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Business | How failure to prevent fraud rules affect UK directors

Rachael Gregory, partner at Grosvenor Law, explains the implications of the new offence of failure to prevent fraud under ECCTA and how it will affect directors from September

15 Jan 2025

Financial Reporting

Corporate Governance

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Business | ‘All the money in the world’ could not fix Crown Court backlog

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown opened a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing describing the extreme levels of backlogged cases reaching over 73,000 in 2024, leaving victims waiting years for an outcome

9 Jan 2025

Called to Account

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Business | Companies face £5bn annual bill for upgraded employee rights

Day one employment rights will cost businesses up to £5bn a year to implement and operate, hitting hospitality, retail and social care the hardest

22 Oct 2024

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Companies House sets date for rollout of ID verification

Plans to introduce identity verification for all directors and PSCs on the Companies House register are on schedule for a staggered rollout from early 2025

17 Oct 2024

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Default flexible working becomes day one right

The government has set out an overhaul of employment law with the 'immediate' introduction of default flexible working and plans for a nine-month statutory probation period

10 Oct 2024

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Penalties for Companies House non-compliance start at £250

Companies House will start issuing fines of maximum £2,000 for repeat offenders for failures to comply with registration rules as part of a sweeping crackdown on abuse of the register

10 Oct 2024

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Tesco loses fire and rehire case over retained pay

The Supreme Court has ruled that Tesco acted unlawfully when it fired and rehired over 300 staff to override retained pay in their employment contracts

13 Sep 2024

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Business | Companies House warning on registered address rules

Changes to the registered office addresses rules mean that companies must have an ‘appropriate address’ as their registered office or face fines of up to £1,000

12 Aug 2024

Accountancy Firms

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Business | SRA hikes compensation fund fee for law firms

The Solicitors Regulation Authority plans to increase law firm and individual contributions toward the SRA Compensation Fund for the first time in five years

25 Jul 2024

Accountancy Firms

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Business | Celebs plead not guilty in finfluencer hearing

Reality TV personalities were called to Southwark Crown Court on 11 July to face charges of promoting financial advice to their social media followers

12 Jul 2024

Called to Account

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Business | FCA overhauls listing rules to grow stock market

Changes to UK listing rules are the biggest shake-up for over three decades allowing greater risk for investors with new eligibility criteria

12 Jul 2024

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Business | Demolition of accountant’s man cave reveals gigantic site

The bulldozers are working at speed to dismantle an enormous man cave after accountant millionaire owner lost 10-year fight to keep it

11 Jul 2024

Called to Account

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Business | Jailed trader claims did not know tax refunds fraudulent

A British trader previously jailed in Denmark for the fraudulent cum-ex tax reclaim scheme has testified in London, saying he was not aware what he was doing was illegal

9 Jul 2024

Called to Account

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Business | HMRC settles £141m EY tax dispute out of court

A dispute between HMRC and EY over their tax work for property developer Jamie Ritblat has been settled before it headed to trial

8 Jul 2024

Called to Account

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Business | Business push payment fraud hits £83m

Authorised push payment (APP) fraud against businesses has risen 8% in a year with the majority of the UK’s payments industry believing this type of fraud is the most damaging

3 Jul 2024

Called to Account

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Business | Accountant not unfairly dismissed over partner status

A tax accountant who spent a decade at an accounting firm has lost a claim for unfair dismissal despite ‘shambolic’ process of promoting him to partner

2 Jul 2024

Accountancy Firms

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