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PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY ICAEW and LGPS Scheme Advisory Board launch LGPS informer
  • Jun 2024
  • Public Sector
ICAEW and the LGPS Scheme Advisory Board are pleased to publish a Local Government Pension Scheme Informer.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY NAO reports published in Winter 2023-24
  • Mar 2024
  • ICAEW
The National Audit Office publishes a wide range of reports and we have selected a few that we believe are especially topical and of interest to ICAEW members and the wider profession.
Message from the Director of Public Sector
  • Jan 2024
  • ICAEW
Alison Ring thanks you for your public sector community membership in 2023 and looks forward to welcoming you in 2024 so that you continue to benefit from the support and insights this community provides.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY NAO reports published in Summer and Autumn 2023
  • Nov 2023
The National Audit Office publishes a wide range of reports and we have selected a few that we believe are especially topical and of interest to ICAEW members and the wider profession.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY International Public Sector Financial Reporting update: March 2023
  • Mar 2023
  • ICAEW Public Sector team
Find out about the decisions made at the recent meeting of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board and the implications for financial reporting in the public sector.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY Message from the Director of Public Sector
  • Jan 2023
  • Alison Ring
  • Public Sector Community Newsletter
Alison Ring thanks you for your Public Sector Community membership in 2022 and looks forward to welcoming you in 2023 so that you continue to benefit from the support and insights this community provides.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY NAO reports published in Summer and Autumn 2022
  • Nov 2022
The National Audit Office publishes a wide range of reports. Here is a selection that are especially topical and of interest to ICAEW members and the wider profession.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT Sustainability in the public sector: building resilience
  • Apr 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW recently hosted a networking event on sustainability in the public sector featuring expert contributions on how to improve resilience. The importance of assessing and reporting on risk was a key theme.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY National Infrastructure Strategy finally published
  • Nov 2020
  • ICAEW
The long-awaited National Infrastructure Strategy and the government’s response to the National Infrastructure Assessment were finally published yesterday alongside the Spending Review.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY NAO criticises disarray in government COVID-19 procurement
  • Nov 2020
  • ICAEW
8,600 pandemic-related contracts worth £18bn were entered into in the period up to 31 July 2020, but a lack of transparency in how they were awarded has given rise to serious concerns about how public money has been spent.
INSIGHTS VIEWPOINT Social value an increasingly important element to public procurement
  • Nov 2020
3 November 2020: The Cabinet Office has announced new guidance on procurement for government departments, executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY National Data Strategy is only the start of a conversation
  • Sep 2020
  • ICAEW
Making better use of public data could benefit the economy, public services and the quality of peoples’ lives – so can the UK Government’s long-awaited National Data Strategy deliver this? Alison Ring, Director for Public Sector at ICAEW examines the proposals.
No bonuses or dividends for bailout scheme companies
  • May 2020
UK bailout scheme companies to be barred from paying bonuses and dividends
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY What the ACA brings to the public sector
  • Oct 2019
  • Steve Thomas, Sophie Denton, Matthew Ruddock and Alex Fullerton
  • Public Sector Community Newsletter
Steve Thomas, with colleagues Sophie Denton, Matthew Ruddock and Alex Fullerton, share the benefits of studying the ACA whilst working in the public sector after they successfully qualified as ACAs in July 2019.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY Public service pensions transition protection ruled unlawful
  • Oct 2019
  • Henning Diederichs
  • Public Sector Community Newsletter
Court of Appeal rule that protection for accrued right and transitional protection arrangements could give rise to unlawful discrimination.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY The important role of accountants in the response to climate change
  • Sep 2019
  • Paul Pritchard
  • Public Sector Community Newsletter
The role of accountants in sustainable finance in response to the challenge of climate change.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY Laying the groundwork for effective TCFD aligned disclosures
  • Sep 2019
  • Mardi McBrien
  • Public Sector Community Newsletter
Increasing numbers of initiatives and organisations are looking at how companies can align with the ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement and SDGs.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY Editors note
  • Sep 2019
  • Sumita Shah
  • Public Sector Community Newsletter
We provide some articles and links to expert views on climate change, public sector pensions, our latest Fiscal Insight into the recent Spending Review and we hear from some newly qualifieds who work in the public sector.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY Women in public finance South Africa
  • Jul 2019
  • Margott Terblanche
Looking at the socio-economic problems of women in South Africa.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY Unconscious bias
  • Jul 2019
  • Sumita Shah
While much has been done to bring in diversity to many aspects of our lives, including our business and professional world, there are still challenges faced by employees in the workplace. Lack of diversity in the workplace can take many forms. Sometimes, it is intentional but other times it is not.
PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY Breaking barriers for women leaders in public finance
  • Jul 2019
  • Gillian Fawcett
Today we have reached a turning point where it is unacceptable to allow gender inequalities that prevent women from aspiring to senior leadership positions to persist.
Exclusive PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY The four pillars of public financial management
  • Feb 2018
  • Ross Campbell
  • Public Sector Community Newsletter
This article is a longer read containing some more in-depth reflections on the issues facing governments considering reforms to improve public financial management and bring it to closer to commercial best practice.
Exclusive Building blocks to better PFM: a cash to accruals accounting toolkit
  • Jun 2017
  • Public Sector Community Newsletter
Sumita Shah, Public Sector Regulatory Policy Manager and lead author of this new publication, outlines the benefits of using the toolkit.
Exclusive PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY The Government Finance Academy launched this year
  • Mar 2016
  • Public Sector Community Newsletter
David Smith, Government and Public Sector leader of EY’s Financial Accounting Advisory Service, provides an introduction to the Government Finance Academy, of which EY are delighted to be a key partner.
Exclusive PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT FACULTY Reward and retention of finance professionals
  • Mar 2016
  • Ross Campbell
  • Public Sector Community Newsletter
When the economic environment is tight, the retention of finance staff in public sector organisations can be challenging, as Ross Campbell explains.
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