Wbg, Accountants and Business Advisers, has appointed a Senior Manager to its burgeoning Internal Audit team. With significant experience of governance reviews and having been involved in a range of commissioned investigations, as well as risk, performance and finance reviews, Sue Brook joins the firm from her role as public sector audit manager at Grant…
With record high inflation, soaring energy prices, and political instability all having a detrimental impact on SMEs, Wbg, Accountants and Business Advisers, is advising business owners to adapt quickly to market forces and adopt automation to help meet the challenges of the economic headwinds this winter. Mark Mulholland, partner in the firm’s Business Advisory department,…
In the final of a series of blogs for Charity Fraud Awareness Week, our Head of Charities and member of the Charity SORP Committee, Jenny Simpson, gives an overview of the policies and procedures which may be appropriate to protect your charity from fraud. Whilst it’s impossible to fully protect your charity against all fraud…
Continuing in our series of blogs for Charity Fraud Awareness Week, our Head of Charities and member of the Charity SORP Committee, Jenny Simpson, is giving examples of frauds perpetuated against charities and what you can do to protect your charity. Today she looks at push payment fraud; The circumstances surrounding the fraud The Chief…
In a series of blogs for Charity Fraud Awareness Week, our Head of Charities and member of the Charity SORP Committee, Jenny Simpson, looks at payment fraud and what you can do to protect your charity against it. Today she looks at expenses fraud; The circumstances surrounding the fraud Over the course of a…
In the second of a series of blogs for Charity Fraud Awareness Week, our Head of Charities and member of the Charity SORP Committee, Jenny Simpson, looks at payment fraud and what you can do to protect your charity against it. The circumstances surrounding the fraud The Finance Director of a charity defrauded the organisation…
In a series of blogs for Charity Fraud Awareness Week, our Head of Charities and member of the Charity SORP Committee, Jenny Simpson, will give examples of frauds perpetuated against charities and what you can do to protect your charity. Today she looks at a fraud involving stolen assets; The circumstances surrounding the fraud The…
Wbg, Accountants and Business Advisers say that some mini-Budget measures for businesses have been obscured by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s plan and subsequent U-turn on the proposed removal of the 45p income tax rate, paid by those earning more than £150,000 a year in England and Wales. While First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made it clear last…
Today’s (30.09.22) reduction of the limit for sequestration proceedings from £10,000 to £5,000, has prompted Wbg, Accountants and Business Advisers, to forecast a flurry of activity for some creditors to recover monies who have had to wait or given forbearance through the pandemic. The increase in the limit from £3,000 to £10,000 following the initial…
Wbg, Accountants and Business Advisers, has launched a pioneering in-house Training Academy for all entry-level employees with the aim of equipping them with a comprehensive range of knowledge and skills to further develop their careers. Developed and headed by Helen Moreland, HR Director and Laura Smith, Partner in the Business Advisory Services department at Wbg,…
