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ICAEW chart of the week - General Election 2019
Martin Wheatcroft
With voters in the UK going to the polls tomorrow, our #icaewchartoftheweek is on the political party's plans for the public finances. All the political parties are promising to increase taxes, public spending and investment, with the plan to el...
11 Dec 2019
Business, Brexit and the Ballot Box
Business and Industrial Strategy Team
Business, Brexit and the Ballot Box On Monday 25 November, Chartered Accountants’ Hall played host to a General Election hustings on the topic of small business. The event, organised by ICAEW in partnership with Enterprise Nation, Coadec...
11 Dec 2019
The view from London Accountant - How unemployable are you?
Megan Fitzpatrick
In a recent meeting about skills gaps in business, we got talking about academic backgrounds and wondered whether there was any such thing as ‘relevant’ or ‘non-relevant’ subjects.According to ICAEW’s own recruitment ...
5 Dec 2019
The view from London: Working fathers - how to thrive and work at home
Megan Fitzpatrick
As November saw this years' International Men’s Day, in
London Accountant
, executive coach Geraldine Gallagher sets out what fathers can do to improve their work/home life balance and ensure that more are able to “breadshare”. As...
2 Dec 2019
ICAEW chart of the week - Age profile of monthly public spending
Martin Wheatcroft
With the General Election in full swing, the #icaewchartoftheweek is on one of the principal drivers of public spending: age. As data from the Office for Budget Responsibility illustrates, public spending on the young increases as the populatio...
25 Nov 2019
The view from London: What are the biggest risks affecting practitioners?
Megan Fitzpatrick
Along with experts from Bluefin Professions we are hosting a free one hour webinar on how you can put your practice in a stronger position and protect yourself from risk. This complimentary webinar will look in detail at regulatory & c...
22 Nov 2019
The view from London: Diversity and inclusion - five steps to shift the dial
Megan Fitzpatrick
The volatility and complexity of business and societal issues in today’s world has created a burning platform to bring diversity of thought in every forum and to drive successful outcomes that work for a wide range of stakeholders. But while...
22 Nov 2019
ICAEW chart of the week - Public sector capital expenditure
Martin Wheatcroft
With apologies for the delay because of being away, this week's #ICAEWchartoftheweek is on public sector capital expenditure (capex), something that all the political parties in the #GE2019 have promised to increase - in some cases by very signi...
20 Nov 2019
Probate Fees and Delays – the Good and not so Good news
Jane Berney
Probate Fees – the Good news The Justice Secretary has finally confirmed to the media that the government will be withdrawing its proposals to increase the fee charged for grants of probate (first mooted in 2016). Small adjustments to cover co...
12 Nov 2019
ICAEW chart of the week - Monthly GDP estimates to September 2019
Martin Wheatcroft
The ONS announced today that the real-terms change in quarterly GDP for Q3 (July to September 2019) was +0.3%, a turnaround from the contraction of -0.2% seen in Q2. The #icaewchartoftheweek looks instead at the seasonally adjusted monthly changes i...
11 Nov 2019
Preventing small businesses from shutting up shop
Megan Fitzpatrick
With 50,000 businesses closing due to late payments,
LSCA
Business Board member Vicky Andrew examines the steps a micro business can take to tackle late payment in
London Accountant
. A year ago I wrote an article about
the importance of micro bu...
11 Nov 2019
What can you gain from giving?
Megan Fitzpatrick
Viresh Paul, the Chair of
LSCA's Area Societies
, looks at the rewards of volunteering with your local branch of the
London Society of Chartered Accountants
. It seems in this day and age that all of us have so much to do and so little time to do it...
8 Nov 2019
Holding all directors to account, stay at home dads and the digital age: this month's news in London Accountant
Megan Fitzpatrick
This month's articles are now live in
London Accountant
. Amongst other news, this month we cover:
Investors back calls for all directors to be held to account
: Speaking at last month’s Pan Accountancy Lunch, hosted by the London Society of...
5 Nov 2019
ICAEW chart of the week - Balance of payments
Martin Wheatcroft
Although most of the focus on the balance of payments is on trade, i.e. imports and exports of goods and services, it is not the only element in the balance of payments equation, as the #icaewchartoftheweek illustrates. Based on the 2019 Pink ...
5 Nov 2019
International students can add strategic value to your business
Megan Fitzpatrick
Are there ways for UK businesses to draw on international students studying in the UK? Assuming that UK business is shortly going to be aiming to increase its business relationships with countries beyond the EU these international students have many ...
4 Nov 2019
Misbehaving and behaving: improving audit quality
Megan Fitzpatrick
CASSL's (Chartered Accountant Student Society London) Alec Burt suggests a new way to approach audit. The recent criticism directed at the audit industry should prompt auditors to think creatively about how they can improve the quality of t...
1 Nov 2019
Supercharge your networking
Business and Industrial Strategy Team
It’s more than just swapping business cards We are always told about the importance of networking; it’s all about who you know, right? From being able to benchmark your business against others, to sharing a common problem and findi...
1 Nov 2019
ICAEW chart of the week - UK businesses
Martin Wheatcroft
The #icaewchartoftheweek is on the 5.9m UK businesses reported by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to have been in operation at 1 January 2019, generating a total of £4.1tn in revenue each year. Accordi...
29 Oct 2019
7 reasons why a board role can boost your career
Business and Industrial Strategy Team
Seven reasons why a board role can boost your career How to use board and trustee roles to build career resilience There is a lot of focus on how to get non-executive director (NED) positions on corporate boards and the best way to build a portfolio ...
22 Oct 2019
ICAEW chart of the week - First half fiscal deficit
Martin Wheatcroft
The ONS published the fiscal numbers for the first half of the UK Government's 2019-20 financial year this morning, with the #icaewchartoftheweek illustrating the changes in comparison with the first half of last year. If revenues had increased in l...
22 Oct 2019
ICAEW chart of the week - Bank of England banknotes
Martin Wheatcroft
The confirmation last week of the new design for the Bank of England £20 banknote prompted the #icaewchartoftheweek to look at the value of banknotes in circulation. There are just over 2bn paper £20 notes in circulation together worth &...
15 Oct 2019
New regulations to aide continuous improvement of investigations
Sarah Gammon
Significant changes have been made to the Disciplinary Bye-Laws (DBLs) with effect from today - 14 October 2019. The DBLs govern the way in which complaints are investigated by ICAEW’s Professional Conduct Department and the procedures governin...
14 Oct 2019
ICAEW chart of the week - Ireland Budget 2020
Martin Wheatcroft
The #icaewchartoftheweek is on the Irish Government's 'no surprises' Budget for 2020, which was announced to the Dáil yesterday by Paschal Donohoe T.D., the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform. Featuring no significant new ...
9 Oct 2019
Become a member of the ICAEW Regulatory Board
Sarah Gammon
The ICAEW Regulatory Board (IRB) is looking to appoint two ICAEW members to join the board. These two new members will replace existing members whose terms come to an end in December 2019. Applications close on 12 October 2019.
Find out more about th...
8 Oct 2019
Pride, Purpose and Perspectives- insights from the Business Committee
Business and Industrial Strategy Team
Pride, Purpose and Perspectives- insights from the Business Committee By
Simon Gray
– Chair of the ICAEW Business Committee As an ICAEW member since 2000, I’ve sat on the
ICAEW Business Committee
for a number of years now. A short spell ...
7 Oct 2019
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