News

HMRC VAT crackdown spreads to subcontracting

HMRC has launched a major investigation into subcontracting that could result in tens of millions in fees and fines...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Ofsted Watch: Tough week for UTCs as two get ‘requires improvement’

University technical colleges have continued to struggle as two more received grade threes this week, while one FE college...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Job-switch plan stalls for former Carillion apprentices

Efforts to find alternative employers for former Carillion apprentices have stalled, because it’s proving difficult to match them with...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

IfA boss admits fears for tight T-levels timescale

The boss of the organisation that will be responsible for T-levels has admitted he has deep concerns at the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

The PAC’s five recommendations following its inquiry into Learndirect

The Public Accounts Committee has today published its report into the monitoring, inspection and funding of Learndirect. Members of...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

That’s special treatment all right: Accounts committee lays into Learndirect

Learndirect was indeed given special treatment because the government considered it too big to fail, the Public Accounts Committee...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Public accounts committee wants top-slicing action by August

The government should publish guidance on how it expects management fees to be applied by August, the public accounts...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

The incoming subcontracting tax bombshell

Our front-page story will make for very uncomfortable reading for principals, chief executives and accountants at hundreds of colleges...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Ofsted confirms new stricter rules for grade 3 providers

Ofsted has confirmed it will apply stricter rules to FE providers judged ‘requires improvement’, and will now carry out...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden