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Business | Fashion tech CEO faked audits in $300m fraud scheme

Founder of US fashion tech start-up CaaStle jailed for five years after using fabricated audits and fake financial statements to dupe investors in multimillion dollar fraud

21 Aug 2026

Business

Called to Account

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HR | From suits and ties to smart casual: what should men actually wear to work?

Paul Maberly, joint managing partner at Mercer & Hole, says dress code is as tricky for men as it is for women these days, recalling when he first trained back in the 1980s the colour of his tie was the only element of choice

21 Aug 2026

HR

Work

Leadership & Management

Careers

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Tax | Tax traps for Harry and Meghan on return to UK

Molly Monks FIPA, director at Parker Walsh, explains the myriad tax pitfalls for the returning Sussexes, from the 183-day residency rule to tax on overseas earnings and multiple residences

21 Aug 2026

Tax

Personal Tax

Tax Planning

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Tax | Lifetime gifting and inheritance tax

Pension pots will fall into 40% inheritance tax net from next April, making lifetime gifting a serious option to consider, but there are potential tax traps, explains Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at AJ Bell

21 Aug 2026

HR | Maternity leave and notification of internal vacancies

In part two of our mini series on maternity leave, Stacie Cheadle, technical writer at Croner, explains the rules on internal vacancies and keeping staff informed

21 Aug 2026

HR

Work

Leadership & Management

Careers

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| July tax take up 17% on two years ago

Extra £5.1bn total tax take in July 2026 compared with last year with stark increase in capital gains tax due to ‘considerably less generous regime’

21 Aug 2026

Tax

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| Demise of chequebook to only 0.2% of purchases

Cards and app payments dominate purchases but a surprising 77 million cheques were still written last year

21 Aug 2026

Business

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Tax | Glasgow director faces £1.4m tax penalty as ID hijack claim rejected

Tribunal rejects appeal by director against £1.4m penalty in missing trader VAT case despite claims company’s details were ‘hijacked’

20 Aug 2026

Tax

VAT

Case Reports

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Business | AI guardrails: how is your data protected?

Julien Gruhier, head of AI considers the key issues of privacy and security, and how client data is protected when you upload a document in Croner Intelligence

20 Aug 2026

Business

AI & Technology

Croner Intelligence

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Business | Sheffield United owners hit with winding-up order over £35m debt

Company behind Sheffield United’s ownership hit with winding-up order by High Court over £35m debt

20 Aug 2026

Business

Companies

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Tax | Accountancy bodies slate HMRC plan for ‘reckless statements’ offence

Major accountancy institutes criticise HMRC power grab, saying ‘criminal sanctions should not be used to resolve technical disputes over legislation’

20 Aug 2026

Tax

HMRC

Consultations

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Finance | Materiality is about disclosing what matters in annual reports

Regulator calls for improvements to disclosure of materiality in annual reports, stressing quality is defined by clarity and focus, not box ticking and volumes of verbiage

20 Aug 2026

Tax | 79% of builders and tradespeople not ready for MTD

Wickes rolls out free Xero software to members as low awareness about MTD among tradespeople flagged with only one in five ‘fully prepared’ for quarterly reporting

20 Aug 2026

Business | Hike in business costs ‘structural, not a blip’ warns BCC

Mid sized SMEs pay an average £827,000 more in tax, compliance costs and pension contributions than a decade ago as a result of government policies

20 Aug 2026

Finance | BlueCrest ruling is a health check for LLPs, not a warning sign

The BlueCrest judgment is a timely reminder for accountancy firms on profit sharing, influence and LLP governance, highlighting the importance of partnership agreements, says Zulon Begum, partner at CM Murray LLP

19 Aug 2026

Finance

Corporate Governance

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Business | Trust is becoming the most valuable feature in AI

Julien Gruhier, director of AI, assesses the benchmarking of Croner Intelligence against standard AI tools, highlighting the importance of trust and accuracy versus the amount of irrelevant information in generic AI responses

19 Aug 2026

Business

AI & Technology

Croner Intelligence

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Finance | Accounting for long-term contracts under FRS 102 Section 23

A significant overhaul of FRS 102 for upcoming accounting periods will affect reporting of long-term contracts under Section 23 resulting in very different revenue amounts being recognised. Steve Collings FCCA, partner at Leavitt Walmsley Associates, explains

19 Aug 2026

Tax | Salary sacrifice pension changes will cost businesses £2.9bn extra tax

Plans to carve out pensions from salary sacrifice with annual cap will increase tax bills by £2.9bn for employers while employees set to lose £800m a year

19 Aug 2026

Business | M&Co paid £2.6m tax bill before retailer dissolved

High street clothing chain M&Co owed creditors £34m after collapse with liquidators confirming multimillion pound tax debt repaid

19 Aug 2026

Business

Companies

Restructuring & Insolvency

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HR | Changes to funding rules for apprenticeships

Stacie Cheadle, technical writer at Croner, looks at what employers need to know about hiring apprentices, employee status and funding changes effective from 1 August

19 Aug 2026

HR

Work

Leadership & Management

Careers

Training & CPD

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Business | Game over for bookkeeper after stole £800k from family business

Stechford bookkeeper ‘committed large-scale fraud’ against his own family’s business, spending over £800,000 the money on designer clothes and video game streamers

19 Aug 2026

Business

Accountancy Firms

Called to Account

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Latest news

Business | Fashion tech CEO faked audits in $300m fraud scheme

HR | From suits and ties to smart casual: what should men actually wear to work?

Tax | Tax traps for Harry and Meghan on return to UK

Tax | Lifetime gifting and inheritance tax

HR | Maternity leave and notification of internal vacancies

| July tax take up 17% on two years ago

| Demise of chequebook to only 0.2% of purchases

Tax | Glasgow director faces £1.4m tax penalty as ID hijack claim rejected

Business | AI guardrails: how is your data protected?

Business | Sheffield United owners hit with winding-up order over £35m debt

Tax | Accountancy bodies slate HMRC plan for ‘reckless statements’ offence

Finance | Materiality is about disclosing what matters in annual reports

Tax | 79% of builders and tradespeople not ready for MTD

Business | Hike in business costs ‘structural, not a blip’ warns BCC

Finance | BlueCrest ruling is a health check for LLPs, not a warning sign

Business | Trust is becoming the most valuable feature in AI

Finance | Accounting for long-term contracts under FRS 102 Section 23

Tax | Salary sacrifice pension changes will cost businesses £2.9bn extra tax

Business | M&Co paid £2.6m tax bill before retailer dissolved

HR | Changes to funding rules for apprenticeships

Business | Game over for bookkeeper after stole £800k from family business