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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Capita continues sell-off with £62m offload of environmental testing arm

December 4, 2023

Outsourcing firm Capita is selling its 75 per cent stake in Fera Science, as the firm continues its strategy to simplify its business model. The deal sees the firm selling its stake to private investment company, Bridgepoint Group, for cash proceeds of £62m upon completion. Fera Science specialises in environmental testing, research, and advisory and [...]
UK motor insurers break payout records as the sector battles rising cost

December 4, 2023

Insurance companies have paid out £2.5bn in motor insurance claims in the third quarter of the year, which was a 21 per cent jump on the same period last year. Over the third quarter of 2023, UK insurers have issued the highest quarterly payout since the Association of British Insurers (ABI) began collecting this data [...]
One third of tech giants under digital services tax faced investigations by HMRC

December 4, 2023

One third of tech giants that pay the UK’s new digital services tax have already been subjected to checks by HMRC, says national law firm Pinsent Masons. The digital services tax was introduced at the 2020 Budget in a move to ensure tech giants pay their fair share of tax, as they would be charged [...]
Claudia Winkleman to step down from BBC Radio 2 next year

December 2, 2023

Claudia Winkleman has announced she is stepping down from hosting her Saturday morning BBC Radio 2 show next year. After three years of presenting from 10am to 1pm, the broadcaster announced on the show on December 2 that she will present her last edition in March. She first joined Radio 2 in Spring 2008 to [...]
City lawyer sentenced to nine months in prison for ‘tipping off’ client

November 30, 2023

A City lawyer convicted for “tipping off” one of his clients about a money laundering investigation was sentenced to nine months in prison today. William Osmond, founder of commercial and property law firm Osmond & Osmond Solicitor, was convicted earlier this month. He tipped off businessman James Reeding Ramsay after the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) [...]
CMA successful in appealing its right to probe Apple

November 30, 2023

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was successful in an appeal against a decision it did not have power market investigate tech giant Apple.
Aon hits insurance rival Howden with lawsuit a month after another settlement

November 30, 2023

Insurance broker Howden Group Holdings has been hit with a new lawsuit by Aon, one month after the former settled its other claim. The new claim was filed to the English High Court this week by insurance giant Aon and its subsidiaries Aon UK and Aon Brasil. The lawsuit targeted Howden along with 11 other [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo hit with $1bn class action over Binance partnership

November 29, 2023

Former Manchester United football player Cristiano Ronaldo has been hit with a class action in a court in the US over promoting unregistered securities by crypto company Binance.
Record level of British haulage businesses going bust ‘at a rate unheard of’

November 29, 2023

British haulage businesses going insolvent has jumped over the last two years as the fallout of the UK economy has pushed business to go bust.
Law firm RBG Holdings appoints new financial chief

November 29, 2023

RBG Holdings has appointed Kevin McNair as the law firm's new chief financial officer to replace Suzanne Drakeford-Lewis who left after taking a sabbatical.

Revealed: KPMG and Deloitte offer bumper redundancy packages to slash headcount

Starmer took sport freebies worth tens of thousands of pounds while PM

The PlayStation Portal 2026 review: Japanese innovation, hampered by UK infrastructure

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