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Capital Quarter Summer 2020: The future of the Aquis Stock Exchange
The 4 March 2020 saw the long awaited takeover of NEX by Aquis Exchange PLC (approved by the FCA) and rebranded as AQSE (Aquis Stock Exchange). Since the acquisition, PKF has acted as Reporting Accountant for the first two listings on the AQSE,…
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Capital Quarter Summer 2020: The impact of the new carbon framework on business
We take a high-level look at and summarises the changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code, effective from 1 January 2019.
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Capital Quarter Summer 2020: Market Analysis: What’s been happening on the stock market?
There continues to be a low number of issues on both AIM and the Main Market. This is reflected in the 6 months leading to 30 June 2020, with only 30 new issues compared to 43 in the same period in 2019. Similarly,…
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Deal alert: i3 Energy plc
Acquisition and re-admission to trading on AIM i3 Energy plc is an independent oil and gas company with exploration in the UK. Its strategy is to focus on the development of discoveries located close to existing infrastructure and delineation appraisal drilling of prior…
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Capital Quarter: Summer 2020
Welcome to the Summer 2020 edition of Capital Quarter – our newsletter for listed businesses and their advisors. In this edition of Capital Quarter Joe Baulf takes a look at the pulse of the changing Aquis Stock Exchange, which on the 4 March…
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Brexit – is your insurance business ready?
The critical moment is approaching. From 1 January 2021, only an EU regulated insurance carrier or intermediary may undertake EU insurance work. It is perhaps surprising that a number of companies are not yet ready for the effects of Brexit. In the Lloyd’s…
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Tax Talk: July 2020
Our regular Tax Talk newsletters provide the latest news, insight and analysis on tax related matters, covering both corporate and personal taxation issues. In this edition, we consider: The impact of COVID-19 on internationally mobile employees Disposing of the UK property Boris Johnson’s…
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Tax Talk: Boris’ end of year report
Boris Johnson’s administration recently marked its first 12 months in government. While reviews of the Prime Minister’s performance have tended to focus on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, there has also been much to discuss from a tax perspective. In the past…
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Tax Talk: Disposing of UK residential property
From 6 April 2020, changes were enforced by the HMRC requiring any sale of UK residential property to be reported with any capital gains tax (CGT) due being paid within 30 days of the completion of the sale. These new rules have accelerated…
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Insolvent estates
Insolvent Estates: what you need to know When somebody dies, a family member usually becomes a Personal Representative (PR) and will instruct a solicitor to deal with probate issues and the administration of the estate. Many estates are simple to administer but problems…
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Safeguarding audits for payment service firms and electronic money institutions
As predicted, on the 9 July, the FCA introduced the requirement for firms in the payment services and electronic money sectors to have an annual audit of compliance with safeguarding requirements. This was part of my webinar presentation, earlier this year on the…
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The government’s Register of Trusts – are you up to date?
It’s not about tax Many trustees will be aware that their trust is on a government Register. The trust was probably registered by their tax agent, as it may have been necessary to register in order to obtain a tax reference. The tax…
