On Friday, January 31, 2025, Barclays experienced a significant IT outage that disrupted various banking services, including online and mobile banking...
View articleThe UK has entered 2025 at a crossroads. While global growth is set to continue at a modest pace, Britain faces a far more delicate balancing act. Wit...
View articleLocal councils across the UK are facing a fiscal crisis, with some proposing sharp council tax hikes to tackle mounting debt and budget shortfalls. Ei...
View articleThe end of January looms large for small business owners across the UK. It’s a time marked by long hours, frazzled nerves, and a desperate hunt for mi...
View articleThe fall in confidence comes following the announcement of large tax rises for UK employers in the recent Autumn Budget Read More...
View articleHMRC has issued new guidance aimed at taxpayers participating in the Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD IT) testing programme. The update provides...
View articleAccountants urged to monitor fiscal impact amid rising debt concerns Read More...
View articleAs 2025 dawns, accountants find themselves at the heart of an economy still navigating the aftershocks of a global pandemic, seismic political shifts,...
View articleHM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has launched a voluntary disclosure initiative aimed at companies that have overclaimed research and development (R&am...
View articleThe pharma and life sciences industry faces a dynamic year ahead, driven by AI, sustainability, and evolving regulations. Stricter ESG reporting and ...
View articleAs we step into 2025, the effects of the Autumn Budget 2024 will start to take shape, leaving businesses in the Pharma and Life Sciences sector grappl...
View articleTo fund this sustainably, the top one percent of high-value properties, such as large warehouses used by online giants will be asked to pay more to su...
View articleA new report from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has revealed a concerning lack of preparedness among businesses and organi...
View articleThe UK’s tax landscape faces its most significant overhaul in decades with the new Finance Bill potentially marking the end of non-dom tax statu...
View articleBefore the Budget, Speaker of the Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle criticised the Chancellor for her readiness to chat to the media and openly disclose the c...
View articleThe UK government’s Autumn Budget 2024 has placed a strong emphasis on sustainability, with significant funds directed towards green investment initia...
View articleIn the latest Autumn Budget, the UK government doubled down on its commitment to digitalising tax processes, announcing that Making Tax Digital for In...
View articleThe UK Autumn Budget of 2024 has sharpened the focus on reducing the tax gap by amplifying both financial pressure on overdue tax payments and enforce...
View articleFollowing the UK Budget announcement, key figures across finance, tax, and business have responded to the Chancellor’s measures, highlighting potentia...
View articleAs Chancellor Rachel Reeves gears up to unveil Labour’s first budget, speculation is rife about the fate of one of the most influential financial ince...
View articleAccountants are calling on the new Labour government to provide more support for UK small businesses by introducing legislative reforms and simplifyin...
View articleAs CEO of chartered accountancy body ICAEW, Alan Vallance shares his message to Rachel Reeves that an urgent review of the UK’s tax system is needed, ...
View articleAs the UK awaits Chancellor Rachel Reeve’s Autumn Budget on October 30th, 2024, accounting firms are forecasting sweeping changes to the tax lan...
View articleTaxpayers in the UK collectively spent more than 719 years on the phone waiting to speak with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the year ending June 30...
View articleRecent developments suggest that the R&D tax credit regime, established almost 25 years ago to support innovative UK businesses, is facing critica...
View articleAs Labour prepares for its first Budget under Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is urging the party to pursue sweeping ...
View articleThe Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted 8-1 to maintain the Bank Rate at 5% in its September meeting, underscoring the centr...
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