Following the Brexit vote, many employers remain uncertain on the future implications of recruiting workers from EU countries. Stuart Chamberlain, employment law specialist, Wolters Kluwer, explores the issues around EU citizens working in the UK and vice versa

Barclays has launched a mobile business lending service to provide instant loans via a mobile app to businesses after research has revealed an economic opportunity to release £34bn of growth from SMEs by 2021

Top 20 accountancy firm Wilkins Kennedy has merged with Newbury-based Griffins Accountants, creating a combined firm with 73 partners and an expected turnover of £50m

The government’s £1 trillion export target and advertising campaign has failed to deliver any progress over the last two years according to research by ICAEW, which says there has been no change in the number of businesses exporting, although total exports rose in the latest official statistics

Edinburgh-based accountancy firm Chiene + Tait is to partner with Scotland’s business angel association, Linc Scotland, in bid to encourage more investment into Scottish SMEs with strong growth potential

Sir David Metcalf has been named as the government’s first director of labour market enforcement, to oversee a crackdown on exploitation in the workplace, including tackling minimum wage violations, which will include wider sharing of HMRC data

The European Commission has introduced new rules which mean that member states have to automatically disclose information on all cross border tax rulings, in an attempt to increase transparency

President-elect Donald J Trump has nominated Jay Clayton as chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Committee (SEC), to take over from incumbent Mary Jo White

Eddie Williams, David Dunkley and Matthew Richards of Grant Thornton have beeen appointed as administrators of cruise company, All Leisure Holidays, which has stopped trading leaving holiday goers stranded and 150 people without jobs

Struggling lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur could be sold as it faces an investigation over its accounting practices

The director of a Brick Lane Indian restaurant, in London’s curry hotspot, has been disqualified from acting as a company director for eight years for failing to provide proper accounting records for his company or pay some £200,000 in taxes, following an Insolvency Service investigation

Bradford Bulls, one of the UK’s leading rugby league clubs, has ceased to operate with all staff and players made redundant, following the collapse of attempts by administrators from PBC Business Recovery to negotiate with potential buyers for the financially troubled club