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Business | Why technology integration is vital in accountancy firm mergers

Firms are under increasing pressure to integrate IT and back office quickly post M&A to avoid a string of problems down the road. Jonathan Priestley, general manager, and Eva Mrazikova, accountant and senior director at IRIS Accountancy, explain the priorities to consider

11 Jun 2026

Accountancy Firms

AI & Technology

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Business | Coming soon… Croner Intelligence AI virtual assistant

Exciting news for accountants and finance professionals as we prepare to launch Croner Intelligence, our brand new AI virtual assistant

11 Jun 2026

Accountancy Firms

AI & Technology

Croner Intelligence

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Business | Chinese directors registered 4.3k phantom ‘squatter’ companies

Insolvency Service shuts down ‘squatters in a genuine Fleet Street address’ after business gives thousands of Chinese companies false UK presence

10 Jun 2026

Called to Account

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Business | CBI boss warns ‘business is not a cash tap’ as tax bills soar

Head of CBI says high tax burden is ‘not free of consequence’, warning cost of doing business ‘has reached a tipping point’

5 Jun 2026

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Business | £2.5m HMRC bill for rescued Leon restaurants

Fast food chain Leon saved from collapse with CVA deal after ‘unanimous support from creditors’ including HMRC despite £2.5m outstanding tax claim

1 Jun 2026

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Business | Ousted BP chair hits back at ‘serious misconduct’ claims

Former chair of oil giant BP, Albert Manifold, refutes board’s claims of misconduct, stating ‘I dispute entirely this characterisation of my conduct’, arguing his focus was on accelerating cost cutting and driving performance

28 May 2026

Corporate Governance

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Business | Poundland owners rescue Radley handbags in pre-pack deal

Radley, the handbag maker synonymous with the iconic Scottie dog tags, rescued in pre-pack deal after £6.1m loss year on year, but all high street shops to shut

28 May 2026

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Business | BP removes chair after ‘serious concerns’ about conduct

Oil giant BP confirms immediate removal of chair and director Albert Manifold after ‘serious concerns’ related to ‘important governance standards, oversight and conduct’

26 May 2026

Corporate Governance

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Business | Starling Bank launches tap to pay on smartphones for SMEs

Challenger bank teams up with fintech Adyen to allow SME business customers to accept debit and credit card payments from customers using smartphones and Starling bank app

21 May 2026

Accountancy Firms

Financial Reporting

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Business | Inflation cools to 2.8% as heating bills fall

Lower electricity, gas, and computer games unexpectedly reduce April inflation to 2.8%, but warnings about ‘inflation storm sparked by the Iran war’

20 May 2026

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Business | HaysMac acquires corporate finance advisors Green Square

HaysMac expands with acquisition of corporate finance advisors, Green Square, specialists in M&A advisory and transactional advice

19 May 2026

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Three accountants make rich list with £5.7bn combined wealth

The Beckhams and Oasis brothers joined by former PwC partner, ex-president of ICAS, and ACCA trained care sector millionaire

18 May 2026

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Accountancy sector growth up 9.5% as GDP holds up

March saw GDP hit 0.3% as impact of conflict in the Gulf did not dampen growth while accountancy sector reported record growth up nearly 10%

14 May 2026

Accountancy Firms

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Business | King’s Speech outlines closer trade ties with EU, less red tape

In a turbulent week for the prime minister, King’s Speech sets out legislative programme with plans for closer ties to EU in a major re-set, late payment clampdown, less costly and onerous levels of red tape from regulators to drive innovation, and digital ID cards are back

13 May 2026

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Business | HMRC’s hard turn on tax enforcement

Soaring number of winding up petitions after HMRC gained secondary preferential creditor status makes it more difficult to negotiate time to pay agreements to settle tax debts, warn Linton Bloomberg, partner, and Josh Beasley, trainee solicitor, at Reed Smith

13 May 2026

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Business | Bristol mattress maker fails to recoil from £111k tax bill

Company hailed as ‘revolutionary cool sleep concept’ collapses owing £1.7m to creditors with bills owed to HMRC, the Home Office, and Bristol Council

12 May 2026

Restructuring & Insolvency

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