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Business | BAME 2020: Vincent Egunlae, associate, Grant Thornton

In the first of a series, Accountancy Daily speaks with those fighting to improve BAME representation within the accountancy profession. Vincent Egunlae, founder of Grant Thornton’s Ethnicity Group, highlights barriers to the profession, the importance of inclusion and the need for frank discussions

7 Aug 2020

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Tax | HMRC appoints Holliday as tax assurance commissioner

Justin Holliday, HMRC’s chief finance officer (CFO), has been named as tax assurance commissioner, replacing Melissa Tatton who is moving to Ofcom from September

5 Aug 2020

Leadership & Management

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Business | Quarter of finance teams to continue home working

Despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging employees to start returning to their workplace from next week, a quarter report their company’s finance teams will not be returning to the office with other staff in August and will now work at home for the majority of the time, according to research by Theta Financial Reporting

31 Jul 2020

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Business | FTSE 350 companies with female execs increase profits

Increasing the number of women on the leadership teams of FTSE 350 companies could add £47bn to their profits, according to research by gender diversity specialist The Pipeline

31 Jul 2020

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Business | Furloughed workers to get full redundancy payments

The government has introduced legislation to ensure furloughed employees receive statutory redundancy pay based on their normal wages, rather than a reduced furlough rate, so that they receive their full entitlement

31 Jul 2020

Leadership & Management

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Business | Covid-19: self-isolation period extended

Andrew Willis, head of legal at Croner comments on the planned increase of the self-isolation period by three days, exploring ways employers could cover this added absence through annual leave or the statutory sick pay (SSP) rebate scheme

31 Jul 2020

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Tax | HMRC CEO’s warning over job retention bonus

HMRC CEO Jim Harra has challenged the Chancellor over the Job Retention Bonus Scheme set out in this week’s summer economic update, saying that the £1,000 bonus to be paid to employers who bring back furloughed staff may not be cost effective

10 Jul 2020

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Business | Chancellor’s statement boosts training options

The Chancellor’s £30bn plan for jobs, which will see the current furlough scheme wound down in favour of a series of measures to encourage the creation of new positions, has been broadly welcomed for its focus on younger workers, and the opportunities for re-training

9 Jul 2020

Leadership & Management

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Business | ‘Amnesty’ planned for furlough breaches

The government plans to offer an ‘amnesty’ to employers who have furloughed employees during the coronavirus crisis without meeting the formal conditions of the scheme, enabling them to repay sums without penalties or further sanctions

9 Jul 2020

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Tax | Chancellor urged to go further with Covid-19 support

Early reaction to the Chancellor’s summer update of measures to combat the economic challenges posed by Covid-19 has been largely positive, although there has been surprise at the lack of support for some badly affected sectors such as retail and aviation

8 Jul 2020

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Tax | Summer Statement: Chancellor offers job funding, VAT cuts and eat out discounts

Just four months after his first Budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a summer economic update designed to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with a commitment to encouraging job creation through a government ‘plan for jobs’ and stimulus for consumer spending

8 Jul 2020

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Tax | HMRC names new deputy CEO

Angela MacDonald has been named as the HMRC’S new deputy chief executive, succeeding Jim Harra who vacated the position in October 2019 when he took on the top role as HMRC’s chief executive

7 Jul 2020

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Business | Opinion: Don’t bar Branson from bailouts

Despite calls for UK corporates registered offshore to be denied government help during the coronavirus crisis, Andersen Tax’s Miles Dean argues that support could save thousands of jobs

7 Jul 2020

Leadership & Management

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Finance | FRC gives four-year deadline for Big Four audit separation

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has given PwC, EY, KPMG and Deloitte four years in which to agree to operational separation of their audit practices, in a bid to drive up audit quality and end what the regulator dubbed ‘persistent cross subsidy’ from the rest of the firm

6 Jul 2020

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Business | Push to widen FTSE board diversity

The 30% Club, which has been campaigning for better representation for women on boards for a decade, has announced new diversity targets for UK companies over the next three years, including greater BAME representation at the top level in big companies

3 Jul 2020

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Business | Calculating the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme - CPD module – NEW

This month's exclusive Accountancy Daily CPD module focuses on the eligibility criteria and calculating how much a client can claim through the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS)

1 Jul 2020

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