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Trade: clean growth and tech

Clean growth, the application of major emerging technologies and levelling up supported by FDI are exciting future prospects for business.
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Latest news

Omicron depresses services sector growth
  • Article
  • 14 Jan 2022
The UK’s services sector is bearing the economic brunt of the rise in infections from the Omicron variant with growing numbers of staff isolating and increased consumer hesitancy, the latest research shows.
Car manufacturers seek semiconductors to protect their finances
  • Article
  • 14 Jan 2022
Global automotive manufacturers have taken steps to react more quickly and more effectively against the ongoing semiconductor shortage that is plaguing the market.
Auditing pension figures: guidance unravels complexities
  • Article
  • 13 Jan 2022
Auditing pension figures in statutory accounts can be extremely complex. ICAEW’s Audit and Assurance Faculty has created a new guidance hub to outline good practice.

Latest tax news

OECD releases model rules for 15% global minimum tax
  • Article
  • 21 Dec 2021
Model rules released by the OECD will provide governments with a template to assist in the implementation of a minimum tax rate from 2023.
Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme reintroduced for small businesses
  • Article
  • 21 Dec 2021
Employers with fewer than 250 employees will be able to claim up to two weeks’ SSP per employee for COVID-related sickness absences occurring from 21 December 2021
HMRC publishes guidance on CGT on UK property disposals
  • Article
  • 21 Dec 2021
Reporting of capital gains tax on disposals of UK residential property has been beset by problems since its introduction in April 2020. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty highlights new guidance published in HMRC’s manuals and other available information.

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.

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Trade: clean growth and tech
  • 15 Dec 2021
Clean growth and the application of major emerging technologies to existing sectors are two key characteristics of trade in 2022. Add to these levelling up supported by foreign direct investment, and there are exciting future prospects for business and the prosperity of communities globally.
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Boardroom2030
  • 14 Dec 2021
Boardroom 2030 is a new initiative to help businesses to explore what a future board structure might look like, and what they need to change to adapt to the challenges ahead. Here, we look at how some companies are approaching the initiative and the different outcomes based on the future needs of their businesses.
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Less Complex Entities
  • 01 Dec 2021
In a response to increasingly complex auditing standards, the International Audit and Assurance Standards Board is attempting to create an auditing standard for Less Complex Entities. We track its progress.

Videos

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The vital role our profession must play in reaching net zero
The vital role our profession must play in reaching net zero
  • Video
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?
  • Video
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
  • Video
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.
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Podcast episodes

Skyscrapers seen through trees
What to expect from 2022 – part 2
  • Podcast
  • 04 Jan 2022
Chief Executive Michael Izza discusses non-financial reporting, public sector finances, and the big tech trends of 2022.
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What to expect from 2022 – part 1
  • Podcast
  • 04 Jan 2022
Chief Executive Michael Izza looks at the biggest issues facing business and the wider economy, with help from experts from around the Institute.
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Greenwashing, EBITDAC and TAM Day
  • Podcast
  • 16 Dec 2021
In this podcast we take a look at the potential for regulating ‘greenwashing’, ask whether 2022 will be another year of calculating EBITDAC, and take a lens to the government’s Tax Administration and Maintenance Day.

Charts of the week

Chart of the week: Government borrowing rates
  • Article
  • 06 Jan 2022
Our first chart of 2022 highlights how the cost of government borrowing remains extremely low for most of the 21 largest economies in the world, despite the huge expansion in public debt driven by the pandemic.
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Chart of the week: UK international trade
  • Article
  • 16 Dec 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, our chart this week looks back on a rocky couple of years for UK international trade which has endured Brexit complications and the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chart of the week: Bounce Back Loans
  • Article
  • 09 Dec 2021
Our chart this week is on Bounce Back Loans, one of the principal sources of financial support for businesses during the first year of the pandemic and the subject of a recent investigation by the National Audit Office.

Insights by topic

CEO and President's insights
  • Listing
  • 03 Aug 2020
View an archive of blogs from ICAEW CEO, Michael Izza, and from past ICAEW presidents.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) hub Coronavirus is not just a world health emergency; it is an economic one too. The economic impacts are plain to see and emergency provisions are being made worldwide in an attempt to support individuals, business and anyone who advises them. ICAEW is monitoring the situation closely and collating resources as conditions unfold.
Diversity and Inclusion
  • Hub page
  • 30 Sep 2021
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.
COVID-19: global recovery Recovery from the worldwide economic crisis brought about by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will be piece-meal but informed by initiatives from around the world. While national government schemes will continue to support business and practice during the immediate crisis, international action will help shape the recovery. Here we track those regional, national and supra-national activities.
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.
Regulation ICAEW protects the public interest by making sure our firms, members, students and affiliates maintain the highest standards of professional competency and conduct.
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.
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