Welcome to the home page for the South Wales Society of Chartered Accountants. Formed in 1913, we serve about 2,300 members throughout South Wales. The society’s members come from accountancy practices small and large and from a range of business, public sector and Third Sector interests. The district society is deeply engaged in the development of the local economy and regards the promotion of the profession – especially among students – as a crucial part of its work.
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.
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%.
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.
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”.
I have been fortunate to attend a number of events recently promoting these extremely important objectives in the workplace.
ICAEW students beat the January blues by achieving another set of impressive results in their December 2018 ACA Professional Level exams.
ICAEW’s local office in Wales recently met with Ian Gwilym, Duke of Edinburgh's Relationship Manager based in Brecon to find out how ICAEW members and our organisation might help support the work of the Charity. It was an enlightening meeting.
Martin J Warren FCA, ICAEW Regional Director for Wales and the South West, shares his thoughts on business travel around the region.
Q3 2019: Slowing exports and profits growth are hindering business confidence
ICAEW South Wales is keen to support this year’s BASE competition for 16/17 year olds, and would encourage members to act as mentors for participating schools in our region.
Read Martin Warren, Director of Wales blog. He talks about what is happening within the region and current affairs.