TED BAKER's error is only another in a sorry recent period for firms and auditors, with a host of accountancy missteps making the headlines in 2019: GOALS SOCCER CENTRES Delisted after a misdeclaration of VAT left a black hole of £12m M&C SAATCHI An error costing £11.6m prompted a savage boardroom cull including boss Lord Maurice Saatchi SUPERDRY Sank to a loss following a £3.9m "isolated error" related to its accounting PATISSERIE VALERIE Collapsed into administration after revealing a £40m black hole in its finances RSM The mid-tier accounting firm, employed as auditors by Sports Direct, misstated its own accounts by nearly £10m over two years METRO BANK Underestimated the risk level of some of its commercial loans by almost £1bn

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