PSAA has today announced that 470 (99%) out of 475 eligible bodies have joined its national scheme for local auditor appointments for the next appointing period, which will cover the audits for financial years 2023/24 to 2027/28. A full list of the opted-in bodies is available. PSAA invited all eligible bodies to join the scheme on 22 […]
PSAA is pleased to report that it has received acceptances from 400 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.
Welcome to our sixth e-bulletin. We are really pleased to have already received over 330 acceptances of our opt-in invitation. The deadline for opting in is 11 March 2022, so please send us your completed Form of Acceptance before this date. We recently issued our annual audit survey and would encourage you to respond. We […]
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.
Welcome to our fifth PSAA e-bulletin. A lot has happened since our last ebulletin was issued at the end of November, here are the headlines, with more detail set out in the bulletin content. We have received many more acceptances to our opt-in invitation, despite the resurgence of Covid-19 challenges to local decision-making processes. CIPFA […]
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.