KPMG is one of the ‘Big 4’ accountancy firms.

I joined KPMG in October 1997 (London, bar one absolutely fantastic year in Munich) - where I was extremely happy until early 2007, holding KPMG on a pedestal for being so good to me until then.

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I resigned in January 2008, because, after the [ ] that started in February 2007, I was not prepared to suffer any more of it.

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Media

Government contracts

"Accountancy giants channel £500,000 in resources and staff to Conservatives ahead of election", The Independent, 29 July 2009. "Analysis by The Independent has revealed that leading companies including...KPMG have given the Tories nearly £500,000 since the start of last year as they attempt to build ties with the party...

The firms involved already hold government contracts worth millions of pounds between them... Some estimates put the amount to be spent [by the public sector] on consultancy over the next three years as high as £4bn... KPMG, which also holds many public sector contracts, gave the party donations-in-kind worth more than £100,000 since the start of last year. A single KPMG consultant working in the Department for Children, Schools and Families costs the taxpayer £1.35m over three years, a parliamentary inquiry found."

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