Business | M&A deals drop to pandemic levels

The number of completed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals sat at 77 in December which is the lowest level since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in May 2020 which saw 58

9 Mar 2022

Business

Companies

Business | CPD module: claiming annual investment allowance (AIA)

This month's exclusive Accountancy Daily CPD module provides a refresher course on the conditions for claiming annual investment allowance (AIA)

9 Mar 2022

Business

Companies

Business | HMRC drops winding up petitions against Liberty Steel

HMRC has withdrawn its winding up petitions against four Liberty Steel companies that are part of steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance

8 Mar 2022

Business

Companies

Business | Business investment expected to fall

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has reduced its expected GDP growth in 2022 from 4.2% to 3.6% due to weakened expectations of business investment

7 Mar 2022

Business

Companies

Business | How to avoid company insolvency in 2022

The shackles preventing stakeholders from putting pressure on companies will soon be firmly off as winding up petition protections and rental support end, warn Matthew Padian, managing associate and Lucy Trott, PSL at Stevens & Bolton LLP

7 Mar 2022

Business

Companies

Restructuring & Insolvency

Business | Covid loans used to buy houses and cars

Abuse of covid-19 bounce back loans saw company directors spending the funds on luxury cars, deposits for house purchases and even a jet ski

4 Mar 2022

Business

Companies

Accountancy Firms

Business | Tighten up due diligence in face of Russia sanctions

Accounting firms and businesses need to take action to review their due diligence and sanctions screening procedures to avoid breaking extensive sanctions against Russia

3 Mar 2022

Business

Companies

Accountancy Firms

Business | Specialist department needed to combat ‘fraud epidemic’

An overarching government department for fraud is the only way the UK will be able to combat the current fraud epidemic says former anti-fraud minister Lord Agnew

3 Mar 2022

Business

Companies

Law & Guidance

Business | Boss banned for unexplained £736k spending

A Glasgow takeaway boss has been banned after he could not explain what £763,000, which included a £50,000 bounce back loan, was spent on

3 Mar 2022

Business

Companies

Called to Account

Business | SMEs expect return to pre-pandemic profits

UK SME confidence is high with 79% of UK businesses expecting to return to pre-pandemic profitability in the next 12 months

3 Mar 2022

Business

Companies

Tax | HMRC to accept bulk appeals for late tax returns due to Covid-19

Tax agents and accountants will be able to send bulk appeals against late filing penalties for tax returns filed after 28 February due to Covid-19, HMRC has confirmed

2 Mar 2022

Tax

Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Business

Companies

Tax | Tax regime needs to focus on investment

The Chancellor needs to focus on a tax regime that clarifies and focuses on business investment in order to support growth in the economy 

1 Mar 2022

Tax

Business Tax

Business

Companies

Business | Government to push through Economic Crime Bill

The government is to bring forward the Economic Crime Act to clamp down on money laundering within the UK property market

28 Feb 2022

Business

Companies

Accountancy Firms

Law & Guidance

Business | Poor corporate culture result of board indifference

Boards need to get a grip on unhealthy corporate cultures following a string of culture-related public scandals, with boards not showing leadership on the issue

28 Feb 2022

Business

Companies

Careers

Leadership & Management

Business | £1.9bn Kickstart job scheme was ‘chaotic’

The delivery of the Kickstart scheme designed to provide jobs for young unemployed during the covid pandemic was ‘chaotic’, say MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)

25 Feb 2022

Business

Companies

Careers