The government has published a policy paper on its actions to protect citizens' rights in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal in March next year, which outlines its proposals for EU citizens currently living and working in the UK, as well as UK citizens based in the EU

The government is failing to tackle larger companies who treat small businesses ‘disgracefully’, and needs to toughen up its regime to counter long payment terms and late payments, according to a report from the business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) committee

Companies house has issued guidance that United Nations (UN) sanctions have led to extra checks on applications to register some corporate bodies in order to ascertain if ‘designated persons’ (DPs) are involved

At the end of a challenging year for the firm, KPMG UK has announced its strongest growth in a decade, with revenues up by 8% from £2.17bn to £2.34bn for the financial year ended 30 September 2018 and underlying profit increased by 18% year on year, to reach £356m

EY has announced that Mark Weinberger is to step down as EY global chairman and CEO after six years in the role, during which time he championed increasing diversity at all levels in the firm and created a more inclusive culture

With less than four months to go until Making Tax Digital for VAT becomes mandatory for any VAT-registered business, the pressure is on HMRC to ensure that their IT systems are in place to deal with the complete overhaul of VAT reporting, while Accountancy magazine takes the decision to move exclusively online. Sara White, editor of Accountancy, looks at a rich legacy

The government has issued more guidance to EU-funded non-profit programmes and charities on what they can expect if the UK leaves the bloc without a deal and how they can maintain continuity of funding under the Cabinet Office guarantee

Chief financial officers (CFOs) around the world, including in the UK, are being targeted by an online criminal gang using sophisticated email hacking attacks to persuade individuals to make money transfers, according to a cyber security report which identifies a hit list of more than 50,000 senior finance executives

RGL Forensics is to merge with US accounting firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause (BTVK) to create a global forensic accounting practice under the Baker Tilly brand

Royal Dutch Shell has responded to shareholder pressure to meet climate change goals, and is to set specific net carbon footprint targets which will be linked to executive remuneration, the oil giant has announced

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is to consult on proposals for new, free ‘pensions dashboards’ which would allow people to access their information from most pension schemes in one place online for the first time, following a letter from Frank Field MP

MHA MacIntyre Hudson and Haines Watts are planning to merge their Kent offices to create a single Kent operation under the MHA group brand and will create a team of 10 partners and more than 80 accounting and support staff in Kent, operating from MHA MacIntyre Hudson’s offices in Maidstone and Canterbury