UK audit watchdog offers virus-hit companies more breathing space <!-- no image --> <div>Britain's listed companies should not press ahead with a requirement to tender out their audit work in current markets, the Financial Reporting Council said on Tuesday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=mjvSrtHEf2c:KNserzLhEzM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=mjvSrtHEf2c:KNserzLhEzM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=mjvSrtHEf2c:KNserzLhEzM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=mjvSrtHEf2c:KNserzLhEzM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=mjvSrtHEf2c:KNserzLhEzM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/mjvSrtHEf2c" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters