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Finance | Cruise specialist Saga hires PwC for £2m audit

Over 50s travel and insurance specialist Saga plc swaps Big Four auditor after competitive tender with PwC set to take over the £2m audit contract

2 Sep 2026

Finance

Auditing

Corporate Governance

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Tax | 65% of tax penalties overturned on appeal

Appeals against penalties hit six-year high as HMRC increases use of automatically generated fines using ‘blunt approach’ to deal with taxpayers

2 Sep 2026

Tax

HMRC

Tax | HMRC fuel advisory rates from September 2026

Fuel advisory rates for company cars effective from September to 1 December 2026

2 Sep 2026

Business | Finance assistant jailed for £92k theft from cancer charity

Charity finance worker jailed after going on ‘spending spree’ using £91,966 from Breast Cancer Now, buying £14,000 wedding ring

2 Sep 2026

Business

Called to Account

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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

2 Sep 2026

Tax | HMRC chief handed ‘unsalaried’ honorary professorship

John-Paul Marks becomes first HMRC chief executive to be made honorary professor, but tax office stresses there will be ‘no impact’ on his responsibilities

1 Sep 2026

Tax

HMRC

Politics

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Business | Brit sentenced in £44m ‘Singapore Solution’ tax evasion case

British co-founder of Hong Kong based asset management firm used shell bank accounts in Swiss private bank to evade tax for US clients sentenced to time served

1 Sep 2026

Business

Called to Account

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Tax | Chartered accountant Griffith named as shadow chancellor

Mel Stride replaced by former PwC chartered accountant Andrew Griffith as Conservative leader reshuffles shadow cabinet in major pre-Budget shake-up

1 Sep 2026

Tax

Politics

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Tax | Tax filing deadlines: Sep – Jan 2027

Corporation tax filing deadline for accounting periods ended 30 September 2025, second quarterly update for MTD

1 Sep 2026

Tax | Q&A: splitting businesses for VAT purposes

In this week’s Q&A, Melody Jagus, adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains HMRC’s approach to VAT disaggregation and potential pitfalls of splitting businesses to avoid VAT threshold

1 Sep 2026

Tax | Making Tax Digital is creating one long silly season

The first MTD filing deadline created a headache for overstretched accountants, with new quarterly reporting rules contributing to already rising workloads, warns Louise Walpole, commercial director of Advancetrack

1 Sep 2026

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

1 Sep 2026

| Keir Starmer resigns as St Pancras MP

Former prime minister resigns as member of parliament after taking ‘time to reflect’

1 Sep 2026

Business

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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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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

Careers

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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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Finance | Cruise specialist Saga hires PwC for £2m audit

Tax | 65% of tax penalties overturned on appeal

Tax | HMRC fuel advisory rates from September 2026

Business | Finance assistant jailed for £92k theft from cancer charity

Business | Complete the AI in Accounting & Tax Survey

Tax | HMRC chief handed ‘unsalaried’ honorary professorship

Business | Brit sentenced in £44m ‘Singapore Solution’ tax evasion case

Tax | Chartered accountant Griffith named as shadow chancellor

Tax | Tax filing deadlines: Sep – Jan 2027

Tax | Q&A: splitting businesses for VAT purposes

Tax | Making Tax Digital is creating one long silly season

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

| Keir Starmer resigns as St Pancras MP

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

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

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

Tax | Summer VAT cut ends on 1 September

Tax | Register for webinar on company car tax

Tax | Jamie Carragher faces bankruptcy petition over tax bill

HR | Maternity leave and paying for keeping in touch days