England is to return to regional tiered approach to controlling the spread of coronavirus once national lockdown ends next week, with most of the country facing tough measures limiting social and business activity

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Our employment law helpline, BrightAdvice, has received hundreds of calls about how furlough and zero-hours contracts work under the Job Retention Scheme extension. Alan Price, HR expert and CEO at BrightHR, answers five of the most frequently asked questions

The hasty implementation of CJRS may have led to mistakes, but more time would not have eliminated criminal claims, says Blick Rothenberg’s Fiona Fernie

In his November spending review, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has emphasised the UK currently faces an ‘economic emergency’, and revealed the economy is set to contract by 11.3%, the largest fall in over 300 years

With under a week to go until applications open for the third grant available of the self employment income support scheme (SEISS), HMRC has published guidance which includes new criteria claimants must meet regarding the impact coronavirus is having on their business

Prime minister Boris Johnson has published the government’s Covid winter plan, warning of a ‘tougher’ tiered approach over the next four months to ensure no resurgence of the virus before a mass vaccination programme begins, but indicating life should return to normal by spring 2021

PwC and Deloitte are among the supporters of a new taskforce set up by the Treasury which aims to improve socio-economic diversity at senior levels in financial and professional services across the UK

Converting to a limited liability partnership can be attractive to professional services firms, but partners need to carefully consider objectives, preparation and the transfer of business, say CM Murray’s Zulon Begum and Pooja Dasgupta

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been warned by MPs it needs to deal with escalating fraud and error in benefit claims fairly, in light of the difficulties many claimants are facing as a result of the pandemic

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner promotions at PKF Littlejohn and RSM, head of music royalty audits named at HW Fisher, and chairman elected at IECnet

FTSE 100 boards are becoming more diverse, taking on directors from a wider range of backgrounds and experience, but there is still a way to go until they are fully representational of all sections of society, according to two research reports

The new president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), Peter Rayney, will state that tax avoidance schemes are going to be ‘stamped out,’ in his inaugural speech

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The trustees of the IFRS Foundation, who are responsible for the governance and oversight of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), have appointed Professor Dr Andreas Barckow to serve as the new IASB chair