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Business | Halal fintech banned from using burning banknotes on ads

The advertising watchdog has stopped an Islamic investment finance company from using images of bank notes being burnt to promote its sharia compliant financial services

8 Jan 2025

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Business | Future gazing: top business challenges for leaders in 2025

Business leaders will have to navigate a tumultuous business landscape with higher taxes, skilled staff shortages and rising employment costs, predicts Bruce Martin, CEO at Tax Systems

7 Jan 2025

Business | FTSE 100 women CFOs outnumber CEOs three to one

2024 saw 36 changes in FTSE 100 senior figures with just eight of these positions being given to women candidates, while the men’s footballing world still awaits its first female manager

7 Jan 2025

Business | Two thirds of businesses worried about tax hikes

The confidence of businesses going into the new year has collapsed after Rachel Reeves’ Budget tax hikes and fears about expensive Employment Rights Bill

6 Jan 2025

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Business | Deloitte tax partner joins Southgate on New Year’s Honours

Gareth Southgate has been knighted for his achievements managing the England football team, joined by David Moyes with an OBE, while several accountants are honoured

2 Jan 2025

Business | Economy flatlines as quarterly GDP cut to 0%

Revised quarter three GDP figures make for grim reading as ONS slashes growth figure to 0% from earlier slightly more upbeat 0.1%

24 Dec 2024

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Business | Outlook 2025: from private equity boom to pressure on remote working

Francesca Lagerberg, CEO of Baker Tilly International, sets out her predictions for the accountancy world in 2025 from a surge in private equity investment, to less remote working to support junior staff and increasingly complex regulatory pressures

24 Dec 2024

Business | FCA consults on PISCES private stock market

Plan to launch a specialist stock market to trade shares in privately held companies will go ahead next year with lighter regulation, subject to consultation

20 Dec 2024

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Business | Christmas hamper winners announced

Congratulations to the lucky 10 readers of Business & Accountancy Daily who have won a fabulous Fortnum & Mason hamper

20 Dec 2024

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Business | Five charged over £66m collapse of law firm Axiom Ince

The Serious Fraud Office has charged five men following the collapse of law firm Axiom Ince and alleged improper use of over £60m of client money

20 Dec 2024

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Business | Bank of England freezes interest rates at 4.75%

The Bank of England has left interest rate unchanged at 4.75% with a majority of members voting for the status quo

19 Dec 2024

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Business | How to perform due diligence on AI suppliers

With the rising use of artificial intelligence, firms need to ensure due diligence as part of their onboarding processes, explains Kay Chand, partner at Browne Jacobson

19 Dec 2024

Business | FRC to rein in costs and move to Canary Wharf

The Financial Reporting Council plans no additional staff hires in the next 12 months as it reins in costs after double hit from ‘unexpectedly high’ public sector pay rises and next year’s national inusrance hike

18 Dec 2024

Business | Inflation rises for second month

Hopes of a Bank of England base rate cut this month have been dented as November inflation figure hit 2.6%, driven by rises in fuel and hospitality prices

18 Dec 2024

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Business | Hike in NICs and minimum wage costs £2,500 per employee

The new 15% rate of employer national insurance and national living wage increases will cost businesses £209 per employee per month

18 Dec 2024

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Christmas is the time for giving, and here at Business & Accountancy Daily, we wanted to give a little something back to you for choosing our news service this year

16 Dec 2024

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