Protecting data must be board-level priority February 15, 2017 The Queen has officially opened the National Cyber Security Centre, a government nerve centre that aims to protect the economy, state institutions and critical infrastructure from the growing threat of cyber attacks. Private businesses are also vulnerable. With so much of the City’s business conducted through digital networks, the threat from malicious actors is real. [...]
MPs believe accountants will play a pivotal role in helping the UK navigate its exit from the EU February 13, 2017 A beancounting Brexit boost is on the cards according to some of the very people charged with negotiating Britain's exit from the EU. Nearly half (47 per cent) of MPs polled by YouGov believe Brexit will have a positive impact on the accountancy sector, as clients will run to their trusted financial advisers to understand the [...]
Exclusive: Charlie Mullins says Pimlico Plumbers will “more than likely” appeal court decision February 10, 2017 Pimlico Plumbers is consulting with lawyers over a probable appeal of today's court ruling on the employment status of the tradesmen it hires. Charlie Mullins, who owns and runs the company, told City A.M. he was "quite surprised" by the Court of Appeal decision handed down this morning. He said the group was in discussions [...]
What the experts think the Pimlico Plumbers ruling means for the gig economy February 10, 2017 The Court of Appeals ruled against Pimlico Plumbers in a case concerning employment status today. The court ruled that Gary Smith, previously a plumber with the company, was a "worker", and as such should have been afforded basic workers' rights, such as sick pay. This is how legal experts reacted to the court's decision: Continuing the trend [...]
Pimlico Plumbers loses appeal in employment status case February 10, 2017 Pimlico Plumbers has lost its court appeal over the employment status of one of its workers. The case was brought after a ruling in favour of one of the company's "self-employed" plumbers, Gary Smith. Smith had worked as a "self-employed" plumber for the Charlie Mullins-owned company for six years and in 2010, after suffering a heart attack, [...]
Lawsuit gets turned up to 11 as Spinal Tap back together to sue Vivendi for $400m February 8, 2017 The band's back together: Members of mock rock group Spinal Tap have reunited to sue Vivendi. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Rob Reiner have joined a legal action brought by Harry Shearer, claiming the French media giant has failed to properly share profits since it bought the rights to the 1984 cult film This Is Spinal Tap. [...]
It’s not working out: MPs call for rethink of fraud squad’s blockbuster funding February 7, 2017 Funding for the fraud squad needs to be overhauled, as the agency now leans too heavily on financing intended solely for its mega cases, MPs have argued today. Stephen Timms, the Labour MP who brought this morning's Westminster Hall debate on the funding of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), remarked the agency had recently shifted "away [...]
The attorney general has revealed how much he was paid for the Article 50 case February 2, 2017 Bankers may be fearing a doughnut this earnings season, but the attorney general revealed today he has recently taken a zero bonus of his own. Jeremy Wright told MPs in the House of Commons today that he and the advocate general for Scotland "received no additional fee for our work on the case". Wright also said [...]
This is the type of fraud you should be worried about the most, but there’s another one on the rise February 2, 2017 Identity fraud has taken the questionable crown of the worst type of fraud in the UK today. The list, published today and compiled by Centre for Counter Fraud Studies at University of Portsmouth and Privilege Home Insurance, ranks fraud affecting individuals based on; the percentage of people subject to an attack, the average value of losses, the [...]
Brexiteers slam Irish Article 50 case lawyer’s claims that people were misled February 1, 2017 Brexiteers have hit back at a top tax lawyer bringing an Article 50 case in Ireland, who recently claimed his action's importance lay in the fact voters had been misled. Jolyon Maugham filed a case in Ireland last week, seeking an answer on whether the UK can revoke its Article 50 process without the approval of the [...]