Draft code launched in bid to reduce risk of corporate collapses
A draft code to strengthen corporate governance and help reduce the risk of further major corporate collapses has been launched today. The Internal Audit Code of Practice aims to create an internal...
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Treasury committee requests review into ‘broken’ business rates
The government must undertake an urgent review to find alternatives to the ‘broken’ business rates system, Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee has concluded. The influential committee of MPs has...
View ArticleVideo: Integrated Reporting – A corporate reporting framework fit for the...
In this video, Chief Strategy Officer of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), Jonathan Labrey, explains how the integrated reporting framework aims to transform the way organisations...
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Government announces review into IR35
The government has today (7 January 2020) launched a review into the new off-payroll working rules, known as IR35, that are due to come into effect on 6 April 2020. The review will gather information...
View ArticleSAIs: strengthening the government audit function internationally
The UK’s National Audit Office, the United States’ Government Accountability Office and France’s Cour des comptes may all have different names, but as Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs), they carry out...
View ArticleLord questions government’s lending relief strategy
Lord Leigh of Hurley suggests the government should have opted for PAYE and NI relief – claiming Bank of England’s lending programme is “fraught with problems.” “The new lending programme is fraught...
View ArticleOld Lady aiming to dampen concern over gilds, tightening conditions
“The fact that the Bank of England felt compelled to announce additional stimulative measures today – despite its regular March MPC meeting due to take place next Wednesday – highlights its concern...
View ArticleMission Zero: Can taxes help us achieve Net Zero?
The UK is legally committed to achieving net zero by 2050 – net zero being the position where our emissions of harmful greenhouse gases have been reduced as far as possible, and those that cannot be...
View ArticleSME accountants at risk of being left behind amid sustainability surge,...
A natural focus on the here and now, combined with the significant administrative pressures of recent years, is causing accountants to possibly overlook the opportunity of upskilling to embrace...
View ArticleInside the B Corp application process: Data availability a critical necessity
Accounting firms considering applying for B Corp status must ensure they gather “as much data as possible” in order to reduce internal friction, accounting market participants have said. “There’s a lot...
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