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PSAA is pleased to report that it has received acceptances from 300 eligible bodies to become opted-in authorities to the national scheme from April 2023. The latest date to notify PSAA of your opt-in decision is midnight on 11 March 2022. A full list of the opted-in bodies is available.

PSAA is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Board members. Fraser McKinlay joined the Board on 1 February 2022 and brings deep knowledge of public audit to the Board having worked for Audit Scotland from 2005 to 2021 in senior roles including Controller of Audit and Director of Performance Audit and Best Value. […]

PSAA has today launched a major procurement of audit services for local government bodies. The aim is to enable independent auditor appointments to all of the local bodies that opt in to PSAA’s national scheme for the five-year period spanning audits of the financial years 2023/2024 to 2027/2028.  The procurement is designed to encourage and […]

PSAA is pleased to report that it has received acceptances from 200 eligible bodies to become opted-in authorities to the national scheme from April 2023. The latest date to notify PSAA of your opt-in decision is midnight on 11 March 2022. A full list of the opted-in bodies is available.

This week, we were really pleased to see an article from Rob Whiteman, CEO of CIPFA, recommending that eligible bodies opt in to our national scheme for auditor appointments, alongside talking about the recently announced measures to improve the vital issue of timeliness of local audit. Rob stresses the benefits of opting in to bring […]

PSAA is pleased to report that it has received acceptances from 100 eligible bodies to its opt-in invitation. A full list of the opted-in bodies is on our website. The latest date to notify PSAA of your opt-in decision is midnight on 11 March 2022.

PSAA welcomes DLUHC’s package of measures, which recognises that there is no easy or quick solution to the current challenges, and that there needs to be a whole system approach to making progress. The document helpfully sets out measures that are being evaluated as well as those that are being taken.

PSAA is keen to attract new audit suppliers including those looking to work alongside firms that are more experienced in this market.  Very helpfully, ICAEW is offering to assist firms to make contact with each other with a view to exploring possible collaboration options. ICAEW has provided a summary of its role in relation to […]

PSAA is pleased to report that it has received acceptances from 50 eligible bodies to its opt-in invitation. A full list of the opted-in bodies is on our website. The latest date to notify PSAA of your opt-in decision is midnight on 11 March 2022.

This week we held our first market engagement webinar with potential suppliers for our 2022 audit services procurement. We walked through and took questions on the procurement strategy outlining our current thinking on lot structure, bidding rules, the basis for bid pricing and the indicative timescales. We were delighted to welcome representatives from registered local […]