A record 16,000 workers, including employees of Primark and Sports Direct, are in line for a £1.7m payback as 260 employers are named and shamed for underpaying minimum wage rates

SMEs in the UK experience more problems with late payments than their counterparts in other countries, with 18% of all invoices paid late, and 9% written off as bad debt, according to a global survey by software provider Sage

As his last day approaches, the de-mob Finance Mole is offered feedback by his CEO, much to his chagrin plus trouble in paradise surrounding tax planning, tax-free childcare turns into a nightmare for HMRC

The UK’s insolvency regime has been commended by the OECD for its streamlined approach in tackling so-called ‘zombie’ firms, in a report looking at how to accelerate the restructuring or exit of weak firms in order to improve productivity growth

Deloitte has publicly reported its ethnicity pay gap for the first time, with the data showing the mean pay gap for its Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees is 12.9%

The IFRS Foundation, the governance and oversight body of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), has confirmed it is to stay in London with a planned move to new offices in London’s Canary Wharf during the summer of 2018

Top 10 accounting firm Mazars has signed a joint venture partnership with retirement solutions provider, The Embark Group, by combining their current activities in the UK employee benefits consulting sector into a single business, as well as an expansion of its financial planning services

Employers of all sizes need to make sure their auto enrolment pension responsibilities are up to date to avoid punitive fines from The Pensions Regulator, particularly in the case of mergers and acquisitions, and new start-up, warns Simon Oakes, barrister at Outer Temple Chambers

From the outset, control over the UK’s borders was always going to be a pivotal factor in the Brexit negotiations. Here Croner-i HR experts ask how the government plans to safeguard the position of EU citizens living in the UK and set out the key areas where there is some clarity

South African retail giant Steinhoff International, which owns discount chain Poundland in the UK, has discovered accounting irregularities and has called in PwC to investigate, while the CEO has left the company

Begbies Traynor Group has split off its non-insolvency work and launched a boutique practice, BTG Advisory, providing commercial, strategic and partner-led advice to companies, investors, lenders and other stakeholders

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is planning to overhaul the UK corporate governance code with a greater focus on stakeholders, integrity and corporate culture, as well as extending the rules to include large private companies outside the FTSE 350