Anystaff Recruitment Limited is being wound up after administrators from insolvency practitioners SFP failed to find a buyer for the failing recruitment agency, after it amassed a significant number of debts, particularly to HMRC and breeched a company voluntary arrangement (CVA)

The fees that banks charge retailers to process shoppers’ payments are to be capped under uniform EU-wide rules which will apply to both cross-border and domestic card-based payments, in a move which will see a substantial cut in costs to retailers

Short-termism is still a problem for British business, affecting board decisions and hampering log-term planning and growth, while boards still lack diversity at the highest levels, according to panellists at the Audit Quality Forum’s 10th anniversary debate at Mansion House 

Business secretary Vince Cable has announced a summit to discuss ways to reshape and improve corporate culture, to be held the day after the Budget

Grant Thornton is warning that one in four insurers are not ready for the reporting and disclosure requirements of Solvency II which will be introduced at the beginning of next year, with very little time left to complete their preparations

Senior financial executives in the US have become more cautious about prospects for the year ahead according to research from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), which found expectations for profit, revenue and expansion have all dipped at the start of 2015 

In the next few weeks, the government is planning to ramp up its publicity campaign about the changes to Scottish powers under devolution to make sure that every Scot is up to speed with the imminent extensions of power

Insolvency trade body R3 has told MPs that planned changes in legislation to attach compensation orders to directors who are disqualified risk undermining the regime, while the head of the Insolvency Service has indicated that its caseload is predicted to decline for at least the next two years 

Ace Travel North West Ltd, a bus firm based in Liverpool has entered liquidation as a result of a winding up order from HMRC, with the loss of 60 jobs

The UK has recorded its best performance at increasing women’s participation in the workforce for 15 years, although it remains well behind the Nordic countries in encouraging overall female economic empowerment, largely because of  the low proportion of women in full-time employment, according to research from PwC 

In a move to end poor payment practices, the government-backed Prompt Payment Code (PPC) will now promote 30-day terms as standard, with a 60-day maximum limit.