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Business | Complete the AI in Accounting & Tax Survey

Tell us how AI is shaping your business by completing the AI in Accounting & Tax Survey and enter the prize draw to win a luxury weekend break

30 Jul 2026

Tax | How to avoid a large tax bill when cashing in pensions

With inheritance tax on pension pots just months away, beware the risk of cashing in pensions quickly without assessing tax implications, warns Mike Ambery, retirement savings director at Standard Life

29 Jul 2026

Finance | Landmark ruling on good faith, conduct and directors’ duties under s172

Critical Supreme Court decision in Saxon Woods clarifies scope of good faith requirement as part of a director’s duty under section 172 of Companies Act 2006

29 Jul 2026

Law and Regulation

Leadership & Management

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Finance | EY fined £1.2m for Made.com audit after ‘lack of management challenge’

Regulator fines EY and partner £1.24m for audit failings related to going concern, deferred tax and materiality for online sofa business Made.com

28 Jul 2026

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Finance | Regulator raps BDO over ‘unacceptable’ audit quality

Regulator raps BDO over audit quality, PwC, Deloitte and Forvis Mazars pulled up over ethics issues, KPMG outperforms in new-look FRC audit quality review

22 Jul 2026

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Business | Companies House warning as ID scammers target directors

Ruthless scammers target company directors telling them to urgently verify their identity on register when they are actually trawling for passport and financial data

20 Jul 2026

Finance | Academy trust accounting rules updated

The Department for Education has updated the accounting and governance rules for academy trusts effective from October

17 Jul 2026

Finance | PwC fined £3.2m for ‘numerous’ failings in more Babcock audits

Regulator fines PwC and lead partner £3.2m for ‘serious and numerous’ breaches from lack of professional scepticism to failure to challenge management in two further audits for engineering giant Babcock

16 Jul 2026

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Finance | UK GAAP changes to revenue and financial instruments: part three

In part three of our exclusive FRS 102 series, Ollie Garrod ACA, senior technical writer at Croner, explains what actually changes for revenue and financial instruments under the new GAAP accounting rules

15 Jul 2026

Finance | Barratt Redrow hires EY for £3.3m audit

Housebuilder Barratt Redrow swaps auditor after nearly 20 years with current Big Four firm following mega merger

14 Jul 2026

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Finance | Ex chair of HMRC set to lead audit regulator

Former chair of HMRC, chartered accountant and leading financial services expert Jayne-Anne Gadhia to become chair of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) after approval hearing before MPs this week

13 Jul 2026