Research has revealed that almost half (45%) of accounting professionals stay at their desk during lunch and 5% skip lunch altogether, with over half of finance professionals stating that long working hours would motivate them to leave their current role

Companies that are well run and focus on corporate governance issues are more likely to attract investment, so when looking for investors, go armed with a detailed business model, analysis of the competition, details of the management team, financial track record and projected earnings, says Ben Cohen of UK Bond Network

Deloitte Tax LLP has signed an agreement with Thomson Reuters to combine its global tax technology and intelligence software with Deloitte’s direct and indirect tax services to help companies address increasingly complex regulatory and tax compliance issues for companies operating across multiple jurisdictions

The squeeze on day-to-day government spending and political pressures of a hung parliament mean the debt is unlikely to be paid down, says Institute for Fiscal Studies deputy director Carl Emmerson

Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been declared bankrupt by a London Court over a multi-million pound historic debt

A year since the Brexit vote, Mark Kennedy, managing partner of Mazars, takes stock of the ramifications for Irish business, financial services and agriculture examining border issues, company relocations and political uncertainty

The government has unveiled details on eight separate pieces of legislation that will implement the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, addressing issues around trade, immigration, agriculture, international sanctions, customs, nuclear safeguards and fisheries, including the Repeal Bill which transposes EU law into UK law

More than a third (35%) of the UK’s largest companies have a dedicated digital leader, compared to a global average of 19%, as the influence of data analytics and big data will change audit in the future with concerns that automation could affect judgment decisions

The disclosure of the financial impact of climate change among banks and insurers is part of a wide-ranging investigation by the Bank of England into the transition to a lower carbon economy and the associated long-term risks

Barclays and four former executives face charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over capital-raising arrangements with Qatar during the financial crisis

The first steps towards Brexit will be taken today as the UK and the EU begin their formal discussions, with Chancellor Philip Hammond saying that leaving without a deal would be ‘a very bad outcome for Britain’

Audit Scotland’s staff costs have risen by £500,000 (3%) in 2016/17 with its overall expenditure also increasing year-on-year, as the organisation aims to cut audit fees by 6.7% by 2018, according to its latest annual report