Laith Khalaf, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, examines the long-term impact of a decade without any interest rate rises and the negative affect on UK consumers

Companies have been warned they could face tougher action on breaches of labour laws, including failure to ensure their supply chain is meeting all regulations, as part of a new strategy being developed by Sir David Metcalf, the recently appointed director of labour market enforcement

Overcome the challenge of managing legal without an in-house legal team. In this exclusive factsheet download, Managing legal when you don’t have a legal team, effacts explores how technology can help CFOs identify areas of risk and boost legal accountability across the business. 

Andrew Watling and Carl Jackson, partners in the Southampton office of corporate recovery and business advisory firm Quantuma, have been appointed administrators of collapsed housebuilder Mildren Homes Ltd, which has failed with the loss of 13 jobs

Government departments are failing to apply the rules regarding senior civil servants moving on to work in business, designed to ensure there is no abuse of office or undue influence exerted, and do not monitor their compliance, according to the National Audit Office (NAO)

The Treasury and Royal Mint have advised the accountancy sector to make sure their clients have prepared for the 12-sided £1 coin as the old round pound loses legal tender status on 15 October

Although Civil Service employee numbers have increased, diversity is lacking with the proportion of ethnic minority workers only increasing by 0.5% and women remain underrepresented at senior levels, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

HMRC has started to gradually move its staff into its first regional hub in Croydon today, with 2,600 full-time equivalent employees to occupy the new offices by 2021 as part of its office restructuring plans

Smith & Williamson has reported a 9.9% increase in operating income to £244.6m and a 12.8% hike in adjusted operating profit, which rose to £40.6m during the year to 30 April 2017

The Treasury has announced the launch of the new Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS), designed to tackle potential weaknesses in the supervisory system that criminals and terrorists may be trying to exploit, and is also consulting on further developments to the anti-money laundering (AML) supervisory regime

Social media is flooded with articles about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), lots of statistics and conflicting information but very little in terms of cold hard facts. With the regulations less than 12 months away, Julie Lock, service development director at MHR looks at what GDPR is and what organisations should be doing from a HR perspective to ensure compliance

Non-league football club Ilkeston FC has been bought out of liquidation by Nottinghamshire businessman Alan Hardy, who also acquired League Two club Notts County in January 2017