Business &amp; Accountancy Daily

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Business | Investor fined £489k after failed Reading FC takeover attempt

Reading Football Club bidder who claimed to own £171m bond portfolio banned by FCA after ‘making false and misleading statements’ and ‘falsified documentation’

14 Aug 2026

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Business | Frasers swipes up Harvey Nichols in £40m pre-pack deal

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group rescues Harvey Nichols luxury department stores of Absolutely Fabulous fame

14 Aug 2026

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Business | People in the news: AAB, Carpenter Box, WTS

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at AAB, Carpenter Box, S&W, WTS, HB&O, AJ Bell, Platform Housing, JMAN, Hilbert Investment, Malt

14 Aug 2026

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Business | Comedian’s bakery back in the mix after rescue deal

Bakery once co-owned by Romesh Ranganathan saved after Commons apology from minister over tax changes

14 Aug 2026

Restructuring & Insolvency

Tax

Business Tax

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HR | Contacting employees during maternity leave

In the first of our mini series on maternity leave, Stacie Cheadle, technical writer at Croner, dispels the myths on contacting employees

14 Aug 2026

Work

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Finance | Top 10 tips: self-invested personal pensions

Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at AJ Bell, explains the intricacies of SIPP pensions from allowances to tax considerations and employer contributions

13 Aug 2026

Finance

Pensions

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Business | What CFOs need to consider before a major AI rollout

Traditional finance software automates specifics, defining workflow, policy, approval thresholds and exception paths, but AI the only constraint is verifiability, not capability, explains Konstantin Dzhengozov, CFO and co-founder at Payhawk

13 Aug 2026

Business | World Cup gives economy 0.3% bounce

Warm weather and World Cup deliver windfall to GDP but longer term growth prospects weaken

13 Aug 2026

Accountancy Firms

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HR | Working during a heatwave: tips for employers

In the fifth heatwave of the summer with the mercury hitting 38C, here are some key issues for employers to consider

13 Aug 2026

Work

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Business | Zero hours clampdown will cost businesses £2.9bn

Government move to restrict the use of zero hours contracts set to cost up to £2.9bn a year in direct costs to business

13 Aug 2026

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Business | Maths tops A Level results as 28% get top grade

Maths remains most popular A Level, as humanities knocked out of top ranking for first time by economics

13 Aug 2026

Accountancy Firms

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Finance | Climate change amplifies risks auditors already assess

Harriet Hodgson-Grove, partner at UHY Hacker Young examines the effects of climate change on financial reporting, going concern and asset valuation, and considers how climate change is becoming an audit issue

12 Aug 2026

Finance

Auditing

ESG & Sustainability

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Business | Accountants owed £121k after Shop Direct collapsed

Liquidators settling the affairs of Shop Direct, former owner of Very Group flag outstanding debts to accountants and a six-figure tax bill

12 Aug 2026

Restructuring & Insolvency

Accountancy Firms

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Tax | HMRC to ‘automatically sign up’ MTD taxpayers from September

Over 294,000 taxpayers not yet registered for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax warned: ‘We will automatically sign up taxpayers’

12 Aug 2026

Tax

Making Tax Digital

HMRC

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Business | FCA simplifies IPO rules to encourage UK listings

Reduced compliance for companies looking to list in London as Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) removes seven-day waiting period for connected research for IPOs

12 Aug 2026

Business | Director used £13m fraud to buy Porsche and Dubai holiday

Jailed Nottinghamshire director wanted to ‘portray image of wealth and success’, spending investor money on £1.9m house, football hospitality, and trips abroad

12 Aug 2026

Called to Account

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HR | Acas code on disciplinary and grievance procedures up for review

Stacie Cheadle, technical writer at Croner, examines the plans to overhaul disciplinary and grievance procedures under the Acas code, and how it will impact employers

12 Aug 2026

Work