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Industrial Strategy shines spotlight on professional services
  • Article
  • 16 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The government’s Industrial Strategy identifies the sector as having high growth potential, as Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds pledges to give business the confidence to plan for the long term.
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Government seeks firms’ views on high-growth global markets
  • Article
  • 09 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The Department for Business and Trade wants input from businesses in the professional services sector on how to drive growth in international markets.
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How should the UK foster a climate for smarter regulation?
  • Article
  • 30 Sep 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
With global economic challenges mounting, ICAEW’s roundtable event brought together expert views on how the regulatory landscape should adapt to promote sustainable growth.
Counting the cost. How operational consolidation helps DB schemes achieve better outcomes.
  • Article
  • 03 Sep 2024
  • ISIO
Keeping control of pension scheme running costs can be challenging for trustees and employers. The amount a defined benefit (DB) scheme pays will vary depending on its design and complexity – with some costs more obvious than others – so understanding what you are paying is the first step in keeping costs down. Trustees and their advisers, working together, can enable the schemes in their care to achieve better outcomes at lower costs.
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Advisers must nurture thriving UK entrepreneurial spirit
  • Article
  • 29 Aug 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
This year looks set to be a bumper year for business creation. How should advisers be gearing up for a rise in demand and what kind of advice do these fledgling businesses need to thrive?
The CFO Agenda: Unlocking growth without compromise
  • Article
  • 14 Aug 2024
  • Payhawk
Finance professionals must strike a delicate balance between maintaining a competitive edge and implementing cost-saving measures that don't negatively impact customer satisfaction or service quality. So, how can they help their businesses tackle these complex demands? Read the recent report by Payhawk and Raconteur to learn more.
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What’s next for LEPs and growth hubs?
  • Article
  • 05 Aug 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Local enterprise partnerships’ functions were transferred to local authorities in April 2024. What role will they play now?
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FRC points to improved standards to drive UK growth
  • Article
  • 25 Jul 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The FRC’s Annual Report focuses on continued progress in the improvement of the standards of audit, financial and corporate reporting as an enabler of corporate growth.
National Wealth Fund to unlock green and growth investment
  • Article
  • 15 Jul 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Fund will bring together UK Infrastructure Bank and the British Business Bank to unlock billions of pounds of investment in the UK’s green and growth industries, government says.
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Balancing regulation and innovation for market growth
  • Article
  • 04 Jul 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
SEC Commissioner Hester M Peirce addressed the complexities of regulation, emphasising the need for balance between oversight and innovation, during her visit to Chartered Accountants’ Hall.
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General election offers chance to restore UK resilience
  • Article
  • 24 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW urges political parties to focus on the actions needed to renew the economy and ensure the UK is the best place to start, run and grow a business.
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The secret to accessing early-stage investment
  • Article
  • 22 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
With a lending market changed by high interest rates and a proliferation of technology, we look at what start-ups can do to increase their chances of attracting venture capital investment.
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Step up on innovation, advisers are urged
  • Article
  • 15 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Summit organiser says that a greater understanding of the innovation ecosystem is needed in order to help clients capitalise on economic opportunities.
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ICAEW Member Insights: April 2024
  • Article
  • 30 Apr 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Optimism is rising but members yearn for certainty and stability to help them make business decisions, with labour market issues, late payment and access to finance among the key concerns.
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ICAEW: business confidence triples in Q1
  • Article
  • 24 Apr 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The latest Business Confidence Monitor finds UK business confidence on the rise, signalling a rebound from pandemic lows
Government aims for Year of the SME in 2024
  • Article
  • 07 Mar 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The UK government has relaunched the Help to Grow campaign, which offers resources to help SMEs get started, devise growth strategies and identify funding options.
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Take your first step in finance with ICAEW CFAB
  • Article
  • 06 Mar 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Looking to secure a job in the financial sector? Two professionals working in Belfast explain how completing the ICAEW Certificate of Finance and Business helped them build fulfilling careers.
Baker Tilly investment puts partnership model under spotlight
  • Article
  • 20 Feb 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The private equity investment will reshape Baker Tilly US into two separate organisations – but this latest foray by PE into the accountancy market doesn’t yet mark the end of the partnership model.
ICAEW manifesto: shadow minister discusses SME investment
  • Article
  • 20 Feb 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW has been presenting its manifesto for a more resilient and economically healthy UK to ministers of all parties in the run-up to its official launch, including Shadow Small Business Minister Rushanara Ali.
Next government must act to renew UK economy, says ICAEW
  • Article
  • 07 Feb 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW has outlined the actions needed to boost productivity and ensure the UK economy is resilient in future. ICAEW’s Manifesto calls for the revitalisation of support for start-ups, improved access to labour and a simplified, digital tax system.
Autumn Statement: the tax changes that didn’t make the headlines
  • Article
  • 29 Nov 2023
  • ICAEW
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty scans the Autumn Statement documents for other tax-related announcements. Various tax measures can be found in the Overview of tax legislation and rates, the Autumn Statement, and updated Tax information and impact notes.
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Chart of the week: Autumn Statement 2023
  • Article
  • 23 Nov 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week illustrates how Chancellor Jeremy Hunt used almost all of the available upside from inflation and fiscal drag to fund his tax measures and a series of business growth initiatives.
ICAEW calls for action to boost UK’s productivity and resilience
  • Article
  • 06 Nov 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
In a letter to the Chancellor, ICAEW recommends the introduction of incentives to support sustainable business growth and long-term funding streams for local councils, as well as tax simplification and action to improve HMRC service standards.
UK government responds to Treasury Committee venture capital reliefs report
  • Article
  • 25 Oct 2023
  • ICAEW
The response suggests that the current sunset clauses for the enterprise investment scheme (EIS) and venture capital trusts (VCTs) will be extended beyond 2025. However, the response also pushes back on some of the committee’s other recommendations, including extending the company age and funding limits for these schemes.
Commons Treasury Committee calls for greater diversity of venture capital investment
  • Article
  • 09 Aug 2023
  • ICAEW
The House of Commons Treasury Committee’s report into venture capital investment schemes recommends better support for female-led businesses and those outside the South East of England.
Spring Budget: is it pro business growth?
  • Article
  • 30 May 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
The Budget contained tax announcements designed to support business growth. We assess how these measures were received and their drawbacks.
Female and ethnic minority entrepreneurs miss out on lending
  • Article
  • 22 May 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Access to funding and support for women and under-represented entrepreneurs is improving, however they continue to feel estranged from the wider enterprise ecosystem.
Francesca Lagerberg: growth must be sustainable
  • Article
  • 17 Apr 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Baker Tilly International’s CEO Francesca Lagerberg discusses how she is approaching the recruitment challenges facing firms around the world and why sustainable growth needs to be a priority for the accountancy profession.
NAO highlights COVID-19 business support counter-fraud failures
  • Article
  • 23 Mar 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
The government should use lessons learned from the COVID-19 business grant schemes to improve contingency planning and build resilience for responding to future national emergencies, spending watchdog concludes.
Why watching the numbers is the key to success
  • Article
  • 15 Mar 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
“The numbers” may be the language of business, but for entrepreneurs, the figures that matter most aren’t revenue and profit but cash flow.
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