The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is clamping down on advertising by claims management companies after a review found widespread poor practice

The future of Bolton Wanderers football club, one of the founder members of the Football League, is on a knife-edge as it must find a buyer by a deadline of 5pm today or cease operations, after a bidding consortium failed to win the required support for its offer

As the possibility of a no-deal Brexit nears, it becomes more important for EU workers to be aware of the requirement to apply for settled status to allow them to continue to work in the UK after 2020. Kate Palmer, associate director of advisory at Peninsula, sets out five key considerations for employers

HMRC is to automatically enrol over 145,000 VAT-registered UK companies into the economic operator registration and identification (EORI) customs system to reduce the risk of Brexit disruption to trade

The government’s small business commissioner has sounded a warning about large companies’ failure to pay adequate compensation to small business in cases of late payment of invoices, following an investigation into a complaint brought against healthcare giant Bupa

Credit ratings agency Moody’s has criticised plans to defer the rollout of the new US lease accounting standard for smaller companies and non-profits, saying it will distort comparability of accounts

Court cases involving alleged fraud dropped in value in the first half of 2019 to £319m, down from £345m in the same period last year, but there are signs cybercrime is becoming more sophisticated and fraudsters are sometimes repeat offenders

The average pay package for FTSE 100 CEOs has fallen to £3.4m, down from £4m, but criticism of excessive pension payments is growing as shareholders hit out

Leading wealth manager Tilney and top 10 fund management and accounting firm Smith & Williamson, are reportedly mulling a merger which would create a combined entity with some £45bn of assets under management, with the accounting division kept within the group

Accountants can play a pivotal role when business owners decide to sell from ensuring the finances are in shape to essential advisory and strategic support. Glen Foster, director, partner sales at Xero, provides tips and advice

Accountants from all backgrounds will be starring in television and radio adverts, to be played during the daytime across a range of channels over the next six weeks, as part of a campaign by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) to attract applicants to the accounting sector