Employment law to cut workforce flexibility
The Employment Rights Act 2025 brings not just higher costs but reduced flexibility. Here is how small firms can prepare for the sweeping changes ahead.
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How IFA’s Rising Professional of the Year Andrew Coombs mixes innovation and impact
How IFA’s Rising Professional of the Year Andrew Coombs mixes innovation and impact
At a glance The IFA has named Somerset’s Andrew Coombs as its Rising Professional of the Year. Judges praised his tech-driven innovations, and...
Our Member of the Year takes on rising mental health numbers
Our Member of the Year takes on rising mental health numbers
At a glance The IFA has named West Yorkshire’s Muhammad Bilal as our Member of the Year. IFA judges praised his passionate advocacy for mental...
Collaboration, celebration and MTD: The IFA Conference & Awards 2025
Collaboration, celebration and MTD: The IFA Conference & Awards 2025
At a glance Key sessions of the inaugural IFA Conference 2025 covered late payments and community engagement strategies. HMRC's Lenny Barry...
Small Business Commissioner urges accountants’ support with late payments
Small Business Commissioner urges accountants’ support with late payments
At a glance Small Business Commissioner says late payments are improving, but continue to be a huge problem The UK’s smallest businesses with the...
The UK’s small businesses should be fuelling the country’s growth ambitions. Here’s why that’s not happening
The UK’s small businesses should be fuelling the country’s growth ambitions. Here’s why that’s not happening
These businesses already punch above their weight, accounting for 60% of private-sector employment and more than half of total business turnover....
Your WhatsApp messages could get you sacked
Your WhatsApp messages could get you sacked
WhatsApp might have started as a casual messaging app for friends, but it has now firmly become embedded in workplace communication – and...
The Supreme Court’s gender ruling has implications for the workplace. Here’s what employees can expect
The Supreme Court’s gender ruling has implications for the workplace. Here’s what employees can expect
The decision sparked intense debate across political, legal, and social spheres. But beyond the controversy, one crucial question remains: what...
Regulating AI seems like an impossible task, but ethically and economically, it’s a vital one
Regulating AI seems like an impossible task, but ethically and economically, it’s a vital one
But regulating such a fast-moving and complex sector is extremely difficult. At a summit in France in February 2025, world leaders struggled to...
How the UK could monetise ‘citizen data’ and turn it into a national asset
How the UK could monetise ‘citizen data’ and turn it into a national asset
Entrepreneur Matt Clifford’s report on the AI Opportunities Action Plan, commissioned by the UK government, has set out some ambitious...
The trend for ‘quiet’ and ‘soft’ quitting is a symptom of our deteriorating relationship with work
The trend for ‘quiet’ and ‘soft’ quitting is a symptom of our deteriorating relationship with work
Do you find yourself reducing how much effort you make to engage in some “quiet” or “soft” quitting? Or maybe you dream of taking a more decisive...
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