News

Self Employed with No Income? Advice on Tax, Benefits, Rent & More

Despite the UK government announcing financial assistance for bigger companies, bail-outs for rail franchises and airlines, many self-employed workers have been left in a state of uncertainty. Abandoned and forgotten some might say. Bambridge Accountants […]

News

Coronavirus Phishing Emails, Fake Apps & Websites On The Rise

Coronavirus is a golden opportunity for many cunning people of course, from price hikes on food and goods in high demand, looting, burglary and online scams, those with a criminal mind are working hard right […]

UK Economy

Corona: UnderPinned Offers Free Support For Freelancers

Freelance career platform UnderPinned will offer its services for free until September to help ease the financial pressures facing millions of freelancers as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. The offer will give new and existing members […]

News

CountingUp Launches Self Assessment Tax Calculation Tool

As the self-assessment tax deadline looms, and 3 million tax returns are not yet submitted, the worlds of banking and tax continue to collide to create new alternatives for small businesses. Countingup, the UK’s number one […]

Insurance Regulation

Touma FX Fine is a Red Flag For Insurance Sector – Follow The Money

One important aspect of insurance compliance is being aware of money laundering, and genuinely knowing your customer. In an era when international payments are being sent instantly, sometimes in a basket of currencies, by a […]

Insurance claims

PPI Claims Co Director Jailed, For His Part in a £2.3m Tax Fraud

The director of a PPI and Personal Injury claims call centre business, and an accountant, have been jailed after an investigation into a £2.3m tax and insurance fraud. David Buckley, aged 51, of Redwing Road, […]

Insurance claims

Legal Update: HMRC Issues VAT Guidance on Delegated Claims Handling

HMRC has this week issued new guidance on Delegated authority claims handling by Lawyers which may create additional VAT costs for law firms and lead to disputes with their insurance clients, RSM has warned. Many law firms […]

Big Data

SAS Survey Finds Insurance Sector Expects IFRS 17 To Increase Costs

Compliance is a very dull word – even duller than accountancy – but it gets interesting when any changes to the way insurers carry out day-to-day  business fundamentally changes. Usually that means extra costs, retraining […]