Navigating a pandemic through data visualisation

What the COVID-19 crisis can tell us about visualising data effectively.

Chartered accountants call for business rates cut and sector support

28 October 2020: Changes to business rates and targeted support for specific sectors are among key levers the government should use to boost the UK’s economic recovery, according to a new survey of ICAEW members.

Are you planning a virtual Christmas party?

Updated 20 November: Organisations wanting to provide some festive cheer for their staff this winter face some difficult challenges. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty outlines the tax considerations that employers will need to think about.

2020/21 Reporting Season: COVID, Brexit and other challenges

26 October 2020: The FRC’s Executive Director, Regulatory Standards, Mark Babington, urges the profession and all businesses to put clarity of information and high-quality assurance at the forefront during this difficult time.

ICAEW backs business trade deal plea

20 October 2020: ICAEW has joined business groups representing seven million UK workers to make an urgent plea for a UK-EU trade deal, stating a deal is pivotal to post-COVID recovery.

FRC CEO: audit reform still top of the agenda

16 October 2020: The Financial Reporting Council’s Jon Thompson spoke about the drivers for and progress in audit reform, the attractiveness of the profession and the challenges of COVID-19.

Companies House reforms: new rules to combat crime

13 october 2020: The UK has announced changes to identity checks for individuals which aim to fill gaps in the UK company registration system.

COVID-19 and the fashion industry: a catalyst for change?

8 October 2020: Revelations about poor working conditions in small UK clothing factories may not have proved to be modern slavery, but certainly acted as a wake-up call. Can this also prove a catalyst for change?

Cyprus: a post-Brexit stepping stone for fund managers?

7 October 2020: The Cyprus funds industry has been described as Europe’s newest investment fund hotspot. Andreas Yiasemides, partner head of fund services at PwC Cyprus, outlines the opportunities the region can bring potential investors and fund managers.

Keynes: the reluctant broker of a hard Brexit

3 October 2020: After much deliberation, the Twentieth Century’s most influential economist would have wanted to “get Brexit done”, argues Stephen Lynch.