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  • ICAEW Chart of the week

    Ross Campbell
    Last month, the caretaker government in Italy proposed a budget which forecast the elimination of Italy's fiscal deficit by 2021. The arrival of a radical new coalition government with plans to cut taxes and increase spending changes all that. Debt...
    • 23 May 2018

  • ICAEW Chart of the week

    Ross Campbell
    Our chart this week provides an insight into why Stagecoach and Virgin decided to ‘hand back the keys’.  The East Coast franchise generated £247m in 2016-17, before a franchise payment to the Department of Transport of £...
    • 17 May 2018

  • Finding fraud through internal audit

    Jenny Mac Donnell
    In the UK, internal audit is the most common means of discovering fraud. This was a key finding in a recent survey by Kroll with 48% of UK respondents in agreement. It also found that 97% of UK respondents had been affected by fraud in the past 12 mo...
    • 16 May 2018

  • ICAEW Chart of the week

    Ross Campbell
    This week’s chart is perhaps the most interesting, if more complex ones, from our recent report ‘The debt of nations’. https://lnkd.in/gzWti9h Out of the 12 most indebted countries, it shows the UK has had the ...
    • 8 May 2018

  • ICAEW Chart of the week

    Ross Campbell
    Our chart this week again comes from our recently published report: The debt of nations - definitely worth a read. The usual measure used to compare borrowing between countries is the ratio of net public debt to GDP.  We do not think ...
    • 1 May 2018

  • ICAEW Chart of the week

    Ross Campbell
    Our chart this week is from our report ‘the debt of nations’ published last week which we hope will be a 'must-read' for anyone affected by how our governments manage public debt; in other words everyone.  Low interest rate...
    • 24 Apr 2018

  • Future proofing your SME

    Simon Alsop
    That small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) form an integral part of the UK’s economy is not in doubt. Of the 5.7m businesses in the UK, 99% are SMEs, accounting for more than 60% of all private sector employment. That SMEs are operating in ...
    • 20 Apr 2018

  • Two minute read: the FCA’s proposed improvements to  investment managers

    Philippa Kelly
    There has been an extensive amount of press about the UK investment management industry recently, including a lot of work by the Financial Conduct Authority, culminating in their Market Study Report. In early April, they published further informatio...
    • 19 Apr 2018

  • The debt of nations

    Ross Campbell
    I’m very pleased to present our most recent addition to the Better Government Series: “The debt of nations”. Since 2001 there has been a dramatic increase in borrowing by governments to nearly £30 trillion, a tripling in...
    • 18 Apr 2018

  • Has trust in small and medium-sized businesses been damaged by the light-touch regulatory regime?

    Ruth Ward
    Credibility is an increasingly scarce commodity these days, it seems. In the era of ‘fake news’, with the floodgates of misinformation open wide, it’s beginning to seem as though the problem might not be that audit is too onerous, b...
    • 17 Apr 2018

  • ICAEW Chart of the week

    Ross Campbell
    This week’s chart is on the subject of debt. Public debt. This is the subject of a forthcoming report in the ICAEW’s Better Government Series, which examines the level of public debt around the world. It is not a pret...
    • 17 Apr 2018

  • Embracing digital transformation in SMEs

    Simon Alsop
    Embracing technological change was a key theme running throughout the Chancellor’s latest Spring Statement. Among his announcements were: steps towards improving the UK’s digital connectivity with the first allocation of the first wave o...
    • 13 Apr 2018

  • Top 10 tips to transition from FC to FD

    Simon Alsop
    We know from talking to chartered accountants climbing the career ladder that you find it relatively easy to gather the additional technical skills you need. Formal training or reading is most often the way you acquire them, because you know what you...
    • 13 Apr 2018

  • The Lord Mayor's Delegation to China

    Nick Parker
    I was recently invited to join the Lord Mayor of the City of London’s business delegation to China, along with a small array of senior figures from banking, insurance, legal and accountancy. The principle concerns of the delegation were to prom...
    • 11 Apr 2018

  • FSF two minute read: Europe's non-performing loans - behind the headlines

    Philippa Kelly
    10 years on from the  financial crisis non-performing loans (NPLs) still remain the key challenge for EU banks and their long term profitability.  The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its regular update of its risk dashboard,&nbsp...
    • 10 Apr 2018

  • ICAEW Chart of the week

    Ross Campbell
    With international relations a little fractious currently and talk of a trade war in the press, this week's chart look at what is at stake in terms of the scale of global trade. Exports are certainly important to the major trading countrie...
    • 10 Apr 2018

  • Mind the Gap

    Olivia Cox
    From office boardrooms to entertainment award ceremonies and social media platforms to corporate institutions, the hot topic is gender pay gaps.    What is the gender pay gap and why are we talking about it now?   From April 2017, leg...
    • 9 Apr 2018

  • ICAEW Chart of the week

    Ross Campbell
    Our chart this week looks where the government gets its money, or at least the element that comes in in the form of income tax, which is expected to generate around £173bn in 2017-18. It is important to note that income tax cons...
    • 4 Apr 2018

  • ICAEW Chart of the week

    Ross Campbell
    Following last week's chart on the changing profile of public spending, our chart this week shows how taxes have changed over the past sixty years. Despite income tax rates being lower, the overall share from taxes on income has actually increased. ...
    • 27 Mar 2018

  • Two minute read: Bank of England Stress Tests 2018

    Philippa Kelly
    Earlier this month the Bank of England released its scenario for the 2018 round of stress tests UK banks will undergo.  Importantly, the scenario remains the same as 2017. This is a one-off to allow banks capacity to deal with the complexi...
    • 26 Mar 2018

  • What does the Spring Statement mean for SMEs?

    Simon Alsop
    When delivering his recent Spring Statement the Chancellor described the government as ‘the champions of small businesses and the entrepreneur.’ It is true to say that while not without its critics, the content of his speech has been larg...
    • 23 Mar 2018

  • Are your teams aware of the risks of social media and your company's social media policy?

    Sarah Gammon
    As Facebook faces more questions about the data breaches involving Cambridge Analytica, it's time to check whether your teams understand your company's social media policy and how to use social media. The consequences of using social media are examin...
    • 23 Mar 2018

  • ICAEW Chart of the week

    Ross Campbell
    With the Spring Statement already drifting into memory, our chart this week, shows how the profile of public spending has changed over the last 60 years.  It shows how back in 1958-59, the government spent less than a quarter of ...
    • 22 Mar 2018

  • Transforming culture: regulation, incentives and leadership

    Philippa Kelly
    The Financial Services Faculty’s John Mongelard attended the FCA’s  transforming culture conference on 19 March 2018. The FCA recently asked the industry’s leading thinkers to explore the key themes around culture. Each wise he...
    • 21 Mar 2018

  • ICAEW Chart of the week

    Ross Campbell
    Our chart this week illustrates why some prudence in forecasting makes sense, given how the official forecasts for 2018-19 have changed significantly over a fairly short period of time. The current forecast of £37bn may be £3bn better tha...
    • 13 Mar 2018
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