Companies

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Business | BEIS to hold webinar on accounting and audit requirements post-Brexit

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is to hold a webinar on Tuesday 19 March at midday informing businesses of accounting and audit changes and how to operate legally in the EU in the event of a no deal Brexit

15 Mar 2019

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Business | FTSE 350 boards challenged over ‘one and done’ female diversity

The Investment Association (IA) and the Hampton-Alexander review have written to 69, or one in five, of the FTSE 350 companies, challenging them about the lack of gender diversity on their boards, with suggestions their approach is ‘tokenistic’

15 Mar 2019

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Business | Lack of funding for cyber security for government online services

Despite the importance of the digital economy and the move to online services such as Making Tax Digital, the government does not have a sufficiently clear strategy for ensuring cyber security and may not have allocated sufficient funds to its five-year action programme, the National Audit Office (NAO) is warning

15 Mar 2019

Business | Financial Reporting Lab seeks views on future projects

Just a week after news that the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to be disbanded, its financial reporting lab is seeking views on the reporting topics that it should select for its projects over the next few years

14 Mar 2019

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Business | FRC sets date for Women in Finance mentoring event

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) will be holding a Women in Finance networking event focusing on sponsorship and mentoring to disucss ways to increase the representation of women at the senior level of accounting firms

14 Mar 2019

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Business | Capita back in profit after first year of turnaround

Outsourcing giant Capita, which a year ago signalled it needed to reorganise its finances after issuing a profits warning and a £680m rights issue, has now announced a return to profit as it completed its first year of a major overhaul of its operations

14 Mar 2019

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| EU agrees framework for whistleblower protection

The European Parliament and member states have reached a provisional agreement on a set of rules that will guarantee a high level of protection for whistleblowers who report breaches of EU law in a range of areas, including anti-money laundering, fraud and corporate taxation

14 Mar 2019

Business | Economic trends: policymakers start to grasp gloomier outlook

The UK economic outlook has darkened with risks shifting increasingly to the downside. Importantly, Brexit uncertainty plays an important part in this, but is by no means the only factor, says Chris Williamson, chief business economist at IHS Markit

14 Mar 2019

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Business | Six-month extension to customs authorisation holder changes

HMRC has confirmed a six-month extension to the implementation date of the change on indirect representation for some customs authorisations’ holders

13 Mar 2019

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Tax | Spring Statement 2019: late payment clampdown on big business

The Chancellor has announced plans to clamp down on late payments with a requirement for the audit committees at listed companies to report on their payment performance in the annual report and accounts

13 Mar 2019

Tax | Spring Statement 2019: visa waiver and e-gate access post Brexit

In a Spring Statement thin on detail and shaped by the lack of progress on Brexit, the Chancellor announced plans to extend e-card immigration rights to citizens from Australia, Singapore and Japan, among others

13 Mar 2019

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Business | UK to slash import duties in no deal Brexit

In the event of a no deal Brexit, the UK will adopt a temporary tariff regime setting the majority of import duties at 0% for a period of up to 12 months, in a move which would have significant implications for cross-border trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

13 Mar 2019

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Business | Whistleblower alerts employment outsourcer to minimum wage underpayments

AIM-listed outsourced workforce supplier Staffline has revealed it has set aside an additional £3.5m to cover potential underpayments of national minimum wage (NMW) going back years, after a whistleblower tipped off auditors PwC about potential problems

13 Mar 2019