Business and Other Briefings
DWP: Disabled entrepreneurs & small businesses will benefit from more support to pay for specialised equipment & other costs faced by disabled people in work under changes to the Government’s disability employment programme announced last week.
The programme, Access to Work, provides financial help towards the extra costs faced by disabled people at work, such as travel costs, specially adapted equipment & support workers.
The programme, Access to Work, provides financial help towards the extra costs faced by disabled people at work, such as travel costs, specially adapted equipment & support workers.
BIS: Business Minister, Michael Fallon has announced the launch of a new Enterprise Capital Fund (ECF) to invest in science, technology and engineering-based SMEs. The new fund, Longwall Ventures ECF, is the 12th ECF and comprises £25m of Government investment & £15m from private investors.
FRC: The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) are to commission jointly a major project that will investigate the competencies & professional skills of auditors.
The project is being commissioned as a contribution towards restoring market confidence through improving audit quality and re-building trust in the audit profession.
The project is being commissioned as a contribution towards restoring market confidence through improving audit quality and re-building trust in the audit profession.
