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How to improve the quality of your audits

With new quality management standards for audit on the horizon, there is an opportunity for firms of all sizes to supercharge their audits.
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Latest news

FRC introduces revised Key Audit Partner eligibility guidance
  • Article
  • 06 Jul 2022
ICAEW expresses disappointment at missed opportunity for reforms to Key Audit Partner eligibility guidance to enable broader access for audit firms to the NHS and local authority audit markets.
Insolvency: the risks of overexposure
  • Article
  • 06 Jul 2022
In the UK, insolvencies are already at a 60-year high. But how widespread is the problem and will it increase? Could trigger a wave of insolvencies present a systemic risk?
Inflation: 75 years of ups and downs
  • Article
  • 06 Jul 2022
What can decades of inflation data tell us about the current economic situation? ICAEW’s interactive graphic sheds light on the likely outlook.

Latest tax news

Corporate criminal offence investigations: 28 cases underway
  • Article
  • 05 Jul 2022
Companies or partnerships can be found guilty of a criminal charge, where someone associated with that business has facilitated tax evasion, and where they have not done enough to prevent this from occurring.
Tax news in brief 6 July
  • Article
  • 05 Jul 2022
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 6 July 2022, including: L-Day; tax credit renewals; ID for government gateway; HMRC survey on forms; residence indicator tool; CHIEF closed to new importers; and an updated partial exemption toolkit.
ICAEW calls for more innovative thinking on capital allowances reform
  • Article
  • 05 Jul 2022
In its response to HM Treasury’s policy paper on options for reforming plant and machinery allowances, ICAEW’s Tax Faculty sets out ideas to make the regime more targeted and to help the government meet its other policy objectives.

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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Company reform and economic crime
  • 21 Jun 2022
The Economic Crime Act 2022 became law in March and part two of the bill is incoming. From risks to required changes, we explore key considerations for accountants on the issue.
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Quality management
  • 29 Apr 2022
With new quality management standards for audit on the horizon, there is an opportunity for firms of all sizes to supercharge their audits and reap significant knock-on benefits that go beyond ticking the regulatory box.
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Levelling up: making it work
  • 12 Apr 2022
The Levelling Up agenda is hugely ambitious, incorporating everything from infrastructure to education and skills, private investment to public procurement. Many factors must align in order to make a real difference.

Videos

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.

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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What are the issues with tackling fraud?
  • Podcast
  • 05 Jul 2022
In this Insights In Focus episode, we take a look at the upward trend in instances of fraud: what factors make it easier for fraudsters, and what can the profession do about it?
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Data devolution and levelling up
  • Podcast
  • 07 Jun 2022
The latest episode of the Insights podcast, where we analyse the latest news from the world of accountancy, business and finance.
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Economic crime, Russia/Ukraine and the Spring Statement
  • Podcast
  • 29 Mar 2022
On the latest ICAEW Insights podcast, we look at the fight to remove Russian economic criminals from the UK, and whether the Spring Statement does enough to address current economic pressures.

Charts of the week

Inflation: 75 years of ups and downs
  • Article
  • 06 Jul 2022
What can decades of inflation data tell us about the current economic situation? ICAEW’s interactive graphic sheds light on the likely outlook.
Chart of the week: railway journeys
  • Article
  • 23 Jun 2022
Our chart illustrates how railway strikes are not the only problem facing Great British Railways, the new publicly owned body being established to run the rail network from next April.
Chart of the week: Foreign travel
  • Article
  • 16 Jun 2022
This week’s chart looks at the number of trips abroad by UK residents before, during and after the pandemic.

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.
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.
Regulatory News
  • Listing
  • 04 May 2020
A round-up of regulatory and conduct updates and communications from the ICAEW Professional Standards Department.
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.
Sponsored content
  • Listing
  • 09 Apr 2020
Hear what our partners are saying on topical issues impacting the accountancy profession.

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