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How do you become cyber certified?
  • Article
  • 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?
Cyber Security Awareness Month 2023
How do you make cyber training stick?
  • Article
  • 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.
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Accountants can ‘change corporate dial’ on cyber as threats intensify
  • Article
  • 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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Cyber attacks cause disruption and bankruptcy fears
  • Article
  • 30 Sep 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
This month's cyber round-up covers large-scale attacks causing significant disruption and supply chain bankruptcy risks. We also look at the growing prevalence of insider threats in schools, and how AI enables malicious activities.
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Cyber security biggest risk as businesses reel from major attacks
  • Article
  • 23 Sep 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Annual poll of Chief Internal Auditors highlights cyber security as the number one risk, with digital threats intensifying following attacks on European airports over the weekend and recent cyber breaches at M&S, the Co-op, Harrods, The North Face and Jaguar Land Rover.
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Review supply chains for mini umbrella companies, says HMRC
  • Article
  • 15 Sep 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
HMRC is writing to employment businesses and recruitment agencies to ask them to check for and remove any mini umbrella companies (MUCs) from their supply chains.
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Ireland: economic prospects, tariffs and the emerging world economic order
  • Article
  • 15 Aug 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
As businesses across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland face US tariffs and ongoing turmoil, how can organisations build resilience, manage supply chains and make the right decisions to ensure they thrive?
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Scotland’s offshore wind: turning headwinds into momentum
  • Article
  • 12 Jun 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
How to grow: successfully delivering the planned pipeline of Scottish offshore wind will bring clean energy, support net-zero ambitions and drive economic opportunities across the supply chain. But more government support is needed.
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National procurement network ‘key to NHS audit resilience’
  • Article
  • 22 May 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
A single national procurement framework to help NHS bodies appoint auditors and encourage NHS bodies to engage more with audit firms during the audit procurement process are among the solutions touted in a report from the FRC.
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Member Insights: April 2025
  • Article
  • 30 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The impact of US tariffs has further compounded an already challenging business environment, plagued with uncertainty and regulatory upheaval.
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Planning for uncertainty: five tips for accountants
  • Article
  • 17 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Struggling to plan growth or forecasts during the turbulent Trump tariffs? ICAEW offers practical support to help finance practitioners steer their organisations through uncertainty.
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Revolutionising supply chain management – one pallet at a time
  • Article
  • 10 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
From his beginnings in accountancy, Graham Chipchase CBE rose through various senior corporate roles to lead one of the world’s most sustainable logistics companies.
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Quality of large company cyber disclosures lacking, study finds
  • Article
  • 28 Mar 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Research highlights concerns about the fine line between quality reporting on cyber threats and placing information in the public domain that could be used as the basis of a cyber attack.
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Brace for EU environmental reporting rules, UK businesses urged
  • Article
  • 04 Feb 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
If you’re trading with European customers, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and EU Deforestation Regulations need to be on your radar so you can supply customers with relevant data.
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Protecting public funds: tackling procurement fraud
  • Article
  • 24 Jan 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Valued at trillions of dollars per year, public procurement spending is a magnet for fraud. At a recent ICAEW event, leading experts shared insights on how to combat the problem.
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NAO: rethink on government big tech procurement needed
  • Article
  • 21 Jan 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The government spends £14bn annually on digital programmes, but it must improve how it works with technology suppliers and learn from past mistakes to make the most of its investment, National Audit Office report warns.
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Accountants must rally together to combat corruption
  • Article
  • 25 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW is contributing to the battle against procurement fraud and is sharing best practices to combat corruption, which costs the global economy £2trn annually. Discover how you can make a difference.
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Trade: helping clients navigate export complexity
  • Article
  • 15 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Almost five years since Brexit and the complexities of EU trading are showing no sign of abating. With more regulation on the horizon, advisers may need to help clients with supply chain reviews to help them navigate complexities.
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Cyber: the importance of security in supply chains
  • Article
  • 16 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber Security Awareness Month: often the weakest link in a company’s cyber security infrastructure, supply chains must be tightened to avoid costly, malicious breaches.
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Cyber: accountants can mitigate supply chain concentration risk
  • Article
  • 10 Oct 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber Security Awareness Month: does your business risk relying too heavily on a few key suppliers? Diversifying and strengthening your supply chain could be essential for long-term resilience.
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Modern slavery signs that accountants are well placed to spot
  • Article
  • 30 Jul 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Businesses are increasingly raising concerns of modern slavery and recognising risks in their supply chains. Which red flags must accountants be particularly alert to?
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Six ways to improve efficiency in public sector buying
  • Article
  • 24 Jul 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Matthew Rees, a director at the National Audit Office (NAO) with responsibility for procurement, sets out six key recommendations from his report on efficiency in government procurement of common goods and services.
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Supply chain: a cyber vulnerability blind spot
  • Article
  • 24 Jun 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The supply chain is highlighted as the new frontier for cybercrime. Although activity can be outsourced, responsibility and accountability cannot, experts warn.
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Cyber round-up: May 2024
  • Article
  • 29 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Supply-chain security, the growing peril of deepfakes, and the threat of ransomware are some of the big topics that continue to dominate the headlines.
Baltimore disaster highlights need for supply chain resilience
  • Article
  • 22 Apr 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The Baltimore bridge accident shows that many unforeseen issues have the potential to disrupt supply chains. What should finance teams do to mitigate the risks?
Horizon: lessons for software procurement
  • Article
  • 09 Feb 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
As the issues with the Post Office’s Horizon software make headlines, we look at how buyers must work with vendors during the software procurement process.
Boards must seek assurance on supply chain security
  • Article
  • 10 Jan 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
A new report paints a stark picture of the potential fallout for businesses and consumers from supply chain disruption, including empty shelves, damaged reputations and business losses.
Climate change hazards in supply chains ‘should be priority’
  • Article
  • 27 Nov 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
As COP28 approaches, a new report from the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors urges business leaders and boards to focus on ESG risks within their supply chains.
Brewdog case shines light on procurement fraud
  • Article
  • 12 Oct 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Beer brand CEO’s frank LinkedIn post lifts lid on actions of rogue sales agent who almost cost company 100,000 cans. Here, experts weigh in with thoughts on the wider lessons.
ESG for SMEs: future proofing supply chains
  • Article
  • 08 Sep 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
The impacts that environmental, social and governance issues can have on supply chains is stark, but if SMEs don’t comply with new ESG rules they could also risk their entire business.
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