By: Maria Ward-Brennan

Professional Services Editor Maria Ward-Brennan is the Professional Services Editor at City AM, focused on law, Big Four, and other management and accounting consulting firms. She was previously a litigation reporter at The Lawyer. Contact her via email at maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or X (Twitter) @MariaW_B.

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Flexible jobs market booming as UK workers won’t budge on return-to-office demand

April 17, 2024

According to exclusive data shared with City A.M. by Flexa, compared to this time last year, 62 per cent more flexible jobs are on offer in job adverts.
‘First of its kind’: Prominent lawyers write to Prime Minister for urgent support on Genocide Determination Bill

April 17, 2024

The Bill was introduced on 4 December to the House of Lords, and is a first of its kind in the world.
Biometric systems used to monitor staff data now under review after ICO clampdown

April 16, 2024

The regulator investigated the company and found it was “unlawfully” processing the biometric data of more than 2,000 employees at 38 leisure facilities.
Sexually explicit ‘deepfakes’ to become a criminal offence

April 16, 2024

This comes after the Government made reforms in the Online Safety Act last year to criminalise the sharing of ‘deepfake’ intimate images for the first time.
SYK Recruitment Specialists among the 400+ recruitment agencies that went bust last year

April 16, 2024

Insolvencies of UK recruitment agencies have increased by 14 per cent in the last year to 413, as the sector struggles with the slowdown in the hiring market across the country.
Over 800 directors have been disqualified for abusing Covid loan scheme

April 15, 2024

More than 800 directors have been disqualified for abusing Covid support schemes over the 2023-24 financial year following investigations by the Insolvency Service.
Former Blackburn Rovers footballer sues HSBC for £2m over loan negligence

April 15, 2024

Former professional footballer Matt Jansen has launched a legal challenge claiming banking giant HSBC lost him over £2m on property loan agreements during the 2008 financial crash.
Former Manchester United star files £750k claim against St. James’s Place representative

April 15, 2024

Earlier this year, his legal team at Thomas Mansfield Solicitors filed a claim to the Financial List of the High Court against London-based Klipp Wealth Management (KWM Wealth).
Sports Direct fails in bid for injunction against Premier League’s Newcastle United over replica kits

April 15, 2024

The premier league club reasons were that it has entered into an exclusive retail arrangement with JD Sport to sell its upcoming replica kit.
Cum-Ex: Billion pound Danish tax authorities trial starts on Monday in London. Here is what you need to know

April 13, 2024

The Cum-Ex scandal is the name given to a huge volume of transactions prior to 2012 that involved exploiting a loophole on dividend payments that enabled a number of parties to claim the same tax refund.

Mike Ashley’s Frasers ups stake in Hugo Boss after takeover bid

London’s Square Mile needs its own major sports venue to keep up with rivals

We take a food and drink Odyssey through the Square Mile

By: Maria Ward-Brennan

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