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Inheritance Tax

Politics

Business | Luxury brand La Perla rescued in cross-border insolvency deal

Quantuma saves 200 jobs in La Perla sale as liquidators of collapsed Italian luxury lingerie brand finalise sale to US billionaire after complex negotiations with Italian insolvency experts

13 Oct 2025

Restructuring & Insolvency

Companies

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Business | Redditch bookkeeper ‘milked business’ in £680k invoice fraud

A bookkeeper from the West Midlands siphoned over £680,000 from a family run business into her own bank account without the owner realising

13 Oct 2025

Called to Account

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Business | HW Fisher acquires MMC forensic audit firm

Private equity backed HW Fisher, part of Sumer Group, has acquired Media Marketing Compliance (MMC), a specialist in contract compliance auditing to expand global forensic audit offering

13 Oct 2025

Companies

Accountancy Firms

Finance | Webinar on changes to FRS 102 accounting

Sign up for webinar on the key changes to UK GAAP on 30 September

13 Oct 2025

Tax | Court rejects Hippodrome Casino £447k VAT appeal

Owners of Hippodrome Casino lose VAT appeal to treat free food and drink for gamblers as non-taxable supplies for gaming

10 Oct 2025

VAT

Case Reports

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Business | Three in four companies allow staff to remote work abroad

Spike in businesses giving UK based employees the option to work abroad for some of their working time, as long as tax compliance in place

10 Oct 2025

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HR | People in the news: Blick Rothenberg, EY, PwC

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at Blick Rothenberg, S&W, EY, PwC, Dains, Lubbock Fine, Crowe, Wright Vigar, Milsted Langdon, FRP, TaxAssist Group

10 Oct 2025

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Business | Rich kid influencer jailed for £200k designer handbag fraud

Cheshire man who called himself the ‘British Kardashian’ jailed for six years in a £200,000 designer handbag fraud to fund lavish lifestyle

10 Oct 2025

Called to Account

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HR | Why face to face meetings still seal the deal

In the age of Teams and Zoom, Russell Wardrop, co-founder of KWC Global, argues that the ‘last four feet’ are critically important and nothing can replace meeting clients in person

10 Oct 2025

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Tax | Wealth tax would be ‘economically destructive’

Calls for a wealth tax should be firmly rejected by the chancellor as there would be no revenues until at least 2029 as HMRC wrestles with complex new systems

10 Oct 2025

Budget

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HR | Supporting employee mental health

This World Mental Health Day, Stacie Cheadle, Croner-i technical writer, looks at how employers can support employee mental health and identify those who need help

10 Oct 2025

Finance | Webinar on failure to prevent fraud & ID verification

Join our webinar on Tuesday 14 October at 2pm

10 Oct 2025

Finance

Law and Regulation

Corporate Governance

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Tax | Confectionery is too sweet for HMRC in VAT rows

As HMRC widens the VAT confectionery net, Alex Nicholson, VAT & indirect tax partner at Johnston Carmichael, breaks down what this shift means for businesses

9 Oct 2025

Business | Brit pleads guilty to £74m Bordeaux wine fraud

One of the British founders of Bordeaux Cellars, a company using vintage wine to attract investors, faces jail in the US

9 Oct 2025

Called to Account

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Tax | HMRC Connect tool brings in record £4.6bn in unpaid tax

All powerful data analysis tool Connect raises additional £4.6bn in single year as thousands of HMRC staff use the big data network to root out non-compliant taxpayers

9 Oct 2025

Tax | Tax treatment of cryptoasset ETNs clarified

Changes to crypto investment rules mean retail investors will be able to include cryptoasset exchange traded notes (cETNs) in innovative finance ISAs

9 Oct 2025

Personal Tax

Tax Compliance

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Business | Cooper Parry acquires URM cyber security firm

Private equity backed Cooper Parry has acquired URM Consulting Services, a Reading based cyber security specialist to expand digital consulting

9 Oct 2025

Accountancy Firms

Private Equity

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Tax | Conservatives would abolish stamp duty, says Badenoch

With four years to go until a general election, Conservative leader says Conservatives would abolish stamp duty for main home purchases

9 Oct 2025

Property Tax

Politics

HR | Employment tribunals ‘will remain free’

Fees for employment tribunals will not be reinstated, the deputy PM has confirmed after speculation Ministry of Justice was considering options to charge claimants

9 Oct 2025