Stephen Cave and Toby Underwood, partners at PwC, have been appointed joint administrators to Williams Industrial Services, a County Antrim engineering firm, with the loss of 145 jobs 

The government has been too slow to allocate skills and resources for Brexit according to an assessment by the public accounts committee (PAC), which also calls for greater transparency over the costs of delivery

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published background research on the use of pay between assignment (PBA) contracts and the role of umbrella organisations, two of the topics which are under consideration in current consultations on ‘good work’ proposals

The government has published four consultations setting out its proposals in response to the Matthew Taylor review of modern work practices, which will form part of its newly announced ‘good work’ plan

Rob Croxen and Will Wright, restructuring partners from KPMG, have been appointed joint administrators of Square Pie Ltd, a food and restaurant business which has collapsed with the loss of 50 jobs

The government has committed to act on all but one of the 53 recommendations from last year’s Taylor review of modern employment practices, with a package of reforms to support the gig economy, but no plans to reduce the difference between the National Insurance Contributions (NICs) of employees and the self-employed

Laurence Longe is to step down as CEO of RSM after 22 years at the head of the firm, with current CEO David Gwilliam named as his successor in the top job

Tesco is facing a class law suit in what is potentially the largest ever equal pay challenge in UK history, which could cost the supermarket giant £4bn to compensate workers for an apparent disparity between store workers and depot workers’ pay

The Tesco trial over accounting irregularities regarding misstatement of profits has been abandoned as a key defendant, former finance director Carl Rogberg has had a heart attack

MPs have been told that accounting policies at Carillion became ‘more aggressive’, while the company was not paid for over 18 months on a key building contract in Qatar, as part of an evidence session to a joint select committee looking into the outsourcer’s collapse early this year

Two years since the takeover of DIY chain Homebase by Australian company Bunnings, the company has issued a warning about a multimillion goodwill write-off in the next set of half year results for the Group

Downing Street has issued a statement saying that Britain will ‘categorically’ leave the customs union after Brexit, as prime minister Theresa May and secretary of state for exiting the European Union David Davis prepare to meet chief EU negotiator Michael Barnier today