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How much is red tape costing business? Tell the government
  • 12 Nov 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW urges members to share their experiences of the administrative burden and cost of meeting regulatory requirements.
How to adapt to tariffs
  • 11 Nov 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
To respond effectively to recent and emerging trade tariffs, businesses must have a comprehensive grasp of the three pillars of customs compliance.
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Corporate culture and how to measure it
  • 10 Nov 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
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?
Free CPD: Getting started on global trade
  • 07 Nov 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Branching out into international sales can feel like a big step, but it holds many opportunities. Your ICAEW membership offers access to resources that will expand your export knowledge and confidence this International Trade Week.
ITW: Five steps to identify new trade opportunities in volatile markets
  • 07 Nov 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Importing or exporting to new territories can be risky, especially when global conditions are volatile. Here’s a step-by-step guide to assessing an opportunity.
International Trade Week: Imports and exports – who pays the VAT?
  • 06 Nov 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The rules governing import and export VAT are fraught with complexity. Mistakes can be a significant cost to businesses if they get this wrong. We answer some of the most frequently asked questions on VAT and trade.
International Trade Week: How volatile geopolitics is affecting customs compliance
  • 05 Nov 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
SMEs must include measures to comply with the world’s complex web of trade rules in their risk-management control environment, says a senior economist.
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Applying the building blocks of ethical culture
  • 04 Nov 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
From whistleblowing and governance to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and the use of AI, Global Ethics Day speakers unveiled a host of ideas for building and upholding strong organisational ethics.
International Trade Week: How to nail customs compliance as an SME
  • 04 Nov 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Ian Worth, of Crowe UK, explains why it is vital for SMEs in the UK to have the knowledge for accurately completing customs declarations for goods they import and points out that they must observe Rules of Origin for those they export. This article is part of a series of articles for International Trade Week.
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How to adapt your skills to deliver transformation benefits
  • 03 Nov 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
When running a transformation project, you should always focus on the future state that you’re aiming for. Some of your skills as a finance and accounting professional can be adapted for this task.
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How do you become cyber certified?
  • 31 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
There are several standards and certifications for businesses to follow when it comes to cyber security. What are they, and how do you get the certifications?
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What the booming net zero sector means for accountants
  • 30 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
CBI Chief Economist Louise Hellem explains how the UK’s net zero industries are making an increasingly significant contribution to economic growth.
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Cyber resilience strategy: how to create and stress test a plan
  • 30 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Increasingly seen as a vital component of a company’s trustworthiness, a cyber resilience plan must be tailored to the nature of the business and be easy to put into action.
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Influencing policy to support you: October 2025
  • 30 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
This month, ICAEW submitted representations for the upcoming Autumn Budget and on the draft Finance Bill on reforming inheritance tax and the role of tax agents.
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Directors’ reports to be scrapped and more companies to be exempt from strategic reports
  • 27 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
In a package of reforms aimed at reducing bureaucracy and supporting businesses growth, the UK government has announced plans to remove the requirement for companies to prepare a directors’ report as part of their annual report and accounts.
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ICAEW calls for clarity on LLP NICs rumours
  • 27 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Recent newspaper reports suggest that the Chancellor is considering changing the treatment of LLPs for NICs purposes.
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Economic update: why the Budget is casting a long shadow over the UK economy
  • 24 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The UK economy struggles to grow in October. Business confidence continues to fall amid record high concerns over tax ahead of next month’s Budget. ICAEW’s Economies Director Suren Thiru discusses the implications, what you need to know about current economic conditions and key points to watch.
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Scam warning: fake Companies House IDV charges
  • 24 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Some directors of limited companies are being sent letters supposedly from accounting firms giving misleading information about Companies House ID verification, asking for money to complete the process.
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Six steps to strengthen governance ahead of new Provision 29 requirements
  • 22 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Corporate governance is at a crossroads. Experts warn that frameworks that once looked robust are no longer enough, particularly as revisions to Provision 29 come into force in January 2026.
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Handing AML supervision to FCA will increase costs for business, warns ICAEW
  • 21 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The government’s plan for the Financial Conduct Authority to hold responsibility for ensuring accountancy and legal firms comply with anti-money laundering rules will cause confusion and increase compliance costs, says ICAEW.
Cyber Security Awareness Month 2023
How do you make cyber training stick?
  • 21 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
If cyber security training is to be relevant and effective, business owners and organisation leaders must ensure that it is specifically tailored to how their companies work and the risks they face on any given day.
Jobs and investment at risk if business taxes increase, warns ICAEW
  • 17 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
More than half of business leaders surveyed by ICAEW said they would freeze recruitment or cut roles if the Chancellor announces tax increases next month.
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Accountants can ‘change corporate dial’ on cyber as threats intensify
  • 17 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Finance professionals’ role as trusted advisers puts them in a strong position to influence senior teams on the importance of addressing the growing cyber threat landscape.
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Everything you needed to know about cyber insurance
  • 14 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber insurance has never been more crucial for businesses. Here’s a guide to what you should be looking out for when choosing a provider.
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Is AI the cure for economic stagnation?
  • 14 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
While economic growth is a priority for the UK Government, there are still doubts about whether technology and AI can truly serve as a saviour. Swedish economist Carl Benedikt Frey explores the key to economic success and increased productivity.
How should the UK rethink regulation to support growth?
  • 13 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Regulations must be designed to foster productivity and innovation, and watchdogs must collaborate more effectively with businesses, an ICAEW roundtable event heard.
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Hackers almost breached this firm’s systems. Here’s what they learned
  • 13 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Security experts at a mid-tier audit firm knew they had to act swiftly when they discovered an attempt on their own system, in which their servers were almost breached by cyber criminals, and used it as a lesson to bolster their own security and training across the business.
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Chart of the week: the cost of (government) borrowing
  • 10 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week looks at the cost of government borrowing by country based on 10-year government bond yields.
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Business confidence hits three-year low
  • 09 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
A record 60% of firms are worried about the tax burden, a tenfold increase over the last five years, according to ICAEW’s latest Business Confidence Monitor.
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How to build an ethical, compliance-friendly culture
  • 08 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
In the modern corporate world, “ethics” appears in mission statements, codes of conduct, and annual reports. But what does that mean in practice, and how can companies go beyond compliance checklists to create cultures of integrity?
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