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Public sector finances disappoint ahead of Spring Statement
  • 24 Mar 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The shortfall between receipts and public spending reached £132bn in the 11 months to February – and is potentially on track to hit £150bn by the end of the financial year.
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How to influence as a finance leader
  • 27 Feb 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Influencing skills are increasingly important for accountants; they need to communicate and persuade stakeholders to make informed decisions based on their analysis, alongside producing real-time, accurate financial data.
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Finance business partnering: five skills you need
  • 27 Feb 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Learn from two ICAEW experts how to master the skill of finance business partnering, which is rooted in relationships, influence, strategic thinking and commercial acumen.
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National efforts to build cyber resilience and secure AI
  • 27 Feb 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
This month's cyber round-up covers key information on recent policy developments and new initiatives in the UK focused on enhancing cyber resilience and securing AI. Learn more about how this will protect and support businesses, and what guidance is available.
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Key questions to align transition and financial planning
  • 26 Feb 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
A new paper from A4S and ICAEW outlines how organisations can get started when it comes to aligning financial planning and transition planning.
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Dark clouds over public finances as January falls short
  • 24 Feb 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
A smaller-than-anticipated boost from self assessment tax receipts added to pressures on the public finances ahead of the Spring Forecast next month.
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CFOs to drive human-centric AI-fuelled future of work
  • 19 Feb 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
AI can help to address some of the biggest challenges that CFOs face. However, success depends on AI working alongside humans, rather than replacing them.
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Chart of the week: the end of year capital rush
  • 07 Feb 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week highlights the big rush in UK public sector capital expenditure in the final quarter of each financial year, prompting us to ask why March is the best time of the year to build new assets.
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NAO guide to aid financial management in government
  • 30 Jan 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The latest in a series of best practice guides brings together feedback from experts including ICAEW and highlights the need to spend smarter against a backdrop of tight public funds.
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Member profile: Steve Showell, CFO, Ordnance Survey
  • 28 Jan 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
A varied career has allowed Steve Showell to chart a path to his current role as CFO of Ordnance Survey. He talks us through its plans for growth and explains how mapping is a significant driver of UK economic growth.
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CFOs: how to nurture your relationship with the CEO
  • 20 Jan 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Sounding board, safe pair of hands, confidant – the CFO’s relationship with the CEO is a pivotal one. We look at how the partnership is evolving and analyse the skills you need to nurture it.
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Help shape IFRS 18 in the UK and improve cash flow statements
  • 14 Jan 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW invites practitioners to share their views on the endorsement of IFRS 18 in the UK and how the statement of cash flows could be improved.
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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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What it takes to be an effective NHS CFO
  • 26 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
A new statement by HFMA explains how NHS CFOs can ensure the delivery of safe, effective and sustainable healthcare services.
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How successful finance business partners work at local authorities
  • 21 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Finance business partners play a vital bridging role between the finance team and the wider organisation.
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The case for action on late payments
  • 18 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
A small practice round table at Chartered Accountants’ Hall, attended by Small Business Commissioner Liz Barclay, outlined the impacts of late payments on economic growth.
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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ICAEW disappointed by new reporting to tackle late payments
  • 09 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
New reporting requirements and a new Fair Payment Code among the measures outlined by government to target improvements in payment times, especially to small businesses and the self-employed.
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FRC seeks views on digital reporting
  • 15 Aug 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The Financial Reporting Council has launched a comprehensive discussion paper on the future of digital reporting in the UK, as part of a cross-regulatory group.
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How to budget in a low-growth economy
  • 06 Aug 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Following a British Chambers of Commerce verdict that the UK is trapped in a low-growth cycle, two ICAEW members in senior business roles provide thoughts on how to plan ahead in a sluggish climate.
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British Business Bank launches Recovery Loan Scheme successor
  • 12 Jul 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Running until 31 March 2026, the new Growth Guarantee Scheme aims to support small businesses by offering loans of up to £2m, with 70% government-backed guarantees.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Why you need great influencing skills
  • 30 Apr 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Accountants with the ability to influence others will be seen as trusted business partners and strategic aides – and may end up working on high-level tasks that don’t involve numbers.
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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.
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.
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