Manchester clothing duo collapsed owing £2m tax bill, data privacy remains critical when using AI, and Essentials guide covers virtual AGMs and shareholder meetings

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Business | The importance of data privacy when using AI

Julien Gruhier, head of AI at Croner, explains the top five data privacy commitments integral to Croner Intelligence

27 Oct 2026

Business

AI & Technology

Croner Intelligence

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Business | Peter Gallanagh to step down as Azets CEO

27 Oct 2026

Business

Accountancy Firms

Private Equity

Leadership & Management

Careers

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Business | Manchester clothing duo collapsed owing £2m tax bill

27 Oct 2026

Business

Restructuring & Insolvency

HMRC

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Finance | Braemar hires MHA for £1.1m audit after ‘casual vacancy’

27 Oct 2026

Finance

Auditing

Corporate Governance

Finance | HW Fisher fined £157k for ‘pervasive’ lack of scepticism in Liberty audit

27 Oct 2026

Finance

Auditing

Corporate Governance

| Q&A: R&D credit and trading losses

27 Oct 2026

Tax

Finance | Essentials: Virtual AGMs and shareholder meetings

27 Oct 2026

Finance

Corporate Governance

Law and Regulation

26 Oct 2026

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Tax | Legal updates: £462k tax relief refused as company sale breaches conditions

Sophie Brooks and Debbie Shaw assess the tax tribunal decision on business asset disposal relief (BADR) in Poznic, transfer of intellectual property in Garden House Software, retirement exit letters in Evans, and FCA warning on exaggerated disclosures

26 Oct 2026

HR | Tougher regulation of umbrella companies will go ahead

26 Oct 2026

Work

Leadership & Management

Careers

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Business | PwC deal to provide outsourced accounting services

26 Oct 2026

Business | Will businesses even notice a reduction in compliance costs?

26 Oct 2026

Business

Companies

Tax

Business | Gambling pizza boss jailed for £150k loan fraud

26 Oct 2026

Business

Called to Account

Tax | Register for webinar on Budget 2026 tax changes

26 Oct 2026

Finance | Excel is the weakest link when it comes to financial data

26 Oct 2026

Finance

Financial Reporting

Corporate Governance

23 Oct 2026

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Business | Inside Croner Intelligence workflows: from query to finished letter

Julien Gruhier, head of AI at Croner Intelligence explains how to use the new AI workflows templates

23 Oct 2026

Business

AI & Technology

Croner Intelligence

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Finance | P&L reporting for small businesses will not go ahead

Government backs down on plans to require smallest businesses to file profit and loss accounts, and balance sheets at Companies House

23 Oct 2026

HR | People in the news: Menzies, Dains, RSM

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at Menzies, Dains, RSM, S&W, BKL, HaysMac, Azets, PKF Littlejohn, Fellwood Advisory, Intuit

23 Oct 2026

Leadership & Management

Careers

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Tax | HMRC warns taxpayers to file all qualifying income streams for MTD

Letters going out to taxpayers from HMRC saying they have not filed first quarterly MTD submission correctly as failed to complete both income streams

23 Oct 2026

Tax | Stop Budget circus and constant tinkering with taxes

Budgets rarely shift the dial and the lack of long-term coherent strategy just leaves tax advisers and their clients picking up the pieces, says Chris Denning, partner at MHA

23 Oct 2026

HR | How smaller firms can retain talent and it’s not all about pay

Matching the salary and benefits package on offer from a Big Four or mid-tier is a challenge for many smaller firms, but there are ways to attract and retain key staff, explains Michaela Johns, director at HWB

23 Oct 2026

Work

Leadership & Management

Careers

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Tax | Michelin chefs see 10% VAT petition exceed 400k signatures

Petition for 10% VAT cut fronted by famous chefs Heston Blumenthal and Tom Kerridge has enough signatures for parliamentary debate, but will the chancellor be persuaded

23 Oct 2026

Tax

VAT