HMRC is warning taxpayers to be aware of yet another round of phishing emails and text messages – this time involving fake tax rebates. Seemingly triggered by the end of…

With less than 3 weeks until Europe’s huge shake-up of data protection laws comes into force, 40% of company directors do not think their firm will be GDPR compliant before…

Manufacturing has become the most attacked industry sector in the UK, representing almost half (46%) of all cyber-attacks in 2017 – more than double that of attacks on manufacturing across…

2017 was a year dominated by news of cyberattacks, and 2018 seems to be continuing the trend. With cybercrime estimated to cost the world economy $600 billion a year, ransomware…

Half of public sector contractors working through agencies have had their IR35 status decided without an assessment being carried out, a survey shows. The astonishing figure is revealed in a…

A leading tax body has called for major changes to the way that proposed new tax laws are examined by parliament. In a submission to the House of Lords Constitution…

HMRC has been criticised for the time it takes to resolve queries – in research it commissioned itself. The survey of individuals, small businesses and tax professionals recorded HMRC errors,…

The main body representing the UK’s financial services sector has become the latest group to call for stronger collaboration between government and industry to counter the growing cybersecurity threat. The…

The financial cost of a single DDoS attack could be as much as £35,000 ($50,000), research has found, but cash losses are less important to bosses than other factors. The…

Cryptocurrencies have been much talked about in recent months, with Bitcoin spiking in price and falling off again, but financial institutions have been interested not in the digital currencies themselves…