Setting up your own accountancy practice

• • Tuesday 11 May 2010, 10:00 - 17:00 (registration from 09:30)
    Chartered Accountants’ Hall, London, EC2R 6EA (map)
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This one day seminar is aimed at members who want to set up their own accountancy practice.

Whether you have recently been made redundant, are long-term unemployed, plan to return to work after a career break or just want a change in career direction, this seminar will give you practical advice and support for setting up on your own.

Why you should attend

• Get expert advice on setting up and running your practice
• Understand legislation and mandatory requirements
• Learn from the experiences of ACAs who have set up on their own
• Find out about support available from CABA and the ICAEW

Speakers include ICAEW former Director of Practice, Alan Taylor, now a Practice Advisor.

Seminar programme

• • 09.30
  • Registration and coffee
• • 10.00
  • Welcome address - CABA and ICAEW
• • 10.15
  • How CABA supports Chartered Accountants and their families
    (Speaker: Pamela Wood, External Relations Manager, CABA)
• • 10.25
  • Setting up and running your own practice: part one
    (Speaker: Alan Taylor, Practice Advisor, former Director of Practice, ICAEW)
    A two part session, including:
    - The Starter Kit
    - Pricing work
    - Getting paid
    - Growth and the future
    - Some home truths
• • 10.55
  • Refreshment break
• • 11.15
  • Setting up and running your own practice: part two
• • 12.15
  • Case studies
    Learn from the experiences of two ACAs who have set up on their own – learnings, challenges, hints and tips. Also includes a Q&A session.
    - Susy MacRae, Network4M
    - Charles William, Charles William Chartered Tax Advisers and Chartered Accountants
• • 13.10
  • Networking lunch
    Meet fellow members, ICAEW staff and other expert speakers
• • 14.00
  • Working for yourself - staying strong and focussed
    (Speaker: Olivia Landsberg, Landsberg Coaching)
    - Importance of creating a support network
    - Overcoming fears
    - Interactive exercise
• • 15.15
  • Coffee break
• • 15.35
  • Support and services from the ICAEW
    (Speakers: Amanda Digne-Malcolm, ICAEW Advisory Services and Susan Moore, ICAEW Library & Information Service)
• • 16.00
  • What next?
    (Speaker: Alan Hind, Senior Manager, Professional Standards, Quality Assurance, ICAEW)
    - Practice assurance
    - Obtaining your Practicing Certificate
    - CPD
    - Technical updates
• • 16.45
  • Q&A
• • 17.00
  • Seminar close