Work-life balance, CPD and client relationships key to success, say retirees
Skills

Work-life balance, CPD and client relationships key to success, say retiree...

1y Jonathan Barber, Executive Director – UK of the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)

Work-life balance, CPD and client relationships ke...

Jonathan Barber, Executive Director – UK of the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA), shares insights from retired accountants from the profession...

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Westcotts achieves Gold Standard in employee development with new accreditation
Practice

Westcotts achieves Gold Standard in employee development with new accredita...

2y Accountancy Age

Westcotts achieves Gold Standard in employee devel...

Leading South West accountancy firm Westcotts has been awarded the prestigious Investors in People Gold accreditation, marking a significant milestone...

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Skills for entering the Metaverse - yes, accountants need them too
Practice strategy

Skills for entering the Metaverse - yes, accountants need them too

2y Rachael Kennedy

Skills for entering the Metaverse - yes, accountan...

As businesses begin exploring the metaverse—a new, immersive virtual reality—accountants are facing a pivotal question: how do we prepare for a future...

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Breaking the boring accountant stereotype
Skills

Breaking the boring accountant stereotype

2y Rachael Kennedy

Breaking the boring accountant stereotype

Let’s face it, accounting has an image problem. But before you roll your eyes and say, “Tell me something I don’t know,” hear ...

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Grant Thornton launches new trainee program to bridge skills gap
Skills

Grant Thornton launches new trainee program to bridge skills gap

2y Accountancy Age

Grant Thornton launches new trainee program to bri...

Grant Thornton UK LLP  has announced the launch of new  onboarding program aimed at equipping new trainees with essential professional skills. The ini...

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Apprenticships gain ground and entry route to accounting
Skills

Apprenticships gain ground and entry route to accounting

2y Accountancy Age

Apprenticships gain ground and entry route to acco...

As England’s school leavers await their exam results this August, a new survey reveals a shifting perception towards apprenticeships as a viable...

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Internal audit teams face critical capacity crunch
Audit

Internal audit teams face critical capacity crunch

2y Accountancy Age

Internal audit teams face critical capacity crunch

There is a growing disconnect between the escalating demands placed on internal audit functions and their limited capacity to address emerging risks. ...

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What to do about the accounting mental health emergency
Skills

What to do about the accounting mental health emergency

2y Accountancy Age

What to do about the accounting mental health emer...

New stats have laid bare the mental health emergency facing global accountancy – with increased working hours and reduced salaries both impacting prof...

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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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Labour government full speed ahead on audit reform
Audit

Labour government full speed ahead on audit reform

2y Accountancy Age

Labour government full speed ahead on audit reform

The recent King’s Speech has unveiled a raft of legislative proposals set to significantly reshape the landscape for accountants and auditors ac...

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Pass rates announced for June 2024 ACCA exam sitting
ACCA

Pass rates announced for June 2024 ACCA exam sitting

2y Accountancy Age

Pass rates announced for June 2024 ACCA exam sitti...

Pass rates have been announced by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) for students who sat their exams in June 2024. 107,506 ent...

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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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Narrowing the workplace’s AI ‘trust gap’
Practice strategy

Narrowing the workplace’s AI ‘trust gap’

2y Trent Henry, EY Global Vice Chair - Talent

Narrowing the workplace’s AI ‘trust gap’

AI has proven its potential when it comes to efficiency, creating new and exciting career paths and enabling workers to focus on higher-value tasks. H...

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The human touch
Skills

The human touch

2y Peter Spence

The human touch

In a period of rapid technological advance, almost every organisation is going through some form digital transformation project. AICPA & CIMA’s Associ...

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Knowing when to outsource your bookkeeping services
Practice

Knowing when to outsource your bookkeeping services

2y Accountancy Age

Knowing when to outsource your bookkeeping service...

As the accounting landscape becomes increasingly complex, many firms are re-evaluating their approach to managing financial records. A significant tre...

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Forget national service, focus on financial literacy
Economy

Forget national service, focus on financial literacy

2y Accountancy Age

Forget national service, focus on financial litera...

TikTok accountant launches SME advice podcast on UN Micro and SME day, 27 June Read More...

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It's time to rethink what it means to be an accountant
People In Practice

It's time to rethink what it means to be an accountant

2y Rachael Kennedy

It's time to rethink what it means to be an accoun...

When we think of an accountant, the image that often comes to mind is one of a stuffy, dull professional, hunched over a desk crunching numbers all da...

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5 things I learnt from Xerocon 2024
Accounting Software

5 things I learnt from Xerocon 2024

2y Rachael Kennedy

5 things I learnt from Xerocon 2024

Sue Perkins knows more than XBRL than expected. Xero’s CEO likes to get at least 80g of protein a day, which is hard since she’s a vegetar...

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Navigating remote work and tax efficiency with EMI options
Skills

Navigating remote work and tax efficiency with EMI options

2y Accountancy Age

Navigating remote work and tax efficiency with EMI...

The recent shifts towards remote work have introduced significant challenges for businesses, especially regarding corporate tax and legal implications...

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What's going on at Grant Thornton?
Mergers And Acquisitions

What's going on at Grant Thornton?

2y Accountancy Age

What's going on at Grant Thornton?

Grant Thornton has announced the layoff of 350 employees, equating to approximately 3.5% of its U.S. workforce. This latest round of job cuts comes on...

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‘Perfect storm’ for hundreds of thousands of firms revealed as demand spirals and talent supplies plummet
Skills

‘Perfect storm’ for hundreds of thousands of firms revealed as demand spira...

2y Accountancy Age

‘Perfect storm’ for hundreds of thousands of firms...

Almost half (45%) of firms are being “severely” or “significantly” affected by skills shortages and a total of 74% of respondents said that compared w...

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Three ways to close the finance skills gap in UK accounting practices
Skills

Three ways to close the finance skills gap in UK accounting practices

2y Rachael Kennedy

Three ways to close the finance skills gap in UK a...

What is an accountant? According to ChatGPT, they are the following: “[Accountants are] highly detail-oriented and analytical professionals, adept at ...

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New AICPA & CIMA research shows deep divide among finance professionals about the future of finance
People In Business

New AICPA & CIMA research shows deep divide among finance professionals abo...

2y Accountancy Age

New AICPA & CIMA research shows deep divide among ...

AICPA & CIMA released today their Re-defining finance for a sustainable world white paper, the latest iteration of their Future of Finance researc...

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Once you switch, can you switch back?
Skills

Once you switch, can you switch back?

2y Accountancy Age

Once you switch, can you switch back?

Choosing between accounting practice and industry shapes an accountant's career, offering either a broad client base or in-depth company involvement. ...

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How the renewed commitment to ESG in accountancy and finance is changing the finance recruitment landscape
CSR

How the renewed commitment to ESG in accountancy and finance is changing th...

2y Andy Young

How the renewed commitment to ESG in accountancy a...

The accountancy and finance landscape has seen a shift in recent years, with promising signs of recruitment recovery driven by a renewed focus on envi...

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How to foster innovation and a performance culture
Skills

How to foster innovation and a performance culture

2y Peter Spence

How to foster innovation and a performance culture

Innovation is essential to survival in the modern marketplace. AICPA & CIMA’s Associate Technical Director Peter Spence discusses how to foster a cult...

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More than a third of female accountants too anxious to take annual leave
People Practice

More than a third of female accountants too anxious to take annual leave

2y Accountancy Age

More than a third of female accountants too anxiou...

2 in 5 (41%) of female chartered accountants say they’ve avoided taking annual leave on more than one occasion because they were anxious about handing...

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