Companies

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Business | Championship play-off sees £170m at stake for clubs

This weekend’s championship play-off final will see Huddersfield and Nottingham Forest contest the most lucrative fixture in world football

27 May 2022

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Business | KPMG, PwC, and Deloitte ranked in Top 50 Employers for Women

PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, and Grant Thornton have been recognised as part of the Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2022

27 May 2022

Accountancy Firms

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Business | How to price in wage increases and protect profits

With the cost of living crisis, businesses need to focus on retaining staff and factoring pay increases into overall profitability, explains Stuart Clark, managing director of accountancy firm Russell & Russell

27 May 2022

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Business | Level of business fraud escalates

Almost two thirds of UK organisations have fallen victim to fraud in the last two years, with cyber attacks and supply chain fraud growing

26 May 2022

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Businesses reduce hiring and investment

Middle market businesses have hit the brakes on crucial people and business investment as inflationary pressure, recessionary fears, wage pressures and staff shortages reduce confidence

26 May 2022

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Business | Ofgem price cap set to rise to £2.8k

Ofgem chief, Jonathan Brearley has warned that the energy price cap is to rise again in October taking the annual cap from £1,971 to £2,800

25 May 2022

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Business | One in five workers plan to quit their job

A fifth of UK workers expect to leave their current job in the next 12 months reveals PwC’s Global Workforce Hopes and Fears survey

25 May 2022

Business | 81% of businesses faced negative effects of NIC increase

Four out of five employers stated that they were immediately impacted by the increase in National Insurance contributions (NICs) according to a recent survey

23 May 2022

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Business | Chancellor one of top 250 richest people in UK

Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty have made the Sunday Times Rich List of the UK's wealthiest 250 people for the first time

23 May 2022

Business | SME lending hits all-time low

Lending to SMEs in the UK is the lowest it has ever been with fewer than one in ten small businesses applying for finance in the first quarter

20 May 2022

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Business | People in the news: AAB, BDO, Hurst, KPMG, Thomas Westcott

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner promotions at AAB, BDO, KPMG and Thomas Westcott, director appointments at HW Fisher and Hurst, and FD for Commonwealth War Graves Commission

20 May 2022

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Tax | Sunak promises tax cuts for businesses

In a speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) the Chancellor has promised tax cuts for businesses in the Autumn Budget

19 May 2022

Business | MPs criticise BEIS handling of £4.9bn covid loan fraud

As the scale of fraud associated with covid loans hits £4.9bn, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have criticised the way the Department for Business (BEIS) handled fraud checks on businesses

19 May 2022

Business | Tax recruitment is booming

Demand for tax professionals is at an all-time high as accountants and tax experts look for more flexibility and work life balance. Chris Nelson, adviser and investor to the World of Human Capital, examines current recruitment trends

18 May 2022

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Business | Petrol retailers told to pass on fuel duty cut

The government has called on petrol retailers to pass on the 5p cut to fuel duty to customers as criticism intensifies as the cost of fuel continues to rise

18 May 2022