Leadership &amp; Management

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Business | Rise in companies collecting ethnicity pay gap data

The number of companies calculating their ethnicity pay gap has grown significantly in the past two years, a study by PwC suggests

11 Sep 2020

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Business | Accountants fight the horror of modern slavery

The Institute of Financial Accountants is working in partnership with the National Crime Agency (NCA) to help raise awareness of modern slavery and support accountants to tackle the horrors of human trafficking

11 Sep 2020

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Tax | IR35 delay leads to blanket ban U-turn

The delay to the private sector IR35 roll-out has encouraged more employers to ‘get it right this time around’, with staffing companies reporting that over a third of hirers (35%) were making a U-turn on non-PSC decisions

10 Sep 2020

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Tax | Preferential creditor change creates headache for rescue remedies

As HMRC regains its position at the front of the creditor queue, Ashford’s Katie Farmer and Amy Gallimore explain the impact on corporate insolvencies, including CVA challenges and cash flow crises

10 Sep 2020

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Finance | Small accountancy firms remain vital to SME Covid-19 survival

To commemorate Small Business Advice Week, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) produced a report outlining the importance of Smaller accountancy firms on businesses trying to survive the Covid-19 pandemic

9 Sep 2020

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Business | Medium-sized businesses fear post-furlough redundancies

More than half (60%) of the UK’s medium-sized businesses are planning redundancies when the coronavirus job retention scheme comes to an end in October, according to research from BDO

7 Sep 2020

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Business | Working from home poses £15bn risk to economy

As employees are encouraged to begin returning to the office this week, research from PwC warns of a potential £15.3bn hit to UK GDP every year if pandemic-levels of home working continue

7 Sep 2020

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Business | HMRC names new chief digital and information officer

HMRC has appointed Daljit Rehal as its new chief digital and information officer (CDIO), a role which the tax authority has described as ‘a challenge like no other’ as it moves to expand its digital services

4 Sep 2020

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Business | Grant Thornton and BPP launch business mentoring apprenticeship

Grant Thornton has launched a coaching professional apprenticeship, in a bid to enhance professionalism in the role and provide employees and companies with the skills and framework to make coaching at work effective

4 Sep 2020

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Business | How to play the virtual job-hunting game

Writing the modern CV, coping with video interviews, and breaking the LinkedIn code are just some of today’s challenges but Paula Gardner, founder of The Redundancy Recovery Hub shares important advice for those looking for a post-redundancy position

4 Sep 2020

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Business | Universal basic income trial starts in Germany

Germany is set to trial providing citizens with a universal basic income, launching a three-year study of how receiving a non-means tested guaranteed flat-rate monthly sum from the state affects the economy and recipients' well-being

4 Sep 2020

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Business | People in the news: BDO, HW Fisher, Begbies Traynor

In this week’s accountancy career moves, two partner appointments at BDO, director named at Begbies Traynor, and hires at Tide and HW Fisher

4 Sep 2020

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Business | £2bn ‘Kickstart’ scheme to tackle youth unemployment

The Treasury has launched a £2bn ‘Kickstart’ scheme designed to address post-Covid youth unemployment by creating government-subsidised jobs across the UK

2 Sep 2020

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Business | People in the news: Moore Thompson, Cooper Parry, KPMG

In this week’s accountancy career moves, associate partner appointed at KPMG, hires at Moore Thompson and Cooper Parry, and non-executive director at The West Bromwich Society

28 Aug 2020

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Business | Covid-19: half of Financial Services workforce consider career change

Covid-19 has prompted a bout of soul searching among Financial Services workers, with almost half (44%) considering a career change, according to research by KPMG and the Financial Services Skills Commission

28 Aug 2020