Month: August 2019
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Aug- 2019 -5 AugustAdvice & Best Practice
Biggest cases of fraud this year (so far)
5. Timothy Bash Amount defrauded: Nearly £250,000 Timothy Bash was jailed for defrauding accountancy firm Lovewell Blake and its clients…
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5 AugustAdministrations
Leonard Curtis oversees Spudulike closure
Accounting firm Leonard Curtis has confirmed restaurant chain Spudulike has officially shut down after over 40 years of trading with…
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5 AugustPeople Moves
Armstrong Watson Northallerton appoints new senior accounting manager
Armstrong Watson Northallerton has appointed Nicki Hutchinson as its new senior accounting manager. According to the firm, Hutchinson will play…
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5 AugustAccounting Firms
Optimus merger expands Rennie Welch Berwick practice
Accountancy firm Rennie Welch has “significantly expanded” its Berwick on Tweed practice following a merger with local firm Optimus Accounting…
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2 AugustVAT
VAT change will ‘exacerbate construction downturn’, says FMB
The Federation of Master Builder (FMB) is calling for a delay to the implementation of reverse charge VAT, which is…
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2 AugustCompanies
Goals blames accounting scandal on ‘improper behaviour’
Goals Soccer Centres has revealed an accounting scandal, which revolves around £12m in misdeclared VAT, has been caused by “improper…
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1 AugustAccounting Firms
Toxic environments ‘plague’ accountancy profession, report finds
Communication issues (18%), working unrealistic hours (17%) and cliquey colleagues (15%) are creating toxic environments at accountancy firms, according to…
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1 AugustAccounting Standards
FRC fines KPMG £3.5m for Client Assets Reports of BNY Mellon entities
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has fined KPMG £3.5m in relation to Client Assets Reports in respect of The Bank…
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1 AugustAccounting Firms
Leeds based firms announce merger
Leeds accounting firms Winburn Glass Norfolk (WGN) will merge with boutique firm Murray Harcourt, which will see practice growing to…
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