The French finance bill for 2019 adjusted the general 30% flat tax on financial incomes, the real estate wealth tax and the business transmission tax regime for high net worth individuals in a bid to keep more wealthy French at home. Benoît Couty, partner at Pichard & Associés, examines the changes

In this month’s legal updates, Sophie Brookes, partner at Gateley, considers three share purchase agreement claims in Triumph Controls UK Ltd, an unreasonable NDA in Harcus Sinclair and the implied duty to act in good faith of Post Office contracts

Faced with increasingly predatory consolidators, should accountancy firms look to grow their practice by branching out into wealth management and independent financial advice services. Keith Underwood examines the pros and cons  

A government scheme set up to help small businesses gain access to funding after being turned down by one of the main banks has been lambasted as a waste of public money, after official statistics show 95% of applications for loans are rejected

In this week’s career moves in the accountancy world, Mazars ramps up housing team, new hires at haysmacintyre and Withers, office managing partner at RSM and promotions at Wright Vigar

Two thirds (65%) of people would not consider taking a job in financial services, on the basis that finance is boring, according to research by KPMG, while of those that do a staggering 41% have parents in the same field

BDO is warning of a potential brain drain in the UK economy if the government does not make a concerted effort to retain and attract European business leaders post-Brexit, after its research found more than 40,000 board-level directors of UK businesses are citizens of EU27 countries

The Treasury has announced that the process to appoint the next governor of the Bank of England has begun, with the current incumbent Mark Carney, due to step down next year

The government has published draft regulations about directors’ remuneration policy and reports, which extend the scope of renumeration reporting to unquoted traded companies and introduce new requirements

Pensions trustees have been warned to produce a chair's statement which is compliant with the law, after fines against two schemes were upheld in court

The EU has agreed minimum rights for workers in casual or short-term employment in the gig economy, with requirements for working conditions to be made clear to workers on the first day on the job, and probationary periods limited to six months

The latest career moves across the accounting profession see senior manager promotions at Price Bailey, partner hires at Grant Thornton and a specialist payroll appointment at RSM