Probate and its hidden dangers

A timely warning – When administering an estate can result in a financial loss.  A personal representative of an estate has various responsibilities. If the will names the person or entity who is to deal with the estate that person or entity is referred to as...

GDPR – one year on

Measuring the impact and what to focus on now. Reflecting on the first year of GDPR, the ICO highlights that ‘the focus for the second year of the GDPR must be beyond baseline compliance – organisations need to shift their focus to accountability with a real evidenced...

A Review of Competition Law

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is an independent, non-ministerial government department. It seeks to enforce competition and consumer law to make markets work well for consumers, businesses and the economy. Competition law promotes fair trading between...

Reforms to protect businesses from fraud

Have your say on proposals to further safeguard businesses from fraud. Companies House Improving the accuracy and usability of data on the register consultation contains a number of reforms including some that you, and ACCA on your behalf, have been highlighting to...

Tax free childcare

Scheme could reduce childcare costs by up to £2,000 per child per year. Childcare vouchers (and directly-contracted childcare) were withdrawn for brand new applicants from 4 October 2018. Those who had not already signed up for childcare vouchers previously must have...