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Unlocking Wales’ Economic Future Starts Now
- Regional news
- 16 Dec 2025
As Director of ICAEW in Wales, I spend much of my time listening to business leaders, policymakers, communities, and our members across our nation. And I’ll be honest: it is easy to focus on the negatives. Rising costs, global uncertainty, and the challenges of adapting to new technologies can weigh heavily on us all.
Safeguarding the Future: Cyber Security in the Finance and Accountancy Sector
- Regional news
- 10 Dec 2025
Why Robust Digital Defences Are More Crucial Than Ever for Yorkshire’s Financial Professionals
Aberdeen's energy outlook: rough seas and tough decisions
- Regional news
- 02 Dec 2025
What does the future hold for Aberdeen’s energy sector? Riaz Karim, ICAEW Scotland Network Board Member, reflects on the discussion at ICAEW Scotland’s roundtable with senior industry leaders.
It’s Always Good to Talk – Especially About Growth
- Regional news
- 20 Nov 2025
Later this week, I’ll be hosting a discussion forum with ICAEW members from accountancy practices across Wales. It’s a chance to talk openly about what they believe that the next Welsh Government should prioritise after the election to help our economy grow.
Leeds: The Northern Powerhouse of Financial Services
- Regional news
- 03 Nov 2025
Leeds is now firmly established as the UK’s Northern Powerhouse of financial services, with the city and the wider West Yorkshire region recognised as a national engine for growth, innovation, and opportunity. The latest figures show that West Yorkshire is home to over 18,000 business, financial, and professional services (BFPS) firms, employing 192,000 people and generating £15 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA) in 2023, accounting for a fifth of the region’s economy.
Planning for tomorrow, today: why succession and equity funding matter more than ever
- Regional news
- 28 Oct 2025
As someone who’s spent a career championing Welsh enterprise, I’ve seen first-hand the resilience, ingenuity and ambition of our business community. But I’ve also seen too many businesses falter—not because they lacked talent or drive, but because they didn’t plan for what comes next.
Educational aspirations: The mounting obstacles for social mobility and home-grown talent in the North
- Regional news
- 26 Sep 2025
As the latest intake of freshers start their first year at university, in the north gaps remain between aspiration and opportunity.
Embracing the future while reflecting on the past
- Regional news
- 09 Sep 2025
There’s something quietly significant about turning 60. It’s a moment that invites reflection not just on years gone by, but on what’s been achieved and what still lies ahead. Often referred to as a diamond jubilee, the milestone stands for resilience, strength and accomplishment.
The North is reshaping the economic map
- Regional news
- 09 Sep 2025
For decades, the North of England has been cast in the shadows of Westminster and the South East, a region with enormous potential but held back by underinvestment and uneven opportunity. That narrative is being rewritten, and nowhere is that transformation more evident than in Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, the two productivity powerhouses reshaping Britain's economic geography.
Wales is at the forefront of a new financial era
- Regional news
- 28 Jul 2025
The UK government’s launch of the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy at Mansion House this July marks a pivotal moment—not just for the financial services sector across Britain, but specifically for Wales, where the FinTech sector continues to grow with momentum and ambition.
A new industrial revolution for Wales: Building on our legacy with skills, innovation and investment
- Regional news
- 21 Jul 2025
Robert Lloyd Griffiths discusses the opportunities for Welsh businesses in the UK Government’s newly launched Industrial Strategy.
Why West Yorkshire's financial services deserve the spotlight
- Regional news
- 09 Jul 2025
West Yorkshire stands at the crossroads of possibility and ambition. With coordinated effort among businesses, communities, educational institutions, and policymakers, we can build on its strengths and shape a future rooted in resilience, innovation, and inclusion.
A strong strategy is just the beginning; execution is what delivers results
- Article
- 17 Jun 2025
Strategy is nothing without action. Yorkshire’s business leaders know better than most that plans are only as good as their execution.
Q1 2025 BCM analysis | Wales business confidence plunges further as tax burden bites
- Regional news
- 16 May 2025
Robert Lloyd Griffiths, ICAEW's Director for Wales, reviews the latest Business Confidence Monitor (BCM), while reflecting on VE Day and his personal connection to its poignant lessons.
MSCA Legacy supports PhD research into how corporate culture shapes environmental performance
- Regional news
- 08 May 2025
MSCA Legacy has awarded its annual doctoral bursary to Guo Lu, a PhD student at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), in recognition of his outstanding research on the relationship between corporate culture and firms’ carbon emissions.
Scotland’s Green Transition Infrastructure
- Regional news
- 08 Apr 2025
In November 2024, an ICAEW roundtable held in Edinburgh convened leaders from across Scotland’s energy sector to discuss the key challenges to scale deployment of green transition infrastructure in Scotland. The event included renewable energy developers, capital providers, and policy stakeholders; amongst other leaders in the advisory space.
ICAEW's Pulse | Giving Welsh businesses a voice in a changing economy
- Regional news
- 07 Apr 2025
An update on the challenges and opportunities that businesses are facing in Wales, based on member feedback from our new 'Pulse' initiative.
ICAEW Midlands Launches New Initiative
- Regional news
- 01 Apr 2025
In March, ICAEW Midlands launched an exciting new initiative, bringing together members from ICAEW, RICS, CIPFA, CIOT, and Birmingham Law Society at two collaboration lunches.
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