At the start of the year, one Bitcoin was worth just under $1,000, but the price has since peeked at nearly $8,000. Some other cryptocurrencies, of which there are now more than 1,200, have resulted in gains of a much higher magnitude for those investing in the currency’s initial coin offering (ICO).

Around 11 million people currently have to complete a tax return every year to provide HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) with information about their income. With greater use of existing data, HMRC can now find the information for some of those taxpayers elsewhere without needing them to complete a tax return. This new system is called simple assessment, and HMRC have just begun issuing assessments for the 2016/17 tax year.

September inflation was just low enough to spare Mark Carney writing to the Chancellor. And helped spur the first interest rate rise in a decade.

From next April employers and employees will find their auto-enrolment contributions rising. Are you ready for the changes?

It is now simple for anyone to find out who really owns and controls a private company, even when shares are held in nominee names.

New research now shows that less than one in ten SME owners in the UK fully understands what GDPR actually means for their business, or have taken the appropriate steps to prepare themselves for it.

The pension auto-enrolment thresholds for 2017/18 have increased in line with national insurance contributions, although the auto-enrolment level itself is unchanged.