The Serious Fraud Office is to return over £1m to more than 200 victims of one of the UK’s biggest ever boiler room frauds. The SFO carried out a seven year investigation – codenamed Operation Steamroller – into the fraud. The probe led to the successful prosecution of Australian national and fraud mastermind Jeffrey Revell-Reade […]
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SFO recovers £1m from UK’s biggest boiler room fraud
The Serious Fraud Office is to return over £1m to more than 200 victims of one of the UK’s biggest ever boiler room frauds. The SFO carried out a seven year investigation – codenamed Operation Steamroller – into the fraud. The probe led to the successful prosecution of Australian national and fraud mastermind Jeffrey Revell-Reade […]
Brown Shipley plans Scottish growth with new MD
Financial Planning-focused wealth manager Brown Shipley has appointed Mark Flynn as its new managing director and head of Scotland. Mr Flynn will join the firm in June and will help steer future growth north of the border for Brown Shipley, part of Quintet Private Bank. The company says that it is keen to expand in […]
How to protect older investors from frauds and scams
My biggest lessons learned after doing hundreds of QuickBooks Online cleanups
Are you taking on a QuickBooks Online cleanup and looking for some helpful tips? After doing hundreds of QuickBooks Online cleanup projects, I have pretty much seen it all by now. I have made my share of mistakes, but I have certainly learned a lot of valuable lessons along the way. Every cleanup has it’s […]
Offering a Retirement Plan Could Score You 401(k) Tax Credits
Thinking about offering your employees a 401(k) plan? Already offer a retirement plan to your team? Either way, you’ll want all of the juicy details about the 401(k) tax credits for employers. Get the scoop on the 401(k) tax credit and how you can use it to lower your tax liability. How tax credits work […]
Third credit union goes bust this year
The City of Plymouth Credit Union Limited in Devon has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), opening the door to members to claim compensation expected to be in the region of £1.2m in total. The FSCS aims to compensate most of the 2,348 members of the Plymouth-based credit union within […]
Third credit union goes bust this year
The City of Plymouth Credit Union Limited in Devon has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), opening the door to members to claim compensation expected to be in the region of £1.2m in total. The FSCS aims to compensate most of the 2,348 members of the Plymouth-based credit union within […]
Third credit union goes bust this year
The City of Plymouth Credit Union Limited in Devon has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), opening the door to members to claim compensation expected to be in the region of £1.2m in total. The FSCS aims to compensate most of the 2,348 members of the Plymouth-based credit union within […]
Business Update – 27 April 2022
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. Read on for the latest updates and some ideas to help us all move forward. Xero Report: Small Business Creation at Record Levels Landmark research from Xero has revealed new small business registrations in Australia are at unprecedented levels, growing 34% from 225,000 in 2019 to over 300,000 […]