Concerns have been raised about alleged financial irregularities at a charity set up by former Premier League footballer Craig Bellamy to help children and young people in Sierra Leone, which closed without warning last year, leaving some without support

Moore Stephens has been appointed as the forensic accountant to the Mayor of London’s review of the former Olympic stadium, which has seen the costs of its conversion from an athletics venue into a multi-use arena almost triple from the original estimate

First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has confirmed plans to ask for parliamentary approval to hold a second Scottish referendum, expecting to hold a vote in 2018/19

From 6 April 2017, non-EU workers applying under a Tier 2 work permit will face a number of changes such as the introduction of a £1,000 immigration skills charge (ISC) and a £5,000 increase in the minimum salary threshold for experienced workers 

National apprenticeship week, which ends today, saw ACCA announce the launch of its first apprenticeship, and identify small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) as vital to the take up and make a success of such schemes

Tesco is to reimburse 140,000 current and former employees a total of £9.7m after an internal review of its reward systems found some had not been paid the National Living Wage (NLW), due to errors in the way in which benefits in kind had been accounted for

A memorandum of understanding has been agreed between the government, greater London Authority and London councils, which will explore options for business rates and the apprenticeship levy, as well as looking at local influence over careers and employment support services

A global survey released on International Women’s Day has found that the proportion of senior business roles held by women in the UK has fallen from 21% in 2016 to 19% in 2017, just a 1% increase compared to the first survey in 2004, according to Grant Thornton

PwC’s US arm has gone on trial in New York over claims the firm was allegedly negligent in its accounting advice to derivatives broker MF Global Holdings, which went bankrupt in 2011 after suffering huge financial losses on European government debt

Baldwins Accountancy Group has added three more local practices to its group totalling £620,000 in fee income, as part of the firm’s national strategic expansion plans which have seen it more than double the number of offices across the country over the last 12 months, and team up with the CogitalGroup, set up by ex-Deloitte global chairman John Connolly

Michael Denny, Robert Moran and Matthew Hammond of PwC, who were appointed in early February as joint administrators of Food Retailer Operations Ltd (FROL), which operates a number of Budgens high street stores, have now said all stores are to close with the loss of over 600 jobs

Cambridge-based tax, accountancy, legal and financial planning firm Websters has announced that local chartered accountancy firm Anderson & Co has joined the business, in a move designed to expand its areas of expertise