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The Business and Digital Strategy exam explores how organisations develop, implement and monitor strategy and the ethical and sustainability implications of strategic choices.

Availability notice: Business and Digital Strategy

Business and Digital Strategy will be available to sit from March 2026.

Exam overview

Duration: 2.5 hours
Format: Two scenario-based questions

Resources

Syllabus

Pilot exams

This pilot exam has been developed to provide an early example of what the exam will look like, how the syllabus content may be assessed and how questions will be formatted in the real exams.

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All learning materials are digital and are available on your ICAEW Bookshelf.

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