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Latest talent management news from Insights

Read the latest articles on talent management published in ICAEW's Insights hub.
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Five HR elements that shouldn't be overlooked during due diligence
  • Article
  • 10 Mar 2026
  • ICAEW Insights
HR due diligence is more than just liabilities – it’s about factors relating to culture and leadership, and the risks that might arise from them.
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Member insights: too many hurdles for businesses
  • Article
  • 26 Feb 2026
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW member insights point to a mixed and uneven start to 2026. While some businesses report pockets of international growth, particularly in the US and parts of Asia, domestic conditions remain challenging.
Are apprentices the answer to the talent question?
  • Article
  • 02 Feb 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Apprenticeships offer employers a cost-effective way to upskill employees, improve staff retention rates and boost diversity. As National Apprenticeship Week begins, find out more about ICAEW’s apprenticeships, what’s involved and the funding options available.
Broader career paths attract accountancy talent
  • Article
  • 01 Nov 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
With the lure of partner status waning, firms need to think more creatively about recognising individuals with other skills that they rely on for success – particularly if they want to retain them for the long run.
Is private equity reshaping the profession?
  • Article
  • 27 Sep 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
The partnership model has long been the standard for accountancy firms, but with far-reaching challenges such as AI and staff retention looming over the profession, could PE investment be an alternative solution?
Neurodiversity: the power of thinking differently
  • Article
  • 22 Mar 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Up to 20% of the UK population is neurodivergent and yet as we reflect on Neurodiversity Celebration Week, embracing the strengths that diversity of thought can offer business remains a work in progress, says Dan Harris.
Social mobility needed to combat skills shortage
  • Article
  • 24 Feb 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
As a firm with several locations across the UK, Menzies is acutely aware of the increasing challenges of attracting talent in a competitive market.
Creating an effective talent development pipeline
  • Article
  • 24 Feb 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Post-pandemic, the world of work is changing fast. Businesses must do more to ensure employees have a clear development path if they are to keep and attract more talent.
Why people leave the audit profession (and how to keep them)
  • Article
  • 23 Feb 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Changeable management approaches, lack of formal training and excessive hours all forced Jackie Crane to become an ex-auditor. What do her experiences tell us about how audit employers must retain talent?
To attract talent, let’s focus on why we matter
  • Article
  • 14 Dec 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW President Julia Penny’s year involved conversations about two major themes: how to attract new and diverse talent to the profession, and the role of the profession in encouraging sustainability and trust. One, she argues, could be a solution to the other.
FTSE boards failing to promote women into executive roles
  • Article
  • 30 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Despite progress in hiring women as non-executive directors, boards continue to miss opportunities to create robust female talent pipelines to the top executive jobs.
Could offering the ACA benefit your business?
  • Article
  • 04 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
In a recruitment and retention crisis, offering to train the next generation of accountants could be the ticket to developing homegrown financial talent.
Cost-effective solutions for attracting and retaining talent
  • Article
  • 26 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Forget traditional pay rises, organisations have a range of far more thoughtful tools at their disposal to show that they are great to work for.
Recruiting and retaining talent in a volatile market
  • Article
  • 14 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
If businesses want to bypass the inflation-busting salary hikes to attract top accountant talent, they need to offer more flexible working arrangements, warns the director of specialist recruiter.
How to be a more dyslexia-friendly employer
  • Article
  • 06 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
From nurturing existing employees to attracting new talent, there’s a strong business imperative to making sure your business is dyslexia-friendly. As we celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Week (3-9 October), experts offer tips on what that means in practice.
New government’s challenges not to be underestimated, says ICAEW
  • Article
  • 06 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Protecting jobs, delivering a bold skills and productivity strategy and long-term plans for tax and public spending are highlighted as urgent priorities for Truss and her new Chancellor.
The challenge of attracting and retaining insolvency talent
  • Article
  • 23 Aug 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
What can insolvency firms and stakeholder bodies do – or do better – to ensure more people get involved with this exciting, varied and rewarding profession?
Accountancy firm Cooper Parry joins four-day week trial
  • Article
  • 12 Aug 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
April Bembridge, Partner and Chief People Officer at Cooper Parry, explains how the firm is changing its working practices in order to attract the best talent.
How to retain talent in audit
  • Article
  • 27 Jul 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Auditors frequently struggle to hang on to their brightest talent. What should they do to boost retention rates? Firms and recruitment specialists provide some ideas.
Employers must be more creative to recruit and retain talent
  • Article
  • 01 Jul 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Hybrid working is a clear favourite among employees, but organisations must devise strategies for inclusion and keep staff engaged and motivated on an on-going basis, PwC research finds.
The Queer Student Awards proudly celebrates a rainbow of stories
  • Article
  • 28 Jun 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
For the second year in a row, ICAEW sponsored a prize at the Queer Student Awards, a colourful celebration of LGBTQ+ talent.
COVID support schemes coming to an end
  • Article
  • 23 Sep 2021
On 30 September a range of government support packages to help businesses and individuals through the coronavirus pandemic will come to an end or change, including the furlough scheme and reduced SDLT rates in England. ICAEW insights provides a reminder of the changes.
Furlough numbers drop to lowest level since start of pandemic
  • Article
  • 10 Sep 2021
Around 340,000 people have moved off furlough across the UK over the course of July, according to HM Treasury, as the UK economy continues to rebound and businesses reopen.
Future of work part 1: navigating the global talent pool
  • Article
  • 07 May 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
With the pandemic driving an increasing number of employees to work across international borders, ICAEW Insights speaks to Michelle Berners-Price, Director in KPMG’s global mobility tax team, about the challenges of managing a global talent pool.
Pandemic prompts public sector leadership ‘brain drain’
  • Article
  • 15 Mar 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
A potential shortage of senior public sector talent is looming after C-level executives who postponed their retirement during the pandemic look set to step back this year.
Tax news in brief
  • Article
  • 10 Feb 2021
  • Tax Faculty
Highlights from the broader tax news week ending 10 February, which includes: reminders about SEISS grants being trading income and CJRS claims for January, as well as highlighting an issue with the HMRC CJRS calculator. Other stories include confirmation of income tax personal allowance and van and fuel benefits, links to the Office of Tax Simplification online survey on use of third-party data and confirmation that EU member states are to adopt detached worker rules.
More guidance for furloughed directors on annual payrolls
  • Article
  • 29 Jan 2021
  • ICAEW
29 January: ICAEW’s Tax Faculty highlights updated HMRC guidance confirming that directors paid annually and claiming grants under the third version of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme must align salary payments with claims.
Furlough scheme employers named
  • Article
  • 28 Jan 2021
  • Anita Monteith
28 January: HMRC has published its first list of the employers who have claimed through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Being named is normal and the presumption is that those listed are using the funds as intended.
Deadline approaching for CJRS claimants to request anonymity
  • Article
  • 19 Jan 2021
  • ICAEW
19 January 2021: Employers under threat of violence or intimidation as a result of having their names published as a recipient of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grants, must apply to be removed from the list before its publication on 26 January.
Can staff be furloughed to look after their children?
  • Article
  • 05 Jan 2021
  • ICAEW
5 January 2021: Following the announcement of further national lockdowns across the UK, updates to guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme have highlighted that those with caring responsibilities are eligible for furlough.
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