Hostelworld beats expectations thanks to Asia travel demand boom March 21, 2024 Online travel agency Hostelworld Group has traded ahead of expectations during the preliminary year, thanks to an increase in demand for travel in Asia.
“Fundamentally unfair”: The BBC Licence Fee prosecutions hitting the vulnerable hardest March 21, 2024 Cases of vulnerable individuals being prosecuted for not paying their TV licence has led to calls for a fast-track justice procedure to be scrapped.
Man who bought private jet with bankrupt Thurrock Council money is sued for fraud March 8, 2024 Man accused of cheating the bankrupt Thurrock Council out of millions of pounds in order to buy luxury goods, is now being sued.
Want the West End to survive? This is what retail needs from the Budget March 5, 2024 The Chancellor must not miss the opportunity presented by the Budget to help London's beleaguered retail sector, writes Ros Morgan.
Regulator hits KPMG and partner with near £2m in sanctions over M&C Saatchi scandal March 4, 2024 The accountancy regulator has fined KPMG and a partner over its audit of advertising agency M&C Saatchi. Back in 2019, the Big Four firm resigned as the ad giant’s auditor amid an accounting scandal which saw the company set aside £6.4m after it had spotted an error in its accounts. The business had also overstated [...]
Former Financial Reporting Council employee ordered to pay regulator after employment case dismissed February 28, 2024 Mr R Hartigan took the FRC to the Employment Tribunal (ET) last year after he was dismissed in September 2022 because he made a single protected disclosure.
Audit watchdog set to shake-up stewardship code to focus on ‘growth’ February 27, 2024 The audit watchdog is set to shake up the so-called stewardship code governing the UK’s top investors as pressure mounts on regulators to strip back red tape and support “growth and the UK’s competitiveness”.
Audit fees for London-listed firms skyrocketed by 75 per cent since 2017 February 26, 2024 Over the last five years there has been a significant increase in the fees paid by London-listed companies to auditing firms, due to the increase in both financial reporting requirements and auditing standards. According to a report by the Quoted Companies Alliance, its sample of 220 listed companies across the main market, AIM and Aquis, [...]
Made Tech: Public sector data firm gives mixed picture for first half February 26, 2024 According to its website, Made Tech works with government departments including the ministry of justice, department for education, and levelling up. It also works with councils like Essex and Hackney, the Met Office and NHS.
Sir Jon Thompson: Ex-FRC and HS2 boss among ‘new high-calibre directors’ at Frasers February 26, 2024 The appointments come as Frasers has been embarking on a series of acquisitions and share purchases, with the most recent being Hornby last week.