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Data analytics for auditors: five essentials
  • 07 Mar 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Data analytics is often overlooked in favour of flashier technologies, but it is a critical skill set for the modern auditor.
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How to navigate software platform migration
  • 25 Feb 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Whether driven by cost, functionality, security or compliance, software migration is a complex process that requires careful planning. ICAEW highlights key considerations for practices and businesses looking to migrate.
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Five in-demand skills for accountants in 2025
  • 14 Feb 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
We speak to recruitment experts to reveal the key skills and attributes accountants need to stand out in a competitive job market.
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Meeting ISQM (UK) 1 Challenges with Root Cause Analysis Software
  • 05 Feb 2025
  • What Caused This
Using Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to improve audit quality is nothing new. The ICAEW’s first significant Paper on the subject Improving audit quality using RCA will soon be 10 years old. In the decade since this paper’s publication the scrutiny on external audits has increased and ISQM (UK) 1 introduced a new requirement for firms to undertake RCA as part of their monitoring and remediation process.
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I built my first AI Agent – using AI
  • 29 Jan 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Dudley Gould, ICAEW member and VP of Business Development at Circit, explains how he utilised ChatGPT to build an AI agent that can standardise client data.
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Protecting public funds: tackling procurement fraud
  • 24 Jan 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Valued at trillions of dollars per year, public procurement spending is a magnet for fraud. At a recent ICAEW event, leading experts shared insights on how to combat the problem.
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Improve your digital skills with ICAEW
  • 08 Jan 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Enhance your technology skills for free via online courses available to ICAEW CFAB and ACA students from ICAEW and partner organisations.
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The ABCD+ of technology: data
  • 04 Dec 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
In the fifth of our series on the biggest tech trends, ICAEW’s Head of Tech Ian Pay gives us the lowdown on data.
Sanjiv Kohli, Deputy Chief Executive, Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer, Newark & Sherwood District Council
How to ensure colleagues understand financial information
  • 27 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
With local government budgets under pressure and more councils adopting commercialisation strategies, key stakeholders must have a strong grasp of financial information to aid sound decision-making.
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AI skills gap is a ticking time bomb
  • 13 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Estimates predict that with the adoption of AI technology, 40% of the workforce will need to re-skill in the next three years. So what’s the risk of losing your competitive edge if you fail to upskill your staff?
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ICAEW launches Financial Due Diligence guideline
  • 12 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Although the use of technology has revolutionised the financial due diligence process, it also brings with it certain important risks and issues that members and firms working in the deal space need to manage very carefully, best practice guideline warns.
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Understanding AI: what is – and isn’t – artificial intelligence?
  • 05 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
An in-depth awareness of AI is no longer the preserve of data science professionals or technology enthusiasts. In the first of two articles, BDO’s Paul Ekwere explains what AI actually is – and what it isn’t.
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Payment scams, data hacks and Cyber Security Awareness Month
  • 31 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber round-up: the continuing payment scams and personal data attacks on individuals, key takeaways from ICAEW’s Cyber Security Awareness Month campaign, and how to safeguard your data and business from harm.
AI masterclass Jenny Blewett FCA, Head of Finance at Costello Medical explains how she used generative AI to help her move data from Excel to Power BI to give senior management a very different view of debt risk
Masterclass 5: Moving from Excel to Power BI formulas
  • 30 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Jenny Blewett FCA, Head of Finance at Costello Medical explains how she used generative AI to help her move data from Excel to Power BI to give senior management a very different view of debt risk.
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AI use cases: eight ways AI can help
  • 29 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
AI can be used for a variety of tasks to assist accountants in business and practice. Here are eight ways in which AI can help increase productivity and efficiency in finance and accounting teams.
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Cyber: your personal accounts could be arming cyber criminals
  • 18 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber Security Awareness Month: Attendees at ICAEW’s annual cyber lecture learned about the government’s moves to tackle cybercrime, and how personal digital footprints can leave businesses vulnerable.
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Cyber: the importance of security in supply chains
  • 16 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber Security Awareness Month: often the weakest link in a company’s cyber security infrastructure, supply chains must be tightened to avoid costly, malicious breaches.
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Partnering effectively with AI, part 1: choosing a solution
  • 16 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Before you can think about partnering with an AI tool, you will need to have a clear understanding of which use case(s) you want it to answer.
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Cyber: enhancing security when data sharing
  • 15 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber Security Awareness Month: we consider the common cyber risks around data sharing and what processes, procedures and measures should be taken to mitigate them.
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Harnessing AI’s potential: a guide for finance professionals
  • 15 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Artificial intelligence opens a world of seemingly endless possibilities, boosting efficiency and quality across business operations. But how can finance professionals identify effective and ethical ways to implement relevant AI solutions?
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Cyber: accountants can mitigate supply chain concentration risk
  • 10 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber Security Awareness Month: does your business risk relying too heavily on a few key suppliers? Diversifying and strengthening your supply chain could be essential for long-term resilience.
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Cyber: how to help staff keep up with cybercrime
  • 10 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber Security Awareness Month: Cyber threats are changing all the time, putting pressure on companies to educate staff effectively. But what is the right amount of training and what sort of tone should it take?
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Cyber: is your insurance adequate in 2024?
  • 08 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber Security Awareness Month: with the dynamic threat of cyber attacks and evolving regulations, businesses must ensure their cyber insurance policies are comprehensive and adaptable.
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Why small accounting firms are prime targets for cybercriminals
  • 08 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber Security Awareness Month: SMEs and small accounting firms are not taking cyber security seriously enough, according to Daniel Teacher.
Harvey Nichols
Major cyber security risks and trends in 2025
  • 07 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber Security Awareness Month: Organisations need to address risks through processes, protocols and procedures and not just buy that latest shiny technology.
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The ABCD+ of technology: cloud
  • 03 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
In the fourth of our series on tech trends, ICAEW’s Head of Tech Ian Pay and cloud expert Barry Iacovou discuss the pros and cons of web-based computing.
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Have you tested your IT resilience?
  • 24 Jul 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
When an IT update causes systemic disruption, how should businesses and their advisers respond in terms of their own IT testing and planning?
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Is AI really taking your job?
  • 13 Jun 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Fresh analysis suggests AI skills could help to bridge the UK productivity gap with other nations.
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European Union launches new AI Office
  • 11 Jun 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The EU is set to open its AI Office following the application of its recent world-first comprehensive law on Artificial Intelligence.
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How we applied AI to combat modern slavery
  • 10 Jun 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The iEARTHS project is a causal AI system designed to tackle modern slavery. David Wray, ICAEW member and one of its creators, explains the considerations that went into its development.
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