UK manufacturing is at risk of investment paralysis, with industry leaders branding a potential Brexit no deal as ‘economic lunacy' as prospects for the manufacturing sector continue to weaken as the uncertainty of Brexit drags on

Brexit fears and a slowdown in the housing sector has put a squeeze on the construction sector forcing directors of UK construction companies to lend £550m to their own businesses in the last year, up from the £528m in 2017

Commerce and industry accounting professionals are considering their next moves carefully, sacrificing salary for progression, while demand for interim professionals continues. Helen Firth, C&I manager at Morgan McKinley analyses the latest recruitment trends

The Investment Association (IA) is calling for companies provide more information about their  approach to paying dividends by publishing a ‘distribution policy’ setting out how they pay dividends to shareholders to curb the use of unapproved interim dividend payments

Final salary pension schemes may be a legacy of a more generous time, but they remain a balance sheet issue for finance directors amidst deficit warnings and consolidation risks. Adrian Cooper, head of direct distribution, TPT Retirement Solutions, considers whether master trusts are the right approach

While the majority of businesses use a tax agent to help deal with tax compliance, a third of these agents are unregulated and operate outside the self regulated tax services market, while they are not members of professional bodies which comply with accepted professional codes of conduct

Victims of Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams are now more likely to get their money back following the launch of a new banking industry code, amid warnings that banks are being slow to use technology in the fight against financial crime

Real Madrid is the most lucrative football club in Europe valued at over €3bn (£2.7bn), while Chelsea and Liverpool have both broken through the €2bn (£1.8bn) barrier for the first time this season in KPMG’s football clubs’ enterprise value ranking, which sees the top 32 clubs in Europe valued at over £30bn

The Serious Fraud Office is working on clarifying the rules on reporting fraud and corruption in an effort to encourage more companies to come forward when they unearth wrongdoing. Alistair Graham, partner, and Paul Whitfield-Jones, senior associate, of Mayer Brown International LLP, consider the legal implications over privileged material

Patrick Day, associate director at Portfolio Payroll, explains the key legislative changes for employers and employees, highlighting compliance issues from the requirement for payslips for all workers to use of non-disclosure agreements and the increase in auto enrolment pension contributions

EY is teaming up with Thomson Reuters to develop leading-edge, digitally enabled tax services targeted at mulitnationals operating across tax jurisdictions

EY has been called in to handle the administration of British Steel after last-minute attempts to arrange a rescue deal failed and the government announced the company has gone into compulsory liquidation