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Business | SEC sues Elon Musk for securities fraud

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elon Musk is facing the possibility of being barred from running a public company, after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the CEO and chairman of Tesla with securities fraud for a series of allegedly false and misleading tweets

28 Sep 2018

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AI & Technology

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Business | Coffey: legal complexity of electronic signatures problematic

The Law Commission’s consultation on electronic signatures has produced some early conclusions but questions still remain, says Robert Coffey, managing partner at Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP

28 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

AI & Technology

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| AIM governance code requirement to come into force

From 28 September 2018, all companies listed on the AIM market will have to state which governance code they will be adhering to and give explanations if they choose to deviate from them

27 Sep 2018

Corporate Governance

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Business | Regulator to investigate Moss Side charity over accounts filing

The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into The Moss Side and Hulme Community Development Trust amid concerns over its failure to file accounting information and the possibility of unauthorised payments

27 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Edinburgh to consult on £11m ‘tourist tax’

Edinburgh City Council is set to consult on plans to introduce an accommodation levy on visitors to the Scottish capital with the aim of raising around £11m per year

27 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Business | UHY Hacker Young East grows Cambridgeshire presence

UHY Hacker Young East, part of the top 20 accountancy group UHY Hacker Young, has acquired the Huntingdon based accountancy firm, The Young Company, to grow its presence in Cambridgeshire

27 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

Leadership & Management

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Business | PRA to consult on climate change financial risks management

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) is to launch a consultation on banks’ governance, strategy and risk management in responding to the financial risks from climate change, after a survey found only one in ten are taking a long term strategic view on the issues

27 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Government partners with Bloomberg on gender pay data

The government is to partner with global business and financial information company Bloomberg to promote and improve reporting and transparency around gender equality in the workplace

27 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Spanicciati: quarterly reporting fosters blinkered thinking

The US is questioning the value of quarterly reporting and reliance on a three-month cycle. Mario Spanicciati, chief strategy officer at BlackLine, calls for action to end short-termism

27 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Carillion collapse ‘to cost taxpayers £150m’

Trade union Unite is claiming the collapse of Carillion is likely to cost taxpayers more than £150m in redundancy payments to former employees of the outsourcer and fees to Big Four accounting firm handling its insolvency

26 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Finance | Late filing of annual accounts up 23% since 2014

Data provided by Companies House shows that the number of private and public limited companies receiving penalties for late filing has increased significantly in four years

26 Sep 2018

Financial Reporting

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Business | Morison KSi names second female CEO

Morison KSi has named Amanda Long as its new CEO, following the departure earlier this year of Liza Robbins, the top 10 global accounting firm association’s first-ever CEO

26 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

Leadership & Management

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Finance | Climate risk reporting lacks financial impact analysis

The majority of companies are reporting information about climate-related risks and opportunities, but few disclose the financial impact of climate change on the company, according to an impact study by the task force on climate-related financial disclosures (TCFD)

26 Sep 2018

Financial Reporting

Accountancy Firms

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Business | 34-year ban for directors in pension scheme transfer abuse

Four directors of companies that formed part of a group involved in the transfer of millions of pounds of pensions have been banned for a total of 34 years, after an Insolvency Service investigation found they had been abusing members’ funds

26 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

Restructuring & Insolvency

Called to Account

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Business | Fraud tops £500m in first half 2018

Authorised and unauthorised fraud totalled £503.4m in the first six months of 2018, with authorised push payment (APP) scams on the increase, according to data from UK Finance

26 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Business | GDPR and charities: a ten-step guide

Martin George, programme and compliance manager at the Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI), provides guidance on best data practices and implementing general data protection regulation (GDPR) in small charities

26 Sep 2018

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