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Read the latest articles on leadership, personal development and HR published in ICAEW's Insights hub.
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Working from home tax relief claims may still be possible for 2022/23
  • 18 Jan 2023
  • ICAEW
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty highlights that employees should check whether they are eligible to make a claim.
How to give your team a boost on Blue Monday
  • 13 Jan 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
As we face what’s supposedly the most depressing day of the year, Oliver Henry offers four suggestions to counter the hype and help promote team positivity, happiness and wellbeing.
What’s your office personality?
  • 12 Jan 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Always fall into the same career ruts? Kickstart your accountancy career with New Year’s resolutions from careers coaches at Henley Business School.
How to solve the productivity conundrum
  • 09 Jan 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
While weak productivity is a contemporary international phenomenon, the British case is particularly acute. We ask what UK business can do to help reverse the trend.
Post-pandemic workspaces must support mental health
  • 09 Jan 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
The office environment has a huge role to play in supporting the mental wellbeing of staff. Lawrence Mohiuddine offers advice on making sure your workspace ticks the right boxes for employees.
How accountants can help refugees and combat modern slavery
  • 06 Jan 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW member Sarah Crowhurst was prompted by the desperate plight of refugees in Greece to volunteer there, providing support to those forced into prostitution. She explains why, and how accountants can help.
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A new approach for the New Year
  • 05 Jan 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
January is the time to set your resolutions… Or is it? Here’s why New Year’s resolutions aren’t always the best approach, and what you can do instead.
How the UK’s dysfunctional housing market may affect employers
  • 03 Jan 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
The combination of a housing market in crisis and new working trends mean the onus is on employers to balance the longer term needs of the business with the needs of the employee.
OTS report highlights tax changes for a modern working world
  • 22 Dec 2022
  • ICAEW
The final report from the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) sets out findings on hybrid and distance working. In the face of evolving modern working practices, respondents call for administration to be streamlined, policy conditions to be eased and for clearer guidance from HMRC.
To attract talent, let’s focus on why we matter
  • 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.
A golden era for an older and wiser workforce
  • 05 Dec 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Many people in their 50s, 60s and 70s are adding another chapter to their working lives, and organisations would do well to make the most of this valuable source of labour and experience.
Cost-of-living crisis prompts accountants’ job concerns
  • 05 Dec 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
One in five chartered accountants says cost-of-living crisis is hindering career progression, with concerns about job losses also rife, research finds.
Workforce with disabilities is “finally being taken seriously”
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
To commemorate the International Day of Disabled Persons on 3 December, ICAEW gains insight from Sami Dar, co-founder of 10,000 Able Interns, a programme that unlocks opportunities for students and graduates with disabilities.
Charities: taken for granted in challenging times?
  • 30 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
The Autumn Statement responded to the charity sector’s key demand to uplift benefits in line with inflation, but the government failed to provide targeted support for charities on the frontline of the cost-of-living crisis.
What does the future of accounting tech look like?
  • 30 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
As accountancy teams face challenges from all sides, technology is moving to help them, and their clients, future-proof their businesses. Accounting software specialist Kevin McCallum looks at the direction of travel.
FTSE boards failing to promote women into executive roles
  • 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.
Socioeconomic taskforce calls out working class bias
  • 29 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Report outlines strategies for UK firms to boost number of working class leaders after research shows working class employees progress 25% slower and earn up to £17,500 less than their peers.
Purpose statement disconnect prompts staff to quit
  • 23 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Employees increasingly seek value and purpose at work – but despite the widespread presence of ‘purpose statements’, many staff are unaware of what those credos say – or what their practical upshots are.
How to develop a CEO mindset
  • 18 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
For finance professionals in business, the progression from CFO to CEO is a tried and tested route. But no matter where you are in your career, you can forge a CEO mindset on your own, says business coach Anthony Webb.
Autumn Statement: Threshold freezes create stealth tax increases
  • 17 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW
The Chancellor has confirmed that headline rates of income tax and capital gains tax (CGT) will remain at their current levels. However, there were various reductions in key thresholds and allowances, and several others were frozen for longer than previously announced. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty summarises the key tax announcements.
How small actions can lead to big results
  • 15 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
The principles of ‘everyday actions’ can transform business performance and help teams through financial challenges. Mitali Kelly ACA explains how.
Time management skills for technological advances
  • 15 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
The benefits and challenges with technology adoption are often two sides of the same coin. ICAEW’s Head of Data Analytics and Tech, Ian Pay, explores some practical steps to overcome the technology paradox.
International Stress Awareness Week: managing stress at work
  • 10 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Experts in management, leadership and business transformation share the best practice for accountants when it comes to handling stress management.
Why should charities diversify their trustee boards?
  • 10 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Charity professional Penny Wilson outlines the best practice in finding trustees to help your organisation thrive – it all starts with reaching beyond your own networks, she says.
Significant barriers remain in diversifying UK plc leadership
  • 08 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
FRC says greater transparency in decision making and promotion processes is needed as well as better monitoring, measurement and accountability.
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Staying on top: 10 things for your checklist
  • 03 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Calling all ACA students. Keep your training on track and make the most of your student experience with our handy checklist.
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ICAEW CFAB to ACA: taking the next step
  • 03 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Having completed the ICAEW CFAB with a Level 4 apprenticeship, student Matt Barnes is embarking on the next stage in his training. We chat to him and his manager and mentor Alison Hook FCA.
The golden rules for making redundancies
  • 03 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Dismissing employees is an art, not a science. Some bosses have mastered it well; others fail abysmally and – thanks to social media – very publicly. We consider six things to avoid when delivering bad news.
New ways of working: tax legislation needs to adapt
  • 01 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW
The explosion in home and remote working caused by the pandemic means that tax, social security, and visa rules need updating.
A new generation of accountants
  • 01 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
New Gen Accountants launched in 2018 with a mission to ensure that the accountancy profession accurately reflects the society we live in, including all races, classes and backgrounds. For Black History Month, ICAEW supported its relaunch event.
Cost-effective solutions for attracting and retaining talent
  • 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.
PwC’s New World New Skills scheme fuels levelling up
  • 25 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
The firm’s social mobility schemes aim to help young people develop strong, transferable skills that will set them up for solid careers.
Are accountants falling in line with UK resignation trends?
  • 25 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Despite the prospect of recession, the Great Resignation continues apace. To what extent does that include accountancy and what are the main factors that will influence decisions to stay or go?
Quiet quitting and how to prevent it
  • 20 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
It may be the buzzword of the moment, but it can have a huge impact on businesses. Jeremy Campbell of Black Isle Group offers advice to keep the whole team pulling together.
Deborah Harris appointed new LSCA President
  • 19 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW
Deborah Harris is the first Black woman to be elected President of the London Society of Chartered Accountants in its 150-year history. She tells us about her priorities for the coming year.
Recruiting and retaining talent in a volatile market
  • 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.
ICAEW President on the importance of Black History Month
  • 11 Oct 2022
Julia Penny, ICAEW President, talks about why Black History Month matters to the profession and how ICAEW is driving change.
Businesses face perfect storm of risks
  • 10 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Cybersecurity tops annual business risk survey, reflecting the rapidly weaponised cyber attack landscape, as geopolitical uncertainty rises.
How to be a more dyslexia-friendly employer
  • 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.
Changes to SME limits – what might this mean for tax?
  • 05 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW
In a bid to stimulate growth and cut red tape, the government wants to redefine the definition of what constitutes a ‘small’ business.
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Celebrating Black culture
  • 29 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
As the nation celebrates Black History Month, ICAEW members, students and staff share how organisations can create inclusive working and social environments.
Mental health: how to forge ahead
  • 29 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Nick Elston’s life changed when he started having an open conversation about mental health. All organisations should follow suit, he says.
How should we manage the great skills shift?
  • 28 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Amid acute requirements for upskilling and reskilling, does our skills infrastructure have what it takes to train the workforce of the future?
Black History Month message from Sharron Gunn, ICAEW COO
  • 26 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW
The theme for this year’s Black History Month is ‘Time for Change: Action Not Words’, and I’m proud that ICAEW continues to be a force for positive change and driver of targeted action for Black talent, not just during Black History Month.
Will more open recruitment styles benefit accountancy?
  • 20 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
PwC’s decision to remove its 2:1 degree requirement from graduate and undergraduate roles signals a shift towards hiring based on aptitude and skills rather than academic achievement.
Julia Penny: my first quarter as ICAEW President
  • 08 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
This year’s ICAEW President reflects on her first three months in the role and looks at the issues that are important to her, and to the membership as a whole.
New government’s challenges not to be underestimated, says ICAEW
  • 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.
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Here’s how to… make a plan for your wellbeing
  • 06 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Managing your mental and physical health is crucial to professional and personal success. As summer turns to autumn, now is the perfect time to focus on your wellbeing and be sure to thrive rather than just survive.
Call for evidence on hybrid and distance working
  • 06 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW
OTS seeks input for its review of the emerging trends in hybrid and distance working, in the UK and across borders, and any pressures they put on existing tax rules and guidance.
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The lowdown on… the Ethics Learning Programme
  • 01 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Integrated throughout our qualifications, ethics is a vital part of your training. Caroline Fox, ICAEW Ethics Moderator, explains what it involves.
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