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Making COP count

Through a range of practical content and case studies, this content series looks at the role the accountancy profession can and should play in addressing the climate crisis, and ensuring that any action also restores the earth’s ecosystem and is socially just.
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Latest news

How to set the tone as an ethical leader
  • Article
  • 17 Apr 2024
Going beyond the buzzwords to build a tangible, ethical culture means securing buy-in from every level of management and thinking carefully about recognition and reward.
From PwC to public service: Lynn Pamment CBE
  • Article
  • 17 Apr 2024
The former PwC partner and now Jersey’s Comptroller and Auditor General on why tackling the local audit crisis hinges on audit firm leaders valuing the public sector audit discipline better.
The auditor who fought Kenyan corruption
  • Article
  • 17 Apr 2024
This year’s ICAEW Achievement Award winner, Edward ‘Eddie’ Ouko, faced huge resistance in his role as Auditor-General of Kenya. Despite the threats, he stood his ground.

Latest tax news

Tax news in brief 17 April 2024
  • Article
  • 16 Apr 2024
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 17 April 2024, including: how Labour intends to close the tax gap; a change to the form for reporting a residential property gain; and new HMRC guidance for employers on giving foreign tax relief.
IESBA updates its ethical code in relation to tax planning
  • Article
  • 16 Apr 2024
The International Ethics Standards Board (IESBA) has introduced new ethical provisions for accountants providing tax planning services.
Payroll and rewards updates from ICAEW
  • Article
  • 15 Apr 2024
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty has published a TAXguide on PAYE rates, thresholds and allowances, and produced a webinar on recent changes in employment taxes and related areas.

Insights specials

A listing of one-off Insights specials that focus on a particular subject, interviewing the key people, identifying developing trends and examining the underlying issues.

Making COP count
  • 02 Nov 2023
Through a range of practical content and case studies, this content series looks at the role the accountancy profession can and should play in addressing the climate crisis, and ensuring that any action also restores the earth’s ecosystem and is socially just.
Resilience and Renewal: Building an economy fit for the future
  • 12 Oct 2023
This content examines economic issues that UK business and chartered accountants are at the centre of tackling to build a better, more resilient future. We explore productivity, skills and international trade.
Recentring ethics
  • 29 Sep 2023
Ethics must not fade into the background. For Global Ethics Day on 18 October, ICAEW emphasises the importance of ethics for leadership and culture within the profession.

Videos

Ethical decision making and the challenges of AI
Ethical decision making and the challenges of AI
  • 13 Oct 2023
A group of international experts discuss the benefits and potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence becoming an integral part of the accountancy profession.
A recipe for growth
A recipe for growth
  • 26 Sep 2023
A local economic success story in Leeds offers broader lessons for how to encourage investment and so boost productivity.
Resilience and Renewal: Building an Economy Fit for the Future
Resilience and Renewal: Building an Economy Fit for the Future
  • 19 Sep 2023
A new content series exploring three major economic challenges and the businesses and chartered accountants that are finding solutions.
Sustainability and accounting
Sustainability and accounting
  • 13 Oct 2023
Accountancy experts from across the globe discuss their views on the inter-relation between professional ethics and sustainability.

The opinions expressed by external guest speakers in interviews or other publications included on this website are, by their nature, those of the speaker. They are not necessarily fully endorsed by the ICAEW or purport to reflect the official policies and views of the ICAEW or its members.

Podcast episodes

So you want to be a leader?
  • Podcast
  • 17 Apr 2024
In this Insights In Focus episode, we discuss how accountants can build the skills needed to take on leadership and executive roles during their careers.
A busy new tax year, plus progress on the Economic Crime Act
  • Podcast
  • 08 Apr 2024
In this episode, we discuss why the arrival of the 2024/25 tax year is particularly busy for accountants, and the main changes to be aware of from 6 April.
Does Britain have a farming problem?
  • Podcast
  • 08 Mar 2024
In this Insights In Focus episode, we discuss how changes to the funding of British farms could affect the UK’s broader economic resilience.

Charts of the week

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Chart of the week: Public spending crunch
  • Article
  • 12 Apr 2024
Public spend as a share of the economy must fall over the next five years to make the sums add up – a big challenge for the next government.
Chart of the week: Whole of Government liabilities
  • Article
  • 05 Apr 2024
Our chart this week looks at how liabilities in the UK’s public balance sheet have risen significantly over the five years to March 2022.
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Chart of the week: Retail sales
  • Article
  • 28 Mar 2024
Our chart this week looks at how retail sales have increased by 19.5% over the past five years, comprising a 1.4% fall in volumes and a 21.2% increase in prices.

Insights by topic

Student Insights Interviews, guides and features giving you fresh insights, innovative ideas and an inside look at the lives and careers of ICAEW students and members. No matter what stage you’re at in your journey with us, you’ll find content to suit you.
Insights index This page provides an entry point to the articles that have formed the daily, monthly and weekly member emails, arranged by section and month. It also contains an index of themed Insights specials and the Quarterly magazine.
Climate hub
Climate change is a crucial issue for the accounting profession. Are you professionally ready to mitigate the risk and maximise the opportunity of climate change? Find inspiration, information and practical resources to support the goals set out in the Paris Agreement and in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
CEO and President's insights
View an archive of blogs from ICAEW CEO, Michael Izza, and from past ICAEW presidents.
Diversity and Inclusion
ICAEW is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. In this hub we bring together timely D&I resources on the protected characteristics of the Equality Act, along with our latest insights into diversity in the profession.
EU and international trade A range of resources on the implications of the UK leaving the EU on 31 December 2020.
Regulatory News A round-up of regulatory and conduct updates and communications from the ICAEW Professional Standards Department.
Sponsored content
Hear what our partners are saying on topical issues impacting the accountancy profession.