 12 companies and has increased its tech spending
Results underscore scale of challenge faced by struggling government contractor
Global logistics group seeking to take advantage of Europe’s recovering economies
Outsourcers struggle with slowdown in new contracts, rises in minimum wage and council cuts
Matthew Vincent and Kate Burgess imagine encounter with Jon Lewis and Rupert Soames
Analysts question how likely it is the UK group’s high-tech vision can be realised
Outsourcer’s new chief issues shares to pay down debt and fuel investment
Moya Greene shifted focus to compete with Amazon, drove through privatisation and brought along unions
Eight-year tenure included the postal service’s controversial privatisation
UK group’s inconsistencies should be of concern to investors
