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Business | Energy standing charges for SMEs too high

Ofgem is failing to take action as the soaring price of electricity and gas standing charges hits small companies hard with some costs going up over 1,000%

26 Apr 2024

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Business | Becoming a real Living Wage employer

Employers accredited by the Living Wage Foundation have until 1 May 2024 to increase pay to the real Living Wage

26 Apr 2024

Business | Accountancy firms must increase spend on training

Investment in training and develoopment is critical to reduce the levels of attrition and retain staff at accountancy firms

26 Apr 2024

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Business | Free management training for small businesses launched

The government has launched Help to Grow: Management Essentials, a free online training course for small businesses as part of its Year of the SME campaign

24 Apr 2024

Training & CPD

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Business | Is hiring overseas accountants answer to skills gap?

Sarah Beale, CEO at the Association of Accounting Technicians, discusses what lessons can be learned from other industries when it comes to outsourcing work internationally

19 Apr 2024

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Business | How to accommodate for disabilities when recruiting staff

How can you adapt a recruitment process to accommodate the needs of any disabled applicants they may get and remove any barriers they may face

19 Apr 2024

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Business | Collapsed Britishvolt site sold for data centre

The former Britishvolt site for an electric vehicle battery factory will not see the light of day as PE giant Blackstone buys the land for a data centre

15 Apr 2024

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Business | Hotel insolvencies rose by 19% due to higher costs

Over 150 hotels went bust last year as pre-pandemic international visitor figures failed to recover, and food, wage and energy costs spiralled

15 Apr 2024

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Business | Work related stress leads to 13.7m lost work days

April is stress awareness month and research suggests nine in 10 adults have experienced high or extreme pressure or stress in the last year

12 Apr 2024

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Business | Cashflow platform Mimo secures £15m PE backing

SME payments and cashflow platform Mimo has raised £15.5m in private equity investment in a deal led by Northzone with a number of backers

12 Apr 2024

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Business | Five days unpaid leave right for carers

Workers with unpaid caring responsibilities are entitled to take up to five days unpaid leave a year under the new Carer’s Leave Act

10 Apr 2024

Business | Gen Z reject traditional audit careers

The number of people entering the accountancy profession is declining while it is getting harder to retain staff and compete with jobs in more dynamic industries

10 Apr 2024

Business | Eight million jobs at risk due to AI

Accountancy, finance and tax jobs are at risk from the rollout of AI as technology could handle nearly two thirds of tasks

9 Apr 2024

Business | Understanding the psychology of a fraudster

Finance teams can be at high risk from fraudsters who have access to bank accounts and accounting systems. Tim Robinson, director of forensics services at Crowe UK explains how to identify and prevent fraud

9 Apr 2024