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Fahad Asgar, Technical Manager and Philippa Lamb
Accountancy Insights

Can businesses mitigate rising energy prices? Plus AI in audit, UK GAAP

  • Podcast
  • 06 May 2026
Everyone’s talking about energy costs at the moment. Greenfields Energy Group’s co-founder Liam Conway walks us through the energy impacts of the Iran War and outlines the best ways for businesses to protect themselves from global energy shocks.
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How helpful is FRC’s guidance on generative and agentic AI?
  • 06 May 2026
Pioneering new guidance from the Financial Reporting Council seeks to bring audit firms up to speed on the risks and benefits of generative and agentic artificial intelligence technologies.
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Pharmaceuticals: how to manage supply chain pressures
  • 06 May 2026
Global pharmaceutical supply chains have come under enormous pressure in the wake of the latest conflict in the Middle East, but a focus on forward planning and resilience can help manage volatility.
Chart of the week: top 20 military spenders
  • 06 May 2026
Our chart this week is on the 20 countries that incurred the most military expenditure in 2025, starting with the US spending the most at $954bn, followed by China spending $336bn and the UK in sixth place at $89bn (£71bn).
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Hospitality snapshot: stuck in high-cost, hostile territory
  • 06 May 2026
As the UK’s largest hotel chain owner announces 3,800 job cuts, the hospitality sector needs to become more adaptable to sustain growth amid significant challenges, including high operating costs and regulatory changes.

Latest tax news

Tax news highlights from April 2026
  • 05 May 2026
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty provides a summary of some of the key developments in tax in April 2026 and explains where you can find further information.
How employers can prevent and resolve PAYE issues
  • 05 May 2026
ICAEW offers a detailed explanation of HMRC's guidance for employers on preventing pay as you earn (PAYE) real time information (RTI) submission issues, and looks at HMRC's ongoing initiatives to improve how it resolves discrepancies.
Tax news in brief 5 May 2026
  • 05 May 2026
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 5 May 2026, including an update on the Budget 2025 announcement of the introduction of a cap on the national insurance contributions (NIC) exemption for salary sacrificed pension contributions.
6 July deadline to submit share scheme returns
  • 01 May 2026
ICAEW explains the steps employers who operate employment related securities (ERS) schemes must take by 6 July 2026 in order to avoid penalties.

Podcasts

Fahad Asgar, Technical Manager and Philippa Lamb
Can businesses mitigate rising energy prices? Plus AI in audit, UK GAAP
  • 06 May 2026
Everyone’s talking about energy costs at the moment. Greenfields Energy Group’s co-founder Liam Conway walks us through the energy impacts of the Iran War and outlines the best ways for businesses to protect themselves from global energy shocks.
Philippa Lamb and 2 other guests in a podcast session
Is AI accelerating the brain drain?
  • 14 Apr 2026
AI is already having an impact on the make-up of audit teams and there’s some evidence it’s already reducing the number of junior roles. But it’s all still new, and developing all of the time. What about the medium and longer term effects? How might it change training and career paths and will it ultimately boost or diminish the appeal of a career in accountancy?
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Making sure a tax return is correct and complete
  • 07 Apr 2026
In this episode, we explore the implications of recent changes to how tax returns should be prepared and HMRC enquiries are conducted, focusing on new HMRC guidelines for ensuring that a tax return is correct and complete and changes to the requirement to notify HMRC of an uncertain tax treatment.

Videos

Showcasing recent news-related video content from ICAEW.
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ICAEW Annual Report 2025
ICAEW Annual Report 2025
  • 24 Apr 2026
  • 00:01:07
Alan Vallance recaps some of the highlights in 2025. To find out more read the ICAEW Annual Report 2025 at https://www.icaew.com.
Looking ahead: financial services in 2026
Looking ahead: financial services in 2026
  • 24 Feb 2026
  • 00:00:52
Polly Tsang, ICAEW's Senior Financial Services Regulatory Manager, previews the year ahead in financial services.
Looking ahead: technology and cyber security in 2026
Looking ahead: technology and cyber security in 2026
  • 18 Feb 2026
  • 00:00:56
Esther Mallowah, ICAEW's Head of Tech Policy, previews the year ahead in technology and cyber security.
Looking ahead: regulation policy in 2026
Looking ahead: regulation policy in 2026
  • 18 Feb 2026
  • 00:01:03
Sophie Wales, ICAEW's Director, Regulatory Policy, previews the year ahead for regulation policy in accountancy and finance.
Looking ahead: the public sector in 2026
Looking ahead: the public sector in 2026
  • 18 Feb 2026
  • 00:01:05
Henning Diederichs, ICAEW's Senior Technical Manager, Public Sector, previews the year ahead for the public sector.
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Charts of the week

Chart of the week: top 20 military spenders
  • Article
  • 06 May 2026
Our chart this week is on the 20 countries that incurred the most military expenditure in 2025, starting with the US spending the most at $954bn, followed by China spending $336bn and the UK in sixth place at $89bn (£71bn).
Chart of the week: more people living longer
  • Article
  • 01 May 2026
Our chart this week looks at how the number of people aged 65 or older is projected to increase by 34% over the next 25 years in contrast with a projected rise of just 1% in the number of working age adults. This will be a major challenge for the UK’s public finances.
Chart of the week: home living
  • Article
  • 24 Apr 2026
Our chart this week is on how people in the UK still live in broadly the same type of households as they did 25 years ago, despite the population growing by 18% over that time.

News specials

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

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Prepare for 2026
  • 25 Feb 2026
Accountants face some significant challenges, but also some key opportunities in 2026. Hear from ICAEW experts on the important issues that members need to be thinking about over the next 12 months.
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Global Ethics Day
  • 07 Oct 2025
ICAEW celebrates Global Ethics Day each year. The 2025 theme is "Ethics Re-envisioned,” challenging us to think boldly about how we embed ethical principles into the heart of our organisations.
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How to fix VAT
  • 18 Nov 2024
ICAEW explores the challenges and opportunities offered in reimagining VAT and it's application. Read about the history of VAT, the lessons that can be learned from outside the UK and the potential of digitalisation.

Featured sections

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 news into diversity in the profession.
Regulatory News
A round-up of regulatory and conduct updates and communications from the ICAEW Professional Standards Department.
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News and 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 news and the Quarterly magazine.
News archive
In this section you can read some of the best material that was in ICAEW's monthly magazine, Economia, as well as from the Insights section published in 2020.

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