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Business | Fake dog fraudster hounds insurers in £31k scam

Liverpool taxi driver fraudulently claimed £31,700 for 30 supposedly dead dogs, including one alleged to have jumped off Blackpool Pier, court hears

28 Aug 2026

Business

Called to Account

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Business | 62% of employers question young people’s readiness for work

Six in 10 employers say young people less ready for work than previous generations, with inadequate school curriculum blamed

28 Aug 2026

Business

Companies

Careers

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Tax | IoM luxury property developer loses £5.4m tax appeal

Upper Tribunal rules for HMRC in tax dispute with Isle of Man based property developer over interpretation of UK-IoM double tax treaty, with potential £1bn of corporation tax at stake as lead appeal

28 Aug 2026

HR | People in the news: Affinia, Grant Thornton, S&W

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at Affinia, Grant Thornton, S&W, Johnston Carmichael, Leonard Curtis, Collyer Bristow, Browne Jacobson, FCA

28 Aug 2026

HR

Leadership & Management

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Tax | Summer VAT cut ends on 1 September

The Great British Summer Savings VAT discount ends on Tuesday with government reporting millions of pounds saved by families but there are potential pitfalls for businesses due to VAT complexity and exemptions

28 Aug 2026

Tax

VAT

Politics

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Tax | Register for webinar on company car tax

Join our live webinar on company car tax at 2pm on Tuesday 1 September

28 Aug 2026

Tax | Jamie Carragher faces bankruptcy petition over tax bill

Longtime Liverpool and England player turned pundit Jamie Carragher faces being declared bankrupt

28 Aug 2026

Tax

HMRC

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HR | Maternity leave and paying for keeping in touch days

In the third in our mini series on maternity leave, Stacie Cheadle, technical writer at Croner, explains how keeping in touch (KIT) days work and payment rules

28 Aug 2026

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Work

Leadership & Management

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Finance | Can your accounting systems handle UK GAAP changes: part five

Ollie Garrod ACA, accounting expert at Croner, explains the key issues and potential pitfalls when checking whether systems and software are ready for migration to revised UK GAAP accounting rules

27 Aug 2026

Tax | Capital gains tax hits record £24.2bn in 89% surge

Payments of capital gains tax soar by nearly double in single year to record £24.2bn, with annual increase of £11.4bn exceeding total amount collected any time between 1987 and 2020

27 Aug 2026

Tax

Personal Tax

Property Tax

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Tax | Reform’s £30 HMRC gimmick winds up Treasury minister

Top HMRC officials will have pay linked to service targets under Reform, says Robert Jenrick, describing HMRC service as treating taxpayers ‘appallingly’

27 Aug 2026

Tax

HMRC

Politics

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Tax | Hardman’s Tax Data - free access for subscribers

Business & Accountancy Daily subscribers have free access to the full suite of Hardman’s Tax Data, part of Croner Navigate Tax, as part of their member benefits

27 Aug 2026

Tax | Crypto investors paid out £1.38bn in tax to HMRC

Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin investors reported £1.38bn of taxable capital gains to HMRC, with 240 taxpayers accounting for more than half the total

27 Aug 2026

Tax

Personal Tax

HMRC

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Business | MHA sets up Gatwick office in southeast push

AIM listed MHA expands southeast team with new office in Crawley to service Gatwick based businesses and wider southeast clients

27 Aug 2026

Business | Agentic AI explained: why several narrow agents beat one generic AI assistant

Julien Gruhier, director of AI at Croner Intelligence, explains agentic AI, why narrow agents are specialists, not generalists and why this matters for accountants and tax professionals

26 Aug 2026

Business | Deloitte to pay £16m in US ‘woke’ practices claim

Accounting giant Deloitte agrees to pay $21.5m after failed to comply with US ‘anti-discrimination requirements’ when tendering for public sector contracts

26 Aug 2026

Business

Accountancy Firms

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Finance | Finance compliance officer barred over missing £450k client money

Hartlepool based solicitor and finance compliance officer barred from practice after £450k of client money ‘dissipated’

26 Aug 2026

Finance

Corporate Governance

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HR | Companions at meetings: what are the rules?

Stacie Cheadle, technical writer, explains the statutory right to be accompanied with practical advice on how to deal with requests and definitiion of companion

26 Aug 2026

HR

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