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Business | Game over for bookkeeper after stole £800k from family business

Stechford bookkeeper ‘committed large-scale fraud’ against his own family’s business, spending over £800,000 the money on designer clothes and video game streamers

19 Aug 2026

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Called to Account

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Business | EY and KPMG extend £456m civil service training contracts

Government renews Big Four contracts worth £456m to provide major training in leadership, management and AI skills for half a million civil servants

18 Aug 2026

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Business | 57% increase in accounting degree apprenticeships

Despite cuts to Level 7 funding, top 100 universities report significant growth in demand and provision of accounting and finance degree apprenticeships

18 Aug 2026

Business | Fines alone won’t fix late payment problem

Businesses are plagued by late payment of invoices, with nearly 40 closing every day, while tougher but ineffective legislation will not pay the bills, says Sebastien Marchon, CEO of fintech Rydoo

17 Aug 2026

Business | People in the news: AAB, Carpenter Box, WTS

In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at AAB, Carpenter Box, S&W, WTS, HB&O, AJ Bell, Platform Housing, JMAN, Hilbert Investment, Malt

14 Aug 2026

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Business | World Cup gives economy 0.3% bounce

Warm weather and World Cup deliver windfall to GDP but longer term growth prospects weaken

13 Aug 2026

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Business | Maths tops A Level results as 28% get top grade

Maths remains most popular A Level, as humanities knocked out of top ranking for first time by economics

13 Aug 2026

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Business | Accountants owed £121k after Shop Direct collapsed

Liquidators settling the affairs of Shop Direct, former owner of Very Group flag outstanding debts to accountants and a six-figure tax bill

12 Aug 2026

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Business | Bookkeeper ‘succumbed to temptation’ in £205k charity fraud

Devon bookkeeper entrusted with farm show charity’s finances for 22 years jailed after stealing £205,000, spending funds on a holiday and running accounting firm

11 Aug 2026

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Called to Account

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Business | HMRC email warning to sign up to tax advisers register

Accountants not yet signed up to mandatory tax adviser register are being sent emails by HMRC to warn must sign up before final deadline

11 Aug 2026

Business | Back to school support from caba charity

As more parents need help over holidays, Caba grows financial aid as cost-of-living bites

10 Aug 2026

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Business | ‘Hugely ambitious’ Affinia acquires £30m Wilson Partners

Private equity backed Affinia acquires Wilson Partners in a major signal of intent to rapidly grow the accountancy group as revenue tops £160m

10 Aug 2026

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Business | Advisory model has simply not kept pace with the needs of clients

Clients want integrated advice from accountancy firms, not a fragmented, siloed approach, requiring a rapid rethink by advisors to ensure they remain competitive in an increasingly complex business landscape, says Frederik Vinten, chief commercial officer at Grant Thornton UK

10 Aug 2026

Leadership & Management

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Business | Accountancy recruitment needs a radical rethink

Despite the underlying threat of AI to jobs, firms are finding it hard to attract and retain highly skilled accounting and tax staff so it’s time for a different approach, argues Joanna Pennell, divisional manager, finance at Pineapple Recruitment

7 Aug 2026

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Business | How Croner Intelligence works: under the bonnet

In a world where accuracy and accountability are critical for accountants, find out how Croner Intelligence virtual assistant works, speeding up research and drawing on expert content to produce answers

7 Aug 2026

Business | Ensuring progress beyond Pride month: ‘true inclusion, not just acceptance’

Thabiso Matsau, chair of the DEI committee at HaysMac, says accountancy firms must create workplaces where LGBTQIA+ inclusion is felt across all aspects of the business, not just at a superficial level

31 Jul 2026

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Business | Game over for bookkeeper after stole £800k from family business

Business | EY and KPMG extend £456m civil service training contracts

Business | 57% increase in accounting degree apprenticeships

Business | Fines alone won’t fix late payment problem

Business | People in the news: AAB, Carpenter Box, WTS

Business | World Cup gives economy 0.3% bounce

Business | Maths tops A Level results as 28% get top grade

Business | Accountants owed £121k after Shop Direct collapsed

Business | Bookkeeper ‘succumbed to temptation’ in £205k charity fraud

Business | HMRC email warning to sign up to tax advisers register

Business | Back to school support from caba charity

Business | ‘Hugely ambitious’ Affinia acquires £30m Wilson Partners

Business | Advisory model has simply not kept pace with the needs of clients

Business | Accountancy recruitment needs a radical rethink

Business | How Croner Intelligence works: under the bonnet

Business | Ensuring progress beyond Pride month: ‘true inclusion, not just acceptance’