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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Serco: FTSE 250 firm predicts £20m hit from Budget tax changes

November 8, 2024

British outsourcing giant Serco stressed the tax changes in the UK following the Budget will increase cost by £20m per year
Businesses warn of £400m in extra costs after Reeves’s Budget tax raid

November 8, 2024

Businesses across the UK are sounding the alarm over rising costs after Rachel Reeves raised taxes by some £40bn at the Budget last week. The Chancellor announced that employer’s national insurance contributions (NIC) will increase by 1.2 per cent to 15 per cent, and the threshold at which businesses start paying the levy will be [...]
Serious Fraud Office given more funds to help ‘deliver swifter justice’

November 7, 2024

The Serious Fraud Office is set to receive an additional £9.3m in funding as part of the government's plan to crack down on fraud.
Former A&O Shearman partner rebuked by regulator for drink driving

November 7, 2024

A former partner at law firm A&O Shearman has been rebuked by the legal regulator after pleading guilty to drink driving.
Get your house in order, says SFO boss as corporate fraud countdown begins

November 6, 2024

Big businesses have nine months to implement fraud preventions, with the SFO boss warning "time is now running short for corporations to get their house in order".
Partner fees at regional law firms are catching up with City rivals

November 5, 2024

The vast majority of law firms are expecting increased revenues, but City partners are seeing their fees slowly drop whereas regional law firms are catching-up
Air Berlin administrator sues KPMG in England

November 5, 2024

The administrator of a bankrupted German airline has hit Big Four giant KPMG with legal proceedings in an English court, City AM can reveal
Supreme Court refuses Blackrock’s appeal on tax relief of 2009 Barclays deal

November 4, 2024

The highest court in the country refused to hear Blackrock's appeal after it lost its case against the tax agency over its 2009 acquisition of Barclays Global Investors
HMRC takes Royal Bank of Canada to the UK’s highest court over corporation tax

November 4, 2024

The tax agency has taken the Canada's largest bank to the UK Supreme Court over corporation tax payments on a North Sea oil production
Allianz Investors v Barclays: Will investors lawsuits now come to a halt?

November 1, 2024

The High Court handed down a major blow for UK investors after a judge struck out a chunk of a case Barclays faced, resulting in a potential close door on future investor cases

Iran and Russia to target Fifa World Cup, threat experts say

Iran and Russia to target Fifa World Cup, threat experts say

I’m 50 – but I feel young dining at Simpson’s in the Strand

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