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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Push for Black representation in finance still crucial
- Article
- 18 Mar 2024
Momentum on diversity, equity and inclusion created by the Black Lives Matter movement has stalled due to pressure on businesses facing multiple economic challenges, body warns.
Zurich Insurance Group on the sustainability reporting challenge
- Article
- 18 Mar 2024
Karthik Thilak, Group Head of Financial Accounting and Reporting at one of the world’s biggest insurers, explains its approach to sustainability reporting, which puts accountants at the heart of the process.
Shining a light on the millions
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- 15 Mar 2024
Danny Herman, retired FCA chartered accountant and recent recipient of the British Empire Medal, talks about surviving the Holocaust and working to raise awareness about the Jewish genocide.
New R&D tax relief guidance ‘could be clearer’
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- 12 Mar 2024
ICAEW has identified areas of improvement for HMRC’s draft guidance on the new rules for research and development tax relief.
Tax news in brief 13 March 2024
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- 12 Mar 2024
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 13 March 2024, including: the publication of legislation providing for the Spring Budget NIC cuts; changes made by secondary legislation across a range of areas, including R&D tax relief, PAYE and CIS; new HMRC guidance on ISAs; and the opportunity to claim a refund for Italian VAT paid on goods and services related to Italian business activities.
Spring Budget 2024: the measures you missed
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- 11 Mar 2024
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty scans the Spring Budget documents for other tax-related announcements that didn’t make the headlines.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 13 Oct 2023
Accountancy experts from across the globe discuss their views on the inter-relation between professional ethics and sustainability.
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Budget 2024: does it change anything?
- Podcast
- 08 Mar 2024
In this Insights In Focus episode, we discuss the contents of the 2024 Spring Budget and their likely impacts on the UK economy.
Will accountants save the world? With ICAEW CEO Michael Izza
- Podcast
- 29 Feb 2024
In this Insights In Focus episode, we catch up with ICAEW Chief Executive Michael Izza ahead of his stepping down from his role later this month.
ISQM, preparing and filing accounts, and public practice
- Podcast
- 09 Feb 2024
In this episode, we discuss how firms can maintain momentum on the International Standard of Quality Management.
Chart of the week: wage inflation
- Article
- 14 Mar 2024
Our chart this week takes a look at how average earnings have risen over the last decade and how they compare with the headline rate of inflation.
Chart of the week: Spring Budget 2024
- Article
- 07 Mar 2024
Our chart this week takes a look at the effect of the Spring Budget 2024 on the public finances.
Chart of the week: Pre-Budget deficit forecast
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- 29 Feb 2024
While tax cuts will likely headline next week’s Spring Budget, debt markets will be questioning plans to reduce the deficit by constraining public spending.
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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.
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