http://www.UK200.com The latest news from UK200 Group Copyright (c) 2009 UK200 Group en 1440 At the beginning of March, the Audit Commission announced the firms that will take over the running of its in-house audit work from 2012/13 – and, unsurprisingly, accountancy firms in the top-10 won the largest number of contracts. UK200Group members comment... http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_18485.aspx 01 May 2012 Ernst & Young's ITEM Club has come up with some gloomy figures in its Spring 2012 forecast. Three UK200Group members comment… http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_18571.aspx 25 Apr 2012 As Rangers FC faces yet more penal and fiscal pain over its financial entanglements, another tax avoidance scheme appears to have engulfed some of the sport’s top names. David Ingall of member firm JWPCreers LLP comments.. http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_18479.aspx 24 Apr 2012 HMRC has won a court battle to stop a film investment partnership called Eclipse Film Partners No 35 LLP from gaining £117m in tax relief. UK200Group members comment… http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_18481.aspx 24 Apr 2012 for maximizing the benefits of paying spouses or other family members a salary! http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_18320.aspx 15 Apr 2012 Changes to employment law, seeing the period before an employee can claim unfair dismissal rise to two years, will come into effect this Friday but reaction is mixed as to whether its intended impact of boosting the economy will occur. Uk200Group members comment… http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_18317.aspx 05 Apr 2012 The government is doubling the number of academy schools this year. UK200Group members Ian Selwood and David Robertson outline the requirements for accountants http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_18089.aspx 01 Mar 2012 The 50p tax rate is damaging the economy and harming recovery from recession, more than 500 business leaders have claimed. UK200Group Member David Whiscombe comments … http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_18316.aspx 01 Mar 2012 UK200Group members comment on the practice of ‘enveloping’ which allows homeowners to avoid paying 5% stamp duty on £1m-plus properties and pay just 0.5% duty…. http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_18075.aspx 27 Feb 2012 We need new blood to come in and take us forward in new areas of business, new areas of discussion and new ways of running our profession. I believe that the older we get, the more closed-in our views become. The younger generation has the strength and ambition to create a more open profession, particularly in an age where accountancy is becoming much more globalised. http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_17985.aspx 23 Feb 2012 UK200Group Members named as some of the UK’s brightest accounting talents under the age of 35… http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_18071.aspx 23 Feb 2012 Member firms, have given a mixed reaction to suggestions by shadow chancellor Ed Balls that next month's Budget should include a cut in VAT and a three pence cut in income tax for a year, in an effort to boost economic growth. http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_17973.aspx 21 Feb 2012 In this day and age, every industry is changing, whether it is what the business sells, how it operates or who the business is owned by, writes Matthew Katz, a partner at UK200Group member Roffe Swayne. http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_17970.aspx 20 Feb 2012 A coalition government pledge to boost small businesses by giving them a 25% share of the state's contracts has floundered, a body of enterprise advisors says. UK200Group, consisting of independent lawyers and accountants, found that 92 per cent of contractual orders from the government are still placed with major corporations. This is despite coalition ministers agreeing when….. http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_17786.aspx 13 Feb 2012 Government plans to give more public contracts to small businesses has 'flounced', according to a group of independent accountancy and lawyer firms. Members of the UK200Group blamed the problem mainly on Civil Servant who had little idea of how to … http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_17784.aspx 10 Feb 2012 Monetary Policy Committee member, Adam Posen made headlines after an interview with the BBC in which he blamed banks for underlending to small businesses and hampering their growth. UK200Group members react .. http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_17778.aspx 02 Feb 2012 Members quoted in above article http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_17776.aspx 01 Feb 2012 A partner at Huntingdon chartered accountancy firm George Hay has been appointed vice-president of the UK200Group, a leading association http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_17665.aspx 23 Jan 2012 Nick Willis takes the reins as vice-president of UK200Group .. http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_17596.aspx 18 Jan 2012 Some of the key points announced by Mr Osborne are outlined here, along with the views of UK200Group members.. http://www.uk200group.co.uk/News/News_17593.aspx 16 Jan 2012