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Growth planning: essential steps for SMEs
- 22 May 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Successful SME growth planning involves critical appraisal, goal setting, budgeting, adaptability, and strategic partnerships. Read on to discover how to apply these strategies.
Border uncertainty holding back business
- 20 May 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Repeated delays in implementing a full UK border control regime in wake of the UK’s EU exit have had serious impacts on traders, according to the National Audit Office.
Grant opportunities for Small Businesses
- 16 May 2024
- Dell
Both national and industry sector grants exist to help Small Businesses in the adoption and development of new technology and contribution to net zero. Dell Technologies can help you assess which grants you may be eligible for to assist with purchasing IT hardware or services.
Global finance teams failing to integrate sustainability
- 14 May 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Rather than waiting for ‘perfect tools’, CFOs and finance teams need to start including sustainability questions into their systems and controls, experts warn.
Treasury trading platform poses challenges
- 08 May 2024
- ICAEW Insights
PISCES paves the way for shares of private businesses to be traded in periodic auctions, but questions remain around demand and cost, ICAEW warns.
How CFOs can prepare for what lies ahead
- 26 Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
As non-financial data becomes more crucial to CFOs’ work, ICAEW has partnered on new research to support them in making changes for a fairer future.
From CFO to CEO: the essential leadership skills
- 22 Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Many CEOs have backgrounds in accountancy, but taking the leap from the finance function to the chief executive’s chair requires a much broader skill set.
The AP automation benefits your finance department is missing out on
- 18 Apr 2024
- Yooz
The primary focus of finance department digitisation should be the incorporation of AP automation - more specifically, an intelligent automated invoice process. This is how a business will achieve a cost-efficient, streamlined accounts payable process. Learn more about the benefits in this article.
Finance function key to materiality testing
- 09 Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Bringing accountants into materiality testing early on is vital not just for better reporting, but more effective ESG strategies, consultancy says.
CFOs must support CEOs’ focus on radical change
- 25 Mar 2024
- ICAEW Insights
At times of growth and a challenging economic outlook, finance’s agility and forecasting capabilities will be vital to a company’s ability to grow, PwC survey finds.
Hospitality in crisis: helping clients through the turmoil
- 27 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Economic strains have sparked a ‘bloodbath’ in hospitality, with scores of closures already this year. How can accountants help their clients weather the storm?
Your transformation programme needs action (planning)
- 26 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
In the latest in our series on implementing a transformation programme, Neil Cutting looks at the steps required to create a concrete action plan.
How generative AI is set to disrupt finance
- 20 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
As its capabilities grow, Gen-AI is poised to shake up the finance function in general and accountancy in particular – but its risks and drawbacks cannot be ignored.
CFO confidence in cash-flow data remains low
- 14 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Organisations that haven’t automated their systems still struggle with real-time cash-flow visibility.
Profit warnings in 2023 exceed financial crisis peak
- 12 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
There were 294 profit warnings from UK-listed companies last year, with high interest rates and wavering consumer and business confidence among the key drivers.
HMRC prompts disclosure of dividend income
- 05 Feb 2024
- ICAEW
HMRC has written to company owners who it believes may have failed to declare dividend income.
Public finances beat forecast amid tough economic landscape
- 23 Jan 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Year-to-date deficit of £119bn is £5bn lower than latest Office for Budget Responsibility forecast – but is still £11bn worse than this time last year.
Leading digital transformation in finance
- 01 Dec 2023
- ICAEW Insights
At the ICAEW Annual Conference this year, there was an overarching focus on the opportunities and responsibilities that technology brings for finance professionals and their organisations, and how it is reshaping the world of finance and accounting.
Exploring liquidity risk management in funds
- 20 Oct 2023
- ICAEW Insights
In the realm of finance, open-ended funds play a distinct role, shaped by their unique characteristics. Reuben Wales examines their operational aspects and the hurdles they face.
Don’t bury your head in the sand over pay transparency
- 18 Oct 2023
- ICAEW Insights
The recent financial crisis faced by Birmingham City Council, the administrative body of the UK’s second-largest city, has sparked important discussions about equal pay, financial management and organisational responsibility.
The CFO has a role as the company’s conscience
- 06 Oct 2023
Chartered Accountant and Managing Director of a Global Bank Harshika Patel explains how ethics is truly embedded in the role of the accountant, and how karma will always catch up with bad apples.
ESG for SMEs: Make energy saving in your business
- 19 Sep 2023
- ICAEW Insights
ICAEW is supporting the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero in its campaign promoting energy efficiency. We take a look at what businesses can do to drive down energy bills and boost savings.
Delivering transformation: a lesson in project management
- 06 Sep 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Finance transformation series: Neil Cutting advises CFOs and transformation leaders on the essential skill of project management.
ESG for SMEs: how to adapt your finance function
- 18 Aug 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Implementing ESG practices and procedures throughout the finance function presents team leaders with a host of challenges, as five experts explain.
Gap analysis: the transformation starts here
- 18 Aug 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Finance transformation series: getting started with a finance transformation project can be daunting, but Neil Cutting has an exercise to help you get moving
I know why transformation projects fail
- 02 Aug 2023
- ICAEW Insights
The vast majority of business transformations do not get off the ground. Neil Cutting has the answer.
Creating a development plan to future proof your career
- 11 Jul 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Executive coach Oliver Deacon and ICAEW Head of Jobs Claire Brandon provide tips on how to develop and showcase your skills to make yourself stand out and keep pace with changing finance functions.
Six essential skills for new and aspiring managers
- 06 Jul 2023
- Chris Paterson
If you’ve just been promoted to management, or you’re looking to take that next step, ICAEW trainer and executive coach Chris Paterson shares his tips for leading a high-performing finance team.
The finance team toolkit part 6: applying systems and technology
- 01 Jun 2023
- ICAEW Insights
In our ongoing series on good finance transformation, Neil Cutting explains how systems and technology fit within every element of the project.
Why late payments need a labelling rethink and stronger data
- 19 May 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Better payment practices would reduce the pressure on SMEs to access finance.
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