New proposals made by HMRC risk innocent businesses that unknowingly get caught up in VAT frauds being heavily fined, says UHY Hacker Young. HMRC plans to fine businesses up to 30% of the VAT due, and to ‘name and shame’ them for trading with companies that commit VAT fraud, even if they were unaware of…
Read moreThe Insolvency has published the latest Insolvency statistics between July & September. The key finding from the statistics was that total company insolvencies were slightly higher than the previous quarter and also increased on the year. The trend for the past year has been broadly flat. Andrew Tate, president of insolvency and restructuring trade body…
Read moreBritish SMEs are owed more than £586billion in outstanding invoices, according to a Business in Britain report from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. The average small business is owed more than £108,000 in unpaid invoices, an increase of 8 per cent since the last Business in Britain report in January 2016, with almost a third of…
Read moreNearly a third of Scotland’s professional services firms are considered to be at higher than normal risk of insolvency, according to research by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3. The research shows that 30.7% of businesses in the sector are considered to be at higher than normal risk of entering insolvency in the next year,…
Read moreThe ONS released UK business figures which revealed that there were 2.55 million businesses registered in the UK in March 2016 compared with 2.45 million in March 2015, a rise of around 105,000 (4.3%). Tim Vine, Leader, Risk Products at Dun & Bradstreet said “These latest figures from ONS have demonstrated that the number of businesses in…
Read moreAppointment of Administrators Notices – September 2016 Administration notices have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 247 TRANSPORTER LTD LSC 4CHILDREN (TRADING) LTD A-B-A-C-U-S FRANCHISING COMPANY LTD AAC MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL LTD ACORN SHIPYARD LTD ALAN KIRKHAM LTD ALATAS ENGINEERING LTD ALBEMARLE SHOREHAM AIRPORT LTD AUTO FUEL FIX…
Read moreWinding Up Petitions (Companies) Notices – September 2016 Petitions have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 13LAB EDITION LTD ABBEY ROSE INVESTMENTS LTD ABBEY SURFACING AND CONSTRUCTION LTD ABLE BUSINESS SERVICES CLEANING SOLUTIONS LTD ADCOCK CONSTRUCTION LTD ADVANCE ROBOTIC TECNIK LTD AFFORDABILITY SOLUTIONS LTD AGA LONDON LTD AGWM LTD…
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