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Rebrand and expansion hails new chapter for PKF Geoffrey Martin
PKF Geoffrey Martin & Co launches new brand, website and expands with fraud and forensic service It’s been 40 years since Geoffrey Martin founded the firm that took his name, and now the Leeds and Lon...
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The twelve frauds of Christmas
The festive season is rife with fraudsters ready to take advantage of you. This year, more than ever, people are looking forward to Christmas as a result of a turbulent 2020 but it's the most common t...
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PKF Geoffrey Martin warns that the change in HMRC preferential status from 1 December could result in increased insolvencies and calls upon the Government to defer the change
From 1 December 2020, under the provisions of the Finance Act 2020 the status of most monies owed to HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) in formal insolvencies will change. From that date, in both corporate...
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Businesses are warned of a perfect storm brewing with Brexit looming and more stringent lockdown measures impacting on Christmas trading
Insolvency figures released last week by the Government’s Insolvency Service show a 42% reduction in the number of company insolvencies in October 2020, compared to the same month last year. This cont...
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Today's insolvency figures - businesses warned of a perfect storm brewing with quarterly rents due & end of furlough whilst protections from personal liability for directors also set to be lifted.
Insolvency figures released today by the Government’s Insolvency Service show a 33% fall in company insolvencies in the five months since the start of lockdown (April to August 2020) compared to the s...
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Leading fraud expert warns of ‘perfect storm’ facing students being duped into handing over deposits to fraudsters posing as landlords
Robert Brooker, Head of Fraud at PKF Geoffrey Martin and Chair of the London Fraud Forum is warning students starting or returning to university this month to be on the lookout for fraudsters. This ye...
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Leading fraud expert warns of posting exam certificate selfies online
Students receiving their GCSEs tomorrow are being warned not to share images of their exam certificates online. Over the last couple of months, many degree and A level students who’ve been denied the...