Crowe Casts

In this episode of Crowe Casts, Johnathan Dudley, Partner and Head of Manufacturing at Crowe, as well as Chairman of the ICAEW's Manufacturing community, gives advice on safeguarding the future of your business, and discusses the important decisions that will have to be made to enable your business to function successfully in what will become the ‘new normal’.

With the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBILS) coming to an end in a few short weeks, Johnathan discusses the future funding and financial support available to your business, as well as areas such as, health and safety, customers and supply chain.

Listen, as Johnathan advises you on how to prepare, plan and take action to start up again smoothly, safely and profitably as we evolve out of COVID-19. 

In this episode of Crowe Casts, Caroline Harwood, Head of Share Plans and Employment Tax at Crowe, discusses coronavirus, the furlough scheme and the long trek back to work. 
 
 Business leaders have warned of long lasting damage to city centres if employees continue to work from home due to COVID-19 .  With the recent launch of a campaign to get workers back to the office, Caroline discusses employee concerns about the return, as well as actions and precautions employers should be considering. 
 
 Also in this episode, as we see the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the ‘furlough’ scheme) come to an end, recent studies suggest that during the peak of the pandemic around a third of furloughed employees were still working from home, contrary to the terms of the scheme. The vast majority of employers have complied with the government’s rules on furlough, but the way in which claims need to be calculated is complex and so it is very possible that innocent errors may have arisen. Listen to find out what actions you should be taking to ensure you are compliant and are not at risk of substantial penalties. 

Our FraudCast series takes a look at the latest fraud and cybercrime news and trends from across the industry with Partner and Head of Forensics Jim Gee. 

Each FraudCast will include some commentary on the latest fraud and cybercrime news, an interview with a leading forensics specialist and a discussion about a controversial subject 

In this first episode, of our new monthly FraudCast series, Jim Gee discusses the COVID-19 crisis and the dramatic effect this has had on to the UK economy. With an increase in fraud and cybercrime since the start of the pandemic, Jim offers practical advice on how you can protect your organisation. 

For this month’s specialist interview, Jim is joined by Professor Mark Button from the University of Portsmouth’s Centre for Counter Fraud Studies (Europe’s premier research institute in this area) where they undertake research into fraud, cybercrime, bribery and corruption, including the staggering £190 billion cost of fraud and the current surge in fraud and in the UK.