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Ramana McConnon, Jon Morris and Martin Brown
How should audit firms use AI?
  • Podcast
  • 11 Nov 2025
This episode focuses on the integration of AI in audit processes, emphasising the need for practical guidance from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to build industry confidence, especially with smaller firms.
Stephen Relf with Lindsey Wicks and Rebecca Benneyworth
The latest on MTD income tax
  • Podcast
  • 31 Oct 2025
In this episode, we look at recent developments, including HMRC’s plans to contact taxpayers, and we draw on the experience of special guest Rebecca Benneyworth to explain what you can do to prepare for the challenges ahead.
Philippa Lamb with Martin Wheatcroft
LLMs and spreadsheets, Companies House IDV, and the OBR’s role
  • Podcast
  • 28 Oct 2025
In this episode, we’re exploring just how useful Large Language Models (LLMs) are when it comes to spreadsheets; what needs to happen by 18 November when it comes to Companies House ID verification; and how the OBR comes to its conclusions.
Philippa Lamb with Peter Davenport and Michael Hoare
How to bounce back from a cyber attack
  • Podcast
  • 14 Oct 2025
In this episode, we discuss how prepared organisations really are for cyber attacks, what to do if and when your business is affected, and how to manage the communications challenges.
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Audit and assurance

 
Exclusive AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Exploring the impact of new sustainability assurance standards on engagements
  • Article
  • 14 Nov 2025
What will new sustainability assurance standards ISSA 5000 and IESSA mean for sustainability-related engagements, assurance practitioners and the existing standards framework for assurance, ethics and independence? Find answers in our Q&A overview.
Exclusive AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Practical advice for considering complexity in audit-relevant IT systems
  • Article
  • 14 Nov 2025
Audit & Beyond shares practical pointers and support resources for smaller firms on considering complexity in the audited entity IT environment.
Exclusive AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Audit and reporting updates: November 2025
  • Helpsheets and support
  • 14 Nov 2025
Resources and updates on proposed revisions to UK auditor reporting requirements, pointers on good practices and pitfalls in key areas of audit, alternates for sole practice auditors and ways to enhance your SoQM and annual evaluation.
Exclusive AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Q&A: November 2025
  • Helpsheets and support
  • 14 Nov 2025
ICAEW’s Technical Advisory Service offers answers to some topical questions from auditors.

Videos and webinars

Internal Audit Conference 2025
  • Webinar
  • 13 Nov 2025
Responding with agility to a rapidly evolving risk landscape.
Exclusive FINANCIAL SERVICES FACULTY CASS 5 Audits 2025
  • Webinar
  • 16 Oct 2025
This webinar from the Financial Services Faculty will provide helpful insights and hot topics specifically focused on CASS 5 insurance intermediary firms.
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Business

Exclusive AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Exploring the impact of new sustainability assurance standards on engagements
  • Article
  • 14 Nov 2025
What will new sustainability assurance standards ISSA 5000 and IESSA mean for sustainability-related engagements, assurance practitioners and the existing standards framework for assurance, ethics and independence? Find answers in our Q&A overview.
Hill & Smith scoops top ICAEW corporate finance award
  • Article
  • 14 Nov 2025
FTSE 250 engineering firm recognised for the most value added to shareholders by its effective mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategy.
How much is red tape costing business? Tell the government
  • Article
  • 12 Nov 2025
ICAEW urges members to share their experiences of the administrative burden and cost of meeting regulatory requirements.
How to adapt to tariffs
  • Article
  • 11 Nov 2025
To respond effectively to recent and emerging trade tariffs, businesses must have a comprehensive grasp of the three pillars of customs compliance.

Videos and webinars

CORPORATE FINANCE FACULTY Use cases of proprietary AI tools in M&A
  • Video
  • 16 Oct 2025
Discover how EY and PwC have used their customised AI tools to provide value to their clients.
CORPORATE FINANCE FACULTY Use cases of proprietary AI tools in M&A
  • Webinar
  • 15 Oct 2025
On 15 October 2025, ICAEW’s Corporate Finance Faculty hosted a webinar sharing two very different case studies of how customised AI tools are being used in corporate finance. One case study was presented by EY and one by PwC.
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Corporate governance

Hill & Smith scoops top ICAEW corporate finance award
  • Article
  • 14 Nov 2025
FTSE 250 engineering firm recognised for the most value added to shareholders by its effective mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategy.
CHARITY COMMUNITY Charity Conference 2026 – making sense of new reporting requirements
  • Article
  • 10 Nov 2025
As the year draws to a close, charity reporting and governance is full of opportunity and change. From a new Charities SORP, new financial thresholds, and the launch of the first global reporting standard for non-profits, to a substantially refreshed Charity Governance Code and new finance resources for trustees, now is a good time to take stock and prepare for what’s ahead.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DEPARTMENT AML thematic review 2025
  • Report
  • 10 Nov 2025
  • PDF (1,859kb)
AML thematic review 2025: SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTS
Corporate culture and how to measure it
  • Article
  • 10 Nov 2025
Your organisation’s culture is the corporate governance risk that might not be on your radar. So how can you measure it – and what should you do when you realise there’s a problem?

Videos and webinars

Women in Leadership graduates tell us their favourites parts
  • Video
  • 23 Sep 2025
Tracy and Sabrina tell us their favourite parts of the WiL programme
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY NED webinar series
  • Webinar
  • 05 Sep 2025
A series that will help you to plan a career as an NED.
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Corporate reporting

Exclusive AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Exploring the impact of new sustainability assurance standards on engagements
  • Article
  • 14 Nov 2025
What will new sustainability assurance standards ISSA 5000 and IESSA mean for sustainability-related engagements, assurance practitioners and the existing standards framework for assurance, ethics and independence? Find answers in our Q&A overview.
Exclusive AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Auditing revenue – considerations for your next assignment
  • Article
  • 14 Nov 2025
Audit firms may want to review their approaches to the audit of revenue as they prepare for the 2025/2026 reporting season. Andrew Paul outlines topical considerations and reminds firms of some recurring audit quality themes.
First international charity finance standard ushers in new era of transparency
  • Article
  • 12 Nov 2025
INPAS, the world’s first comprehensive international financial reporting standard for non-profits, is expected to aid transparency, improve credibility, and remove grant reporting burdens.
Baron Henry Benson: architect of International Accounting Standards
  • Article
  • 11 Nov 2025
To mark this year’s Armistice Day, we remember the achievements of Baron Henry Alexander Benson, who was a major influence in British and international accountancy.

Videos and webinars

FINANCIAL SERVICES FACULTY FCA Safeguarding regime for payment and e-money firms
  • Webinar
  • 22 Jan 2026
In this webinar, we will explore the proposed safeguarding rules and what they will mean in practice for auditors and firms.
FINANCIAL SERVICES FACULTY Car loans: the issue, the Supreme Court decision and the FCA redress scheme
  • Webinar
  • 07 Nov 2025
This webinar on Motor Finance addresses one of the most significant consumer finance issues of the year: the fallout from recent court decisions and regulatory investigations into car loans.
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Ethics

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DEPARTMENT ICAEW Guidance on Sanctions – effective 1 January 2026
  • Regulations
  • 01 Jan 2026
  • PDF (1,351kb)
This guidance takes effect from 1 January 2026 and applies to any matter first considered by the Conduct Committee after that date. That means matters considered on or before 31 December 2025 will continue under the ‘Guidance on Sanctions’ (GOS) effective from 1 June 2023, through to final disposal, including the outcome of any challenge.
Exclusive AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Exploring the impact of new sustainability assurance standards on engagements
  • Article
  • 14 Nov 2025
What will new sustainability assurance standards ISSA 5000 and IESSA mean for sustainability-related engagements, assurance practitioners and the existing standards framework for assurance, ethics and independence? Find answers in our Q&A overview.
Expenses fraud: how to spot an AI-generated receipt
  • Article
  • 13 Nov 2025
AI-powered expenses fraud is on the rise. How can businesses protect themselves?
How should audit firms use AI?
  • Podcast
  • 11 Nov 2025
This episode focuses on the integration of AI in audit processes, emphasising the need for practical guidance from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to build industry confidence, especially with smaller firms.

Videos and webinars

AI in cyber crime, money laundering and compliance
  • Event
  • 13 Nov 2025
Join us for a thought-provoking breakfast event exploring the growing threat of artificial intelligence (AI) in the realm of cybercrime, money laundering, and compliance.
Cyber security essentials - Insights from City of London Police
  • Webinar
  • 08 Oct 2025
By combining expert guidance from the City of London Police’s Cyber Griffin team with real-world examples and practical advice, this event is designed to empower members with the knowledge and tools they need to protect themselves and their organisations from cyber attacks.
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Ethics CPD course

This free online course helps you apply the Code of Ethics to everyday situations, uphold the highest standards of professional conduct, and satisfy your ethics continuing professional development (CPD) requirements.

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ICAEW's Ethics CPD course is designed to help you apply the Code of Ethics to everyday situations and uphold the highest standards of professional conduct.

Personal development

 
CHARITY COMMUNITY Finding new trustees: advertising and appointing
  • Article
  • 10 Nov 2025
This is part two of our three-part series on trustee recruitment. This time, we’re focusing on advertising roles and appointing new board members. It’s based on the Charity Commission’s recently updated guidance – Finding and appointing new trustees. The final post will focus on how to include and develop new recruits.
Charities and LLP SORPs announced: what’s changed?
  • Article
  • 06 Nov 2025
Key changes to the Charities SORP include a three-tier reporting regime with increased disclosure and presentation requirements for larger charities. Changes to lease accounting and income recognition will present the greatest challenges.
Charity Governance Code revamp urges reflection on board behaviours
  • Article
  • 05 Nov 2025
The biggest revision to the Code in eight years is launched during Trustees’ Week and sees a shift away from processes and recommended practice to getting charity boards to reflect on their effectiveness.
CHARITY COMMUNITY From balance sheets to boardrooms: why trustees with finance skills matter
  • Article
  • 30 Oct 2025
Trustees’ Week 2025 (3-7 November) is a time to celebrate the contribution of nearly one million charity trustees across the UK.

Videos and webinars

Derek Blair – Volunteers Award
  • Video
  • 22 Oct 2025
Derek Blair announces the ICAEW Founding Societies Award for Outstanding Volunteer Contribution, honouring members whose exceptional dedication leaves a profound and lasting impact on the profession.
Critical Skills: Dealing with difficult conversations
  • Video
  • 21 Oct 2025
Master techniques to navigate behavioural differences, strengthen teams, and adapt to diffuse difficult situations.
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Practice management

 
PRACTICE DEPARTMENT Practice assurance common findings | ISQM 1 | Changes to duty to report misconduct
  • Newsletter
  • 27 Sep 2023
In this issue, we look at common findings from more than 1,500 Practice Assurance reviews; Performing a robust audit of Revenue; Root Cause Analysis themes relating to ISQM 1; changes to duty to report misconduct, and much more.
PRACTICE DEPARTMENT Staff retention | ISQM 1: Root Cause Analysis | Personal financial planning services
  • Newsletter
  • 13 Sep 2023
In this issue, we look at opportunities for staff recruitment and retention; Root Cause Analysis themes relating to ISQM 1; how you can get involved with a personal financial planning value added services focus group; a new 2023 UK GAAP accounts factsheet, and much more.
PRACTICE DEPARTMENT AML supervisory reform: Share your views | Funding and banking for SMEs
  • Newsletter
  • 30 Aug 2023
In this issue, we ask you to share your views on the AML supervisory reform consultation. We also look at seven situations that require a practising certificate; how to develop a meaningful Audit and Assurance policy; Getting started with climate reporting; ESGs and SME funding and much more.
PRACTICE DEPARTMENT Start your ethics CPD now | Helpsheets for leaving practice | Tax updates
  • Newsletter
  • 19 Jul 2023
In this issue, we look at the new, free, interactive Ethics CPD course; why sustainability reporting matters to SMEs; dispelling the common myths about charities; starting and leaving a practice; Tax in Practice July webinar and resources and much more.

Videos and webinars

Banking tips to help clients grow with Allica Bank
  • Webinar
  • 05 Nov 2025
How accountants can proactively help their clients grow through finance, savings and tax.
Grow your Practice
  • Webinar
  • 22 Sep 2025
Gain the tools and strategies to scale your practice in this half-day workshop. From unlocking funding opportunities and navigating mergers, to mastering team development, technology, and compliance, our expert-led sessions deliver practical insights for practice growth.
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Sustainability

 
Exclusive AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Exploring the impact of new sustainability assurance standards on engagements
  • Article
  • 14 Nov 2025
What will new sustainability assurance standards ISSA 5000 and IESSA mean for sustainability-related engagements, assurance practitioners and the existing standards framework for assurance, ethics and independence? Find answers in our Q&A overview.
Exclusive ICAEW’s take on the draft UK Sustainability Reporting Standards
  • Article
  • 10 Nov 2025
Georgina Chalk, Technical Manager in ICAEW’s Corporate Reporting Faculty, takes a closer look at ICAEW’s responses to the UK Government’s three recent sustainability-related consultations, focusing on the draft UK Sustainability Reporting Standards consultation.
FINANCIAL SERVICES FACULTY Financial services - sustainability
  • Hub page
  • 03 Nov 2025
Navigating challenges of new reporting standards including IFRS S1 and S2, alongside insight into what climate risks means for the financial services sector.
FINANCIAL SERVICES FACULTY Financial services - sustainability articles
  • Listing
  • 03 Nov 2025
Read more financial services - sustainability articles.

Videos and webinars

INTERNAL AUDIT COMMUNITY The new frontier for internal assurance: sustainability, AI, and geopolitics
  • Webinar
  • 11 Sep 2025
This webinar recording will explore the intersection of sustainability, artificial intelligence (AI), and geopolitics, and how these factors are reshaping the internal assurance landscape.
INTERNATIONAL The ICAEW ASEAN Sustainability Summit 2025
  • Event
  • 09 Jun 2025
ASEAN Rising: The Net Zero Playbook From Ambition to Action – This is the decade
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Tax

 
TAX FACULTY ViDA Pillar 1 webinar presentation
  • Speech or presentation
  • 14 Nov 2025
  • PDF (1,911kb)
Presentation to accompany the recording of Tax Faculty webinar VAT in the Digital Age Pillar 1 EU e-invoicing and e-reporting explained. Broadcast 12 November 2025.
Chart of the week: A big Autumn Budget hole to fill?
  • Article
  • 14 Nov 2025
Our chart this week takes a look at the £40bn ‘hole’ in the public finances that the Chancellor may have to fill when she presents the Autumn Budget 2025 to Parliament on Wednesday 26 November.
Check claims for foreign tax credit relief, says HMRC
  • Article
  • 14 Nov 2025
HMRC is asking wealthy taxpayers to ensure they meet the criteria for foreign tax credit relief (FTCR), and to consider the terms of the relevant double tax agreement (DTA), before making a claim in their self assessment (SA) tax return for 2024/25.
Exclusive FARMING AND RURAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY GROBs – not always a bad thing
  • Article
  • 13 Nov 2025
As we will all be aware, the concept of the gift with retention of benefit, or GROB, was introduced in 1986 to avoid individuals making gifts with strings attached. The legislation was designed to combat instances of donors seeking to transfer property outside of their estate, whilst continuing to derive benefit. As a result, most estate planning starts with a consideration of the GROB aspects and endeavours to construct a plan which avoids any situation where a GROB might occur. This has become particularly relevant in an agricultural context recently where partnership reorganisations tied to...

Videos and webinars

Bridging software for MTD for Income Tax with 123 Sheets
  • Webinar
  • 13 Nov 2025
Gain an understanding of the theoretical reasons behind MTD and the practical mechanics of what Income Tax MTD bridging software submissions from Excel spreadsheets look like. Attendees will develop a better understanding of what HMRC is attempting to achieve with MTD and consider how their practice can implement practical solutions for simplifying submission of data to HMRC.
Xero Tax: transform your accounts production and tax workflow
  • Webinar
  • 12 Nov 2025
Discover how Xero Tax and the integrated Xero platform simplify your entire compliance workflow, from daily transaction entry to final filing. This webinar will show how Xero brings bookkeeping and tax together, streamlining processes, reducing manual work, and freeing up your time to focus on clients and advisory.
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Technology

 
TAX FACULTY ViDA Pillar 1 webinar presentation
  • Speech or presentation
  • 14 Nov 2025
  • PDF (1,911kb)
Presentation to accompany the recording of Tax Faculty webinar VAT in the Digital Age Pillar 1 EU e-invoicing and e-reporting explained. Broadcast 12 November 2025.
Exclusive AUDIT AND ASSURANCE FACULTY Practical advice for considering complexity in audit-relevant IT systems
  • Article
  • 14 Nov 2025
Audit & Beyond shares practical pointers and support resources for smaller firms on considering complexity in the audited entity IT environment.
PRACTICE DEPARTMENT How UK mid-tier accountancy firms can mitigate key risks associated with growth
  • Article
  • 13 Nov 2025
Article from Marsh Commercial on how they can help mitigate risk exposure, and protect both leadership and operational teams, in response to ICAEW’s 2025 Evolution of Mid-Tier Accountancy Firms report.
Expenses fraud: how to spot an AI-generated receipt
  • Article
  • 13 Nov 2025
AI-powered expenses fraud is on the rise. How can businesses protect themselves?

Videos and webinars

Bridging software for MTD for Income Tax with 123 Sheets
  • Webinar
  • 13 Nov 2025
Gain an understanding of the theoretical reasons behind MTD and the practical mechanics of what Income Tax MTD bridging software submissions from Excel spreadsheets look like. Attendees will develop a better understanding of what HMRC is attempting to achieve with MTD and consider how their practice can implement practical solutions for simplifying submission of data to HMRC.
AI in cyber crime, money laundering and compliance
  • Event
  • 13 Nov 2025
Join us for a thought-provoking breakfast event exploring the growing threat of artificial intelligence (AI) in the realm of cybercrime, money laundering, and compliance.
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Free CPD courses

ICAEW Ethics CPD Course – from theory to practice
The ICAEW Code of Ethics sets out the fundamental principles that govern the profession. Our course is designed to help you apply the Code of Ethics to everyday situations and uphold the highest standards of professional conduct.
Applying Professional Judgment in Audit
This interactive and practical programme enables learners to exercise good professional judgment as an integral part of the audit process.
Digital skills
Technology has enabled automation of many elements of accountancy and this provides an opportunity for chartered accountants to utilise their professional skills but also the need to add to them.
Trustee training modules
ICAEW’s online training modules provide an overview of charity trustees’ legal and financial responsibilities and their strategic and operational considerations.

Sector specific support

ICAEW communities provide a range of resources tailored for those working within specific sectors, including live events, webinars and newsletters.

There is support for those working in charities; construction, energy, farming, manufacturing, and many more.

Alongside support for industry sectors there are also ICAEW communities for those working with small and micro businesses and in global trade.

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ICAEW provides a wealth of CPD resources in various formats to suit your learning needs. 

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Whether you need a two-hour update on tax or a two-day refresher on reporting standards, with more than 100 ICAEW CPD courses to choose from there will be something for you.

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Library and Information Service

The ICAEW Library & Information Service offers a range of services and resources, including information on accountancy in different countries and on a variety of technical subjects.

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