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Business | Business rates appeal system under fire

Businesses are struggling with the newly introduced ‘check challenge appeal’ (CCA) system for business rates, with the majority reporting dissatisfaction with the ‘cumbersome’ processes for checking and challenging ratings valuations, according to analysis by Colliers International

25 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Government publishes no deal intellectual property guidance

The government has released a set of documents covering the technical aspects of intellectual property (IP) and the UK's position in the event of a deal with the EU not being achieved, providing information on trademarks, patents, and exhaustion

25 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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| Only one in 10 top US lead auditors are women

There is a marked gender imbalance amongst audit teams working with the very largest companies in the US, after research from the CFA Institute found just 11% of the lead partners on Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 100 audits are women

25 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

Leadership & Management

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Business | Thomas Westcott expands south west presence

Reddaway and Co has merged with the Tiverton office of top 50 accountancy firm Thomas Westcott in a bid to expand its presence in the south west

25 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Business | PwC builds strategic alliance for immigration services

PwC UK has signed a strategic alliance with Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy (Fragomen) to enable collaboration and joint marketing efforts to support their immigration services for highly mobile employees

25 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Business | £500K funding pot to address gender pay gap

Five organisations in England have been awarded £489,050 from a government start-up fund to help people who have taken lengthy career breaks to care for others get back into work, as part of initiatives to tackle the gender pay gap

24 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Tax | Record £15.6m minimum wage underpayments

HMRC identified a record £15.6m of underpayments for workers on the minimum wage this year, which saw some 600 employers fined £14m not meeting legal obligations

24 Sep 2018

Law and Regulation

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Business | Boss’s ban extended for running new company

An engineering boss from Aberdeen who was already serving a ban has had his disqualification increased by the court after he was found running a new company and continuing to fail to make payments due to HMRC

24 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

Called to Account

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Business | Economic trends: wages, unemployment and monetary policy

The short-term gains in wage growth may be limited by weak productivity and a low unemployment rate, suggests George Buckley, chief UK economist at Nomura

24 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Danish bank chief quits over €200bn money laundering

The chief executive of Denmark’s biggest bank has resigned after an internal investigation revealed most of some €200bn (£178bn) of payments moved through its Estonian branch was down to money laundering of cash from Russia, the UK and the British Virgin Islands

21 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Business | 'Motherhood penalty’ creates financial services gender gap

Motherhood is a key driver behind the lack of women in top roles in financial services, according to research commissioned by the Association of British Insurers (ABI), which says more evidence of ‘what works’ is needed to tackle the disparity

21 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

Leadership & Management

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Business | Treasury investigates barriers for women in business

The Treasury has launched a review into barriers for women in business after research found that they are half as likely as men to be involved in starting a business, and only a third of entrepreneurs are female

21 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Millennial employees prepared to delegate to robots

Research involving 1,200 finance employees in the UK found millennials plan to use robots to avoid human interaction at work, while older workers only intend to use them to tackle tasks such as online filing

21 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

AI & Technology

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Finance | Venus: artificial intelligence in the boardroom

The gathering pace of technology means that machine learning and blockchain will soon make their presence felt at the top level of business, but there will still be a need for someone to hold the reins, argues David Venus FCIS

21 Sep 2018

Corporate Governance

Accountancy Firms

AI & Technology

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Business | Rural communities left behind by Scottish broadband plan

Audit Scotland has warned that the Scottish government’s plans to provide fibre broadband access to 100% of premises in Scotland by 2021 will be ‘difficult to realise’ as geographical constraints and technology limitations slow progress

20 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

AI & Technology

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Business | Expert panel to investigate digital economy competition

The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has hosted the inaugural meeting of a new independent expert panel looking at competition in the digital economy which will be examining the potential legal and regulatory impact

20 Sep 2018

Accountancy Firms

AI & Technology

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