Law and regulation

Insight | Economic Crime Bill: implications for accountants

Accountants and company directors will need to be careful when completing due diligence when wide reaching Economic Crime Bill comes into force, explain Paul Brehony, partner, and Kate Gee, counsel, Signature Litigation

28 Nov 2022

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Law and regulation

Insight | Apprenticeship levy needs an overhaul

The CBI is calling for urgent reforms to the UK’s ‘outdated’ business rates system and apprenticeship levy to support the retail and wholesale industry

11 Nov 2022

Insight | Companies House a ‘facilitator’ of fraud

The fraud leader at UK Finance has said that the UK government needs to fix the ‘dysfunctional’ Companies House as it continues to facilitate business fraud

8 Nov 2022

Insight | Maternity rules extend redundancy protection

The government plans to offer pregnant women and new parents greater protections against redundancy

28 Oct 2022

Insight | Covid fraud arrests surges almost 200%

The number of arrests made by HMRC related to covid fraud has spiked almost 200% in the last year, from nine to 26

14 Oct 2022

Insight | HMRC worker wins £240k compensation pay-out

An administrative worker with HMRC has won more than £240,000 in compensation after her employment was terminated for 'capability' reasons

14 Oct 2022

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Law and regulation

Called to account

Insight | IT director loses £73k furlough appeal

A director of an IT consultancy has lost a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal concerning a claim for furlough payments

10 Oct 2022

Insight | Supreme Court rules on director duty to creditors

The Supreme Court has ruled that directors only owe duty to creditors when facing real risk of insolvency

7 Oct 2022

Insight | Mandatory climate reporting for pension trustees

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has updated its guidance to help trustees meet new duties in governance and reporting of climate-related risks, which came into force on 1 October

3 Oct 2022

Insight | Harlequin boss jailed for 12 years over £226m fraud

The head of Harlequin Group has been jailed for 12 years after being found guilty following an investigation into a fraud totalling £226m

30 Sep 2022

Insight | Government plans legislation to crack down on fraud

The government has set out plans for a second economic crime bill to tighten up registration rules and give Companies House more powers as part of plan to tackle money laundering and economic crime

23 Sep 2022