Companies

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Tax | Chancellor sets out growth priorities

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has outlined plans to boost the UK economy while stressing that tax cuts will not happen until inflation is under control

27 Jan 2023

Business | UK business confidence falls to 13-year low

ICAEW’s latest Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) shows that business confidence continues to plummet, following difficult economic conditions and falling customer demand

26 Jan 2023

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Business | Criminal offence on false accounting planned

The government is introducing an offence of failure to prevent false accounting or fraud in the Economic Crime Bill

26 Jan 2023

Leadership & Management

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Business | Car dealer banned for £50k bounce back fraud

A car dealer has been disqualified as a director for 11 years after fraudulently taking a £50,000 bounce back loan

26 Jan 2023

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Business | £305m diverted from money laundering risk

Authorities and banks blocked £305m in proceeds from money laundering, with a total of 83,000 defence against money laundering (DAML) notices issued in 2022

26 Jan 2023

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Business | UK Investment Bank did not follow Corporate Governance Code

The UK Investment Bank was created in a rush at ministers’ insistence, which meant it operated with weak financial governance and very close to the Treasury for its first year

25 Jan 2023

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Business | Government cracks down on ‘fire and rehire’ practices

The government is consulting on proposals to introduce a statutory code of practice to stop controversial dismissal tactics used by unscrupulous employers

25 Jan 2023

Business | Companies in critical financial distress up 36%

The number of companies rated as being under critical financial distress continues to rise rapidly as debt accumulates

24 Jan 2023

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Business | Melton and Maldon pay best hourly rates

Melton in Leicestershire and Maldon in Essex have seen the biggest hikes in hourly pay as city locations no longer dominate the earnings league table

23 Jan 2023

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Tax | Investment will drop without super-deduction tax break

The head of the CBI is calling on government to focus on providing tax breaks for businesses to encourage investment and support the stalling economy

23 Jan 2023

Tax | Half of sole traders yet to file self assessment returns

More than half of sole traders have not started their self assessment tax returns with only 11 days to go until the filing deadline

20 Jan 2023

Business | Manchester City named highest earning football club

The 20 highest revenue generating clubs in world football earned €9.2bn (£8bn) in the 2021/22 season, topped by Manchester City

20 Jan 2023

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Business | Register of Overseas Entities deadline approaches

Overseas based businesses owning UK property have less than two weeks to sign up to the Register of Overseas Entities to avoid £5,000 fine

18 Jan 2023

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Business | WWF tackles nature-related threats with risk tool

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has launched a free online tool to help companies identify biodiversity-related risks across their operations and investment portfolios

18 Jan 2023

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Business | Electric battery start-up Britishvolt collapses

The UK battery start-up Britishvolt has made the majority of its 300 staff redundant with immediate effect after the group signalled it was going into administration

17 Jan 2023