02-11-2020
Following the official announcement made by the incumbent Society President, Anne Smith, on Wednesday 6 May 2020 at the ICAEW South Wales Society’s Annual General Meeting, Nick Rowe has been officially elected as the President for 2020-2022. Nick’s term of office began on 31 October 2020 and will run for an extended 18-month period and until the AGM in May 2022.
21-10-2020
In these challenging times the demand for the skills that ICAEW chartered accountants bring continues to be key to the talent development plans of many businesses. For those in the West Wales region we have collaborated with key stakeholders to increase access to high quality virtual ACA training to support this.
12-08-2020
A series of fascinating informal chats with senior finance leaders working in organisations across the UK that have been impacted in different ways by the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing their reflections and unique perspectives on how they, and their organisations, have reacted to the unfolding crisis.
10-07-2020
Rebecca Wright ACA ACCA, ICAEW Course Leader and Lecturer in Professional Accountancy at the University of South Wales, gives tips on how to successfully study online during a pandemic and also reminds students of techniques to employ in any study situation.
13-05-2020
A year in review and plans for the future were raised at this year's 2020 virtual annual general meeting of the South Wales Society.
22-10-2019
Demand for the skills that ICAEW chartered accountants bring to businesses is continuing to increase across the UK. To help meet these demands, we have collaborated with key stakeholders in the West Wales region, to increase access to quality training.
10-10-2019
In the UK, 11.9% of the male adult population is currently engaged in entrepreneurial activity, compared with 5.6% of women. Here in Wales, the proportion of women owned businesses stands at 28%.
05-09-2019
In a survey undertaken by the University of South Wales (USW) one of the most valued support for women either starting or sustaining their business is access to business mentors as experienced and informal sources of guidance in addition to business advisors.
15-04-2019
There were big smiles on the faces of chartered accountants Carly and Ellie Allchurch of Allchurch & Co on Friday 5 April at the Finance Awards Dinner in Cardiff’s City Hall as they became the recipients of the award for “Best Independent Accountancy Firm 2019”.
11-02-2019
I have been fortunate to attend a number of events recently promoting these extremely important objectives in the workplace.
December 2018
Martin J Warren FCA, ICAEW Regional Director for Wales and the South West, shares his thoughts on business travel around the region.
November 2018
Martin Warren, ICAEW Regional Director for Wales and the South West examines the need of the 'town centre' in the modern world.
October 2018
The theme of my blogs in recent times has been heavily influenced by the 'interesting times' that we have currently, headed by the specter of Brexit.
September 2018
In his latest column, IMS President Neil Strong shares his personal take on the dawning of the digital revolution…
January 2018
Martin J Warren, ICAEW Regional Director for Wales and the South West, blog post January 2018 looks at predictions for the economy and politics in 2018.