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Pulling together opinion, analysis, interviews and features on the profession along with a focus on the key issues affecting accountancy and the world of business.

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Cost of doing business

Insights, analysis and resources for organisations facing rising costs of doing business amid a multitude of challenges, including energy prices, inflation, supply chain disruption and staff recruitment and retention.
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Latest news

007 money laundering and economic crime template
  • Article
  • 25 Sep 2023
Focus must shift to prevention, PAC warns, after the body responsible for overseeing government expenditure calls for action to tackle currently untracked fraud and error losses of potentially tens of billions of pounds a year.
Boards must be more cyber savvy, says report
  • Article
  • 25 Sep 2023
Low levels of cyber expertise among board members and an overt deference towards jargon-focused CISOs cited as key vulnerabilities in corporate governance.
Adopting the TNFD framework needn’t be a challenge
  • Article
  • 25 Sep 2023
Getting started on the journey towards reporting on nature issues may be easier than you think – incorporating it into climate disclosures could be the first step.

Latest tax news

HMRC to ask VAT-registered businesses to prove UK establishment
  • Article
  • 25 Sep 2023
Businesses registered for VAT at a high-volume address will be asked by HMRC to prove they are established in the UK.
Agents should expect even longer waiting times on the ADL
  • Article
  • 20 Sep 2023
HMRC is to formally remove the 10-minute average waiting time standard on the agent dedicated line (ADL). Calls to the ADL on individual PAYE matters may be routed to a separate team.
How will the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism affect UK businesses?
  • Article
  • 20 Sep 2023
The EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism enters its transitional phase on 1 October 2023, meaning that UK businesses exporting to the EU must prepare for the changes.

Insights specials

A listing of one-off Insights specials that focus on a particular subject, interviewing the key people, identifying developing trends and examining the underlying issues.

Professional development and skills
Professional development and skills
  • 13 Jul 2023
Ahead of the changes to ICAEW's requirements on continuing professional development, we bring together support on the regulatory changes and how they apply to you, as well as looking at the skills accountant need for the future.
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Pensions and Personal Finance
  • 16 Jun 2023
Amid an ever-changing economic landscape, pensions and personal finance are facing new risks, demands and opportunities. We take a closer look at these shifts and how those in the profession can respond.
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Audit and technology
  • 07 Jun 2023
Digital tools are helping audit to evolve in a data-heavy, fast-moving corporate world. Innovative analytical and artificial intelligence tools are transforming audit, enabling auditors to be more collaborative and provide greater insights in real time.

Videos

The vital role our profession must play in reaching net zero
The vital role our profession must play in reaching net zero
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Andrew Griffith FCA, MP is the UK’s Net Zero Business Champion. He discusses the core role the profession has to play in helping all of us reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner.
Thinking differently: what are the benefits of neurodiversity in your organisation?
Thinking differently: what are the benefits of neurodiversity in your organisation?
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We explore how teams of all kinds benefit by including people who think differently, taking cricket as an example. We then examine how chartered accountants can encourage neurodiverse thinking and engage people with neurodivergent conditions in their own or their clients’ organisations, as part of wider efforts to support diversity and inclusion.
What The Dasgupta Review means for Business and Accountancy
What The Dasgupta Review means for Business and Accountancy
  • Video
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta sat down with ICAEW to talk about his review into the economics of biodiversity and his hopes for the future.
The financial controller who stole £20,000: 4 lessons to help you stop internal fraud
The financial controller who stole £20,000: 4 lessons to help you stop internal fraud
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The real case of a financial controller who attempted to steal £20,000 from her business, and the steps that chartered accountants can take to help prevent internal fraud from happening in their organisation. Chartered accountants need to be alert to potential signs of fraud and manipulation of accounting records. We examine a real case of a business that discovered it had been the victim of internal fraud.

The opinions expressed by external guest speakers in interviews or other publications included on this website are, by their nature, those of the speaker. They are not necessarily fully endorsed by the ICAEW or purport to reflect the official policies and views of the ICAEW or its members.

Podcast episodes

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VAT exemptions for private schools and final CPD update
  • Podcast
  • 08 Sep 2023
In this ICAEW Insights episode, we discuss Labour’s proposals for removing VAT exemptions from private schools, as well as our final CPD update before the new regulations come into force.
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The PM’s pledges: where are we now?
  • Podcast
  • 01 Sep 2023
In this Insights In Focus episode, we analyse the health of the UK economy through the lens of the Prime Minister’s pledges for 2023.
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ISSB standards, E-Commerce Trade Commission, and CPD update
  • Podcast
  • 11 Aug 2023
The ICAEW Insights podcast explores the month’s top stories in accountancy.

Charts of the week

Chart of the week: Home Office financial statements 2022/23
  • Article
  • 21 Sep 2023
The Home Office spent £24.5bn in 2022/23 according to its recently published annual financial report, funded by £5.4bn in income and £19.2bn in net parliamentary funding.
Chart of the week: Smoking in the UK
  • Article
  • 14 Sep 2023
Our chart of the week looks at how the prevalence of smoking in the UK population has continued to decline over the past decade.
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Chart of the week: GDP revisions
  • Article
  • 07 Sep 2023
This week’s chart takes a look at recent revisions to GDP that have caused some consternation in the world of statistics.

Insights by topic

Student Insights Interviews, guides and features giving you fresh insights, innovative ideas and an inside look at the lives and careers of ICAEW students and members. No matter what stage you’re at in your journey with us, you’ll find content to suit you.
Insights index This page provides an entry point to the articles that have formed the daily, monthly and weekly member emails, arranged by section and month. It also contains an index of themed Insights specials and the Quarterly magazine.
Climate hub
Climate change is a crucial issue for the accounting profession. Are you professionally ready to mitigate the risk and maximise the opportunity of climate change? Find inspiration, information and practical resources to support the goals set out in the Paris Agreement and in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
CEO and President's insights
View an archive of blogs from ICAEW CEO, Michael Izza, and from past ICAEW presidents.
Diversity and Inclusion
ICAEW is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. In this hub we bring together timely D&I resources on the protected characteristics of the Equality Act, along with our latest insights into diversity in the profession.
EU and international trade A range of resources on the implications of the UK leaving the EU on 31 December 2020.
Regulatory News A round-up of regulatory and conduct updates and communications from the ICAEW Professional Standards Department.
Sponsored content
Hear what our partners are saying on topical issues impacting the accountancy profession.

Annual Conference: Technology

Technology, particularly AI, is transforming the way we work. ICAEW's Annual Conference gives you a chance to hear experts on:

  • Whether ChatGPT could take accountancy jobs.
  • The role of AI in ESG reporting.
  • Digital transformation: reality vs hype.

Join us in London on 2 November for the full-day event to discuss these issues and much more.

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ICAEW Annual Conference 2023: Technology