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BDO: private equity firms prioritise ESG despite COVID threat
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- 22 Oct 2021
Just over half of UK private equity firms have made investment strategies more ESG-focused, undeterred by COVID threat to stalling business, new research has found.
Bank of England raises concerns on SME lending
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- 22 Oct 2021
The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee has highlighted worries about the supply of credit for small business lending in the current volatile economic climate - are we seeing a tightening of credit conditions?
Getting public finances under control will not be easy
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- 22 Oct 2021
The Spending Review and Autumn Budget will mark the first step in the Chancellor’s plan to bring the public finances back under control following the pandemic. There are significant challenges to be overcome if he wants to do so.
The road towards unified non-financial reporting standards
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- 22 Oct 2021
While the impetus for non-financial disclosures is growing, there needs to be some harmonisation of standards if it’s going to work.
Accountants confident they can hit climate targets
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- 21 Oct 2021
More than 50% of chartered accountants feel their organisation is equipped to meet the government’s target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with two-thirds feeling their organisation had been implementing TCFD actions, a new ICAEW survey has found.
Government borrowing exceeds £100bn in first half of financial year
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- 21 Oct 2021
Upward revisions to GDP bring the debt-to-GDP ratio down to 95.5%, but the Chancellor has a difficult Spending Review and Autumn Budget ahead as spending pressures mount.
ICAEW backs new Accountancy Sector Fraud Charter
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- 21 Oct 2021
To counter rising levels of fraud, ICAEW has signed up to a new Fraud Charter for the accountancy sector.
Chart of the week: Pre-Spending Review departmental spending
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- 21 Oct 2021
Our chart this week looks at the core departmental resource budgets that are central to next Wednesday’s long-awaited Spending Review.
Local authority audit hits breaking point as 91% miss deadline
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- 21 Oct 2021
New research has found only 9% of local authority 2020-21 audits were completed by the statutory deadline of 30 September 2021, highlighting the crisis in the local audit market.
Two in five black employees have left a job due to lack of diversity
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- 21 Oct 2021
New findings show that a lack of inclusivity is leading to a significant number of BAME employees leaving their roles.
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