News and Updates

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has commenced a consultation setting out the government’s proposals to modernise the UK’s corporate reporting framework, with the objective of supporting economic growth and strengthening the UK’s international competitiveness.  The consultation runs until midnight on 30 November 2026, with a response expected to be provided by the […]
During our cold file reviews, we come across a couple of scenarios that are more common than most practices would like to admit and one is worth sharing, because the reasoning behind the ‘wrong’ answer was genuinely good. It just was not answering the right question. The scenario A company had a material loan due […]
ICAEW’s Clients’ Money Regulations (and ACCA’s / ICAS’s) are “prescriptive and detailed” (aka not as simple as it may seem) and non-compliance can lead to disciplinary action and hefty fines. In fact the Institutes do find year on year (from their firm visits) that a significant proportion of firms that hold clients’ money do not […]
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