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Business | Covid loan fraud and error will cost UK taxpayers tens of billions, say MPs

Taxpayers will lose tens of billions of pounds to covid-19 support schemes because the government dropped basic fraud checks and rolled out the programmes in haste, a parliamentary report has claimed

30 Jun 2021

Tax | Business rates support to shrink for thousands of covid-hit firms

Thousands of businesses across the UK are preparing to restart property tax payments as the current £13.8bn business rates holiday is cut today

30 Jun 2021

Tax | Stamp duty holiday pushes 1.8m houses into a higher land tax bracket

Intense market activity over the last 12 months has accelerated house price growth, pushing 1.8m UK properties into a higher stamp duty bracket

30 Jun 2021

Business | KPMG launches partnerships with universities

The Big Four firm has launched the first of a number of business partnerships which aims to drive insight for clients and support the regional economic growth agenda

30 Jun 2021

Leadership & Management

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Business | 12 months on: Lessons we can learn from the Wirecard scandal

The Wirecard scandal is one of the biggest scandals to happen in the auditing industry for arguably the last decade. Simon Bittlestone, CEO of Metapraxis, delves into the scandal and discusses the lessons the industry has learnt

30 Jun 2021

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Business | HMRC sacks over 200 officers for failing to protect taxpayer data

HRMC dismissed 40 members of staff and gave 95 a written warning for breaches in data security in the last twelve months

29 Jun 2021

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Business | The impact of the UK’s post-covid finances on recovery and insolvency

As we head towards the light at the end of the tunnel for the covid-19 pandemic, Benjamin Wiles, managing director at Kroll looks at what the impact of post-covid finances has on business recovery and insolvency

29 Jun 2021

Restructuring & Insolvency

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| BEIS committee criticise government’s plan for economic recovery

The UK government's plan for economic recovery after the covid-19 pandemic lacks clear direction, ministerial accountability and responsibility, and has no clear methods to measure its success says the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee

29 Jun 2021

Politics

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Tax | LITRG urges HMRC to intervene in sneaky ‘deeds of assignments’

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) urges HMRC to intervene as more and more people, that have used a tax refund company, are discovering that they trapped in a ‘deed of assignment’ when trying to claim their tax refund

29 Jun 2021

Business | HMRC launches over 12,000 probes into covid-19 scheme fraud

HMRC has carried out over 12,000 compliance interventions relating to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) and Eat Out to Help Out Scheme (EOHO)

28 Jun 2021

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Business | The Insolvency Service releases guidance for creditors

The Insolvency Service has released new and detailed guidance for creditors and money advisors under the Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space)

28 Jun 2021

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Business | MOD not able to prioritise value for money on equipment contracts

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) regularly experiences difficulties in effectively managing its major equipment contracts, with frequent delays and cost increases the National Audit Office (NAO) has found

28 Jun 2021

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Business | Third round of culture recovery fund released

The final £300m of the governments £2bn rescue package, The Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) has been released

25 Jun 2021