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How time is the secret ingredient for optimising your wealth
Corporate Finance

How time is the secret ingredient for optimising your wealth

7m Mark Campbell, Head of Wealth Proposition, Isio

How time is the secret ingredient for optimising y...

Many people assume that accountants should also be world-class money managers. But to succeed in the profession, you’re inevitably likely to be time-p...

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Making Tax Digital: What UK accountants must focus on now
Accounting Software

Making Tax Digital: What UK accountants must focus on now

8m Fer Amenedo, Principal Product Manager for MTD at Intuit QuickBooks

Making Tax Digital: What UK accountants must focus...

With the countdown to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax officially underway, UK accountants face both challenge and opportunity. Find out what firms m...

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Embracing AI: The overachieving intern we can’t ignore
AI in Accounting

Embracing AI: The overachieving intern we can’t ignore

8m Irena Teneva, AICPA and CIMA

Embracing AI: The overachieving intern we can’t ig...

AI is the brilliant intern of the digital age - efficient, tireless, flawed – but it’s our human insight that keeps it grounded, ethical, and actually...

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Rethinking capital: Climate risks and the financial system
Corporate Finance

Rethinking capital: Climate risks and the financial system

9m Peter Spence, AICPA and CIMA’s Associate Technical Director

Rethinking capital: Climate risks and the financia...

Financial capital thrives by consuming finite resources. But if we continue on the current path, we risk undermining the very systems that support our...

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Exploring human-AI collaboration in the intelligent age
Accounting Software

Exploring human-AI collaboration in the intelligent age

1y Jacky Pfennig, Senior Research Manager at AICPA & CIMA

Exploring human-AI collaboration in the intelligen...

With its ever-growing potential AI is quickly emerging as transformative force across industries, poised to reshape how organisations operate, enhance...

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UK growth to remain weak amid heightened uncertainty
Budget 2025

UK growth to remain weak amid heightened uncertainty

1y Jonathan Ashworth, Chief Economist, ACCA

UK growth to remain weak amid heightened uncertain...

The UK’s incipient economic recovery in the first half of 2024 has since flagged. After expanding by 0.8% and 0.4% in Q1 and Q2 2024, the economy stag...

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You only get one ‘Day One’: The importance of post-merger integration
Corporate Finance

You only get one ‘Day One’: The importance of post-merger integration

1y Nigel Layton, Partner and Head of Pharma & Life Sciences, Forvis Mazars

You only get one ‘Day One’: The importance of post...

The UK pharmaceutical and life sciences sector is braced for a busier year in terms of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), following a quiet 2024, bot...

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Unlocking productivity: collaborative synergies for C-Suite leaders
Corporate Finance

Unlocking productivity: collaborative synergies for C-Suite leaders

1y Irena Teneva, AICPA & CIMA

Unlocking productivity: collaborative synergies fo...

Successful productivity initiatives require synergies and board-level collaborations that seamlessly integrate people, technology, and finance, but sy...

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5 tax lessons for SMEs on Brexit’s 5th anniversary
Brexit & Economy

5 tax lessons for SMEs on Brexit’s 5th anniversary

1y Adam Owens, Partner for Tax Advisory at Xeinadin

5 tax lessons for SMEs on Brexit’s 5th anniversary

Five years on from Brexit, small and medium-sized businesses continue to face challenges from its tax and trade implications. It was hugely divisive, ...

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What accountants need to know about becoming an authorised corporate service provider
Accounting Firms

What accountants need to know about becoming an authorised corporate servic...

1y John Clarke, Companies House

What accountants need to know about becoming an au...

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) will have a significant impact on evolving accountancy practice. John Clarke, Chair of ...

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AI, sustainability and regulatory push set to transform Pharma in 2025
Budget 2024

AI, sustainability and regulatory push set to transform Pharma in 2025

1y Nigel Layton, Partner, Global Head of Pharma and Life Sciences at Forvis Mazars

AI, sustainability and regulatory push set to tran...

The pharma and life sciences industry faces a dynamic year ahead, driven by AI, sustainability, and evolving regulations. Stricter ESG reporting and ...

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Business Distress Index – what are the latest insolvency trends?
Business

Business Distress Index – what are the latest insolvency trends?

1y Chris Bristow

Business Distress Index – what are the latest inso...

The Business Distress Index for Q3 2024 from Real Business Rescue investigates how small-to-medium sized companies across England, Scotland, and North...

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Sector Spotlight: What does the Budget mean for the life sciences sector in 2025?
Budget 2024

Sector Spotlight: What does the Budget mean for the life sciences sector in...

1y Nigel Layton Partner, Head of Pharma & Life Sciences at Forvis Mazars

Sector Spotlight: What does the Budget mean for th...

As we step into 2025, the effects of the Autumn Budget 2024 will start to take shape, leaving businesses in the Pharma and Life Sciences sector grappl...

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Accounting under pressure: Balancing accuracy and stability amid talent gaps
Opinion Blog

Accounting under pressure: Balancing accuracy and stability amid talent gap...

1y Megan Weis, VP and General Manager, FAO Services, Personiv

Accounting under pressure: Balancing accuracy and ...

With an increasing number of financial inaccuracies stemming from overworked accounting teams, businesses are feeling the pressure of the ongoing tale...

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How to build rapport with clients
Opinion Blog

How to build rapport with clients

1y James Woodfall & Cliff Lansley

How to build rapport with clients

This week is Talk Money Week (4th-8th November), a week that encourages open conversations about personal finance, money management, and financial wel...

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Reeves' Budget could be a financial squeeze that forces GPs to the edge
Budget

Reeves' Budget could be a financial squeeze that forces GPs to the edge

1y Katie Collin, Partner, Ramsey Brown

Reeves' Budget could be a financial squeeze that f...

Before the Budget, Speaker of the Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle criticised the Chancellor for her readiness to chat to the media and openly disclose the c...

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Jam today or jam tomorrow: managing the trade-offs between corporate growth and corporate sustainability
Corporate Governance

Jam today or jam tomorrow: managing the trade-offs between corporate growth...

2y Peter Spence

Jam today or jam tomorrow: managing the trade-offs...

Businesses are told that they must invest in a growing number of sustainability initiatives, which may impair short-term financial performance while i...

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Navigating R&D tax credit claims in the software development world
Opinion Blog

Navigating R&D tax credit claims in the software development world

2y Mark Graves, Partner in the Innovation Tax team

Navigating R&D tax credit claims in the software d...

Originally set up to be a generous scheme to position UK companies at the forefront of innovation, Research & Development Tax Relief is one of HMR...

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Most accountants still underprepared for tech shift
Opinion Blog

Most accountants still underprepared for tech shift

2y Institute of Financial Accountants

Most accountants still underprepared for tech shif...

The latest member survey* from the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) has shown that there is still a gap in technology skills to address the di...

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How the accounting role changes with AI development
Opinion Blog

How the accounting role changes with AI development

2y Maria Sigacheva, Indirect Tax Manager, Glencore

How the accounting role changes with AI developmen...

Accounting technology is continuously adapting and evolving to comply with changes in tax legal regulations and reporting obligations to stakeholders....

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The evolution of audit skills in an era of complex regulation, disclosure and increasing transparency
Opinion Blog

The evolution of audit skills in an era of complex regulation, disclosure a...

2y Dilek Cilingir, EY Partner

The evolution of audit skills in an era of complex...

Talent is the lifeblood of any organization, but attracting and retaining the right people is no mean feat. Recently I’ve had several opportunities to...

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Looking for diversity in finance
Opinion Blog

Looking for diversity in finance

2y Metok Lee, Vanguard

Looking for diversity in finance

The most trending TikTok song of the summer by Megan Boni which innocuously has a single line, ‘Looking for a man in finance, 6’5, trust fund, blue ey...

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How to create an AI policy for your accounting firm
AI in Accounting

How to create an AI policy for your accounting firm

2y Lisa Miles-Heal, CEO, Silverfin

How to create an AI policy for your accounting fir...

Lisa Miles-Heal, CEO of Silverfin explains why AI need guardrails if accountancies are to enjoy the significant benefits AI brings Read More...

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Can staff really ask for expenses to travel to the office?
Opinion Blog

Can staff really ask for expenses to travel to the office?

2y Emma Clewes, head of tax advisory at Prime Accountants Group

Can staff really ask for expenses to travel to the...

Emma Clewes, head of tax advisory at Prime Accountants Group, discusses the tax implications of employees asking to have their travel and commuting co...

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The rising tide of hedge accounting: Navigating financial risks in an uncertain world
Corporate Finance

The rising tide of hedge accounting: Navigating financial risks in an uncer...

2y Kern Roberts, MD and Global Practice Accounting Lead, Chatham Financial

The rising tide of hedge accounting: Navigating fi...

In an era marked by unpredictable financial landscapes and heightened risk, companies are increasingly turning to hedge accounting as a vital tool to ...

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Unlock the power of multi-DCA strategy in receivables management
Opinion Blog

Unlock the power of multi-DCA strategy in receivables management

2y Robert Doherty, Global Head of Legal & Insolvency, Aryza

Unlock the power of multi-DCA strategy in receivab...

The piece discusses the benefits of engaging multiple collection partners, including increased repayment rates, cost reduction, and improved customer ...

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Accountants need to balance the books, and their body
Opinion Blog

Accountants need to balance the books, and their body

2y Paul Guess, mental wellbeing expert at caba, the occupational charity for ICAEW chartered accountants

Accountants need to balance the books, and their b...

Paul Guess, mental wellbeing expert at caba, the occupational charity for ICAEW chartered accountants and their families Read More...

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