The EU is to introduce tougher criminal laws to tackle money laundering, including harmonised rules on offences and sanctions across all member states, in a bid to ensure that criminals and terrorists face equally severe penalties across the whole EU

Nicola Sharp and Syedur Rahman, senior associate solicitors at Rahman Ravelli, explain the value of internal investigations and the importance of carrying them out correctly, outlining the various processes when interviewing staff, collecting evidence and dealing with wrongdoing

MPs are demanding that the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) provides details of the reasons why it has fined PwC £10m over its 2014 audits of Taveta Group and BHS, saying the financial penalty is ‘unprecedented’ and suggesting there should be a wider investigation over the firm’s auditing of the Taveta group accounts

With a major transformation programme underway at Companies House we are keen to engage with stakeholders and users to gather feedback on our products, systems and services

The Supreme Court has dismissed Pimlico Plumber’s appeal and has ruled that a plumber can be classed as a ‘worker’ rather than self employed, in a landmark ruling which will have wider implications in the gig economy

Dixons Carphone has admitted it is investigating a serious data breach involving unauthorised access to data held by the company, which has included attempts to compromise 5.9m cards in one of the processing systems of Currys PC World and Dixons Travel stores, although it says no fraud has been committed

Financial services companies need to abolish their 'alpha-male' culture, with reforms to bonus negotiations and the promotion of flexible working to encourage the progression of women to senior levels, a Treasury committee report has recommended

Steve Absolom and Rob Croxen, partners in KPMG’s restructuring practice, have been appointed joint administrators to Purogenix Ltd, a start-up which was seeking new ways to manufacture the antibiotic Amoxicillin using a bio-generic method

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has hit PwC with a fine of £10m for misconduct in relation to the 2014 audits of BHS and the Taveta Group, prior to the sale of the high street chain for £1

Updated rules to strengthen the government’s powers to inspect mergers and takeovers that may raise national security concerns have come into force, which lower the threshold for intervention from £70m to £1m in certain cases

The Pension Regulator (TPR) has done too little, too late to reduce the risks to Carillion’s pension schemes. Anne-Marie Winton, partner at ARC Pensions Law, considers what powers TPR needs to be given, such as being able to enforce retrospective fines, to better protect pension schemes in the future

Deloitte has been confirmed as administrators to discount retailer Poundworld, which is the latest high street casualty facing collapse, with the potential loss of 5,100 jobs