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The essential guide to data analytics
- 07 Dec 2021
Data analytics allows firms to harness data, both internal and external, to provide faster, deeper analysis for better decision-making. These tools offer accountants the ability to track client performance at a more granular level and identify ways to build in efficiencies.
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The essential guide to robotic process automation
- 30 Dec 2020
- Tech Faculty
Robotic process automation (RPA) can save organisations' time, with tasks performed with higher speed and accuracy, as well as removing the risk of human error. However, it is not suitable for all processes and, in some cases, could act as a sticking plaster for a system that needs to be re-engineered.
Essential guide to world of add-ons
- 13 Jul 2020
This guidance will help to shape your thinking on what is possible with add-ons; formulate and clarify firm (and client) expectations; recognise limitations and set boundaries; identify potential benefits and hurdles.
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The essential guide to data analytics for smaller firms
- 29 Jul 2019
- PDF (508kb)
- Tech Faculty
Data – how you get it and what you do with it – has been an important part of the accountant’s role since the beginning; but it is only now, with data exploding in volume, variety and velocity, that accountants can start to add serious value to their business and that of their clients. As the guide says, ‘data analytics can broadly be defined as the use of data to support business decisions’.
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The essential guide to the virtual FD
- 23 May 2019
- PDF (274kb)
- Tech Faculty
The Essential Guide to the Virtual Financial Director provides examples of how practitioners are providing this valuable service to a range of clients today. By reading the guide you will become familiar with the key concepts and be able to start exploring new services to your clients.
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The essential guide to cyber recovery
- 06 Feb 2019
- PDF (308kb)
- Tech Faculty
How to recover in the event of a data breach. This guide draws on expert insights from our volunteers and members, with some very helpful case studies outlining real life examples – one of which is a ransomware example similar to the scenario above, and where the firm did have a backup.
Automating my practice - Case study
- 11 Oct 2018
- Della Hudson
Della Hudson, Consultant, Author of The Numbers Business, and former owner of Hudson Accountants Ltd writes about her experience of automation as a start-up owner.
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The essential guide to automating your practice
- 08 Oct 2018
- PDF (309kb)
- IT Faculty
Technology is moving mainstream. Words such as cyber, cloud and artificial intelligence are entering the lexicon as people become more comfortable and familiar with these terms - which in turn is leading to changing expectations. This guide is written in response to that.
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What is the Internet of Things?
- 09 Mar 2018
- Penelope Rance | Nina Bryant | Katie Vowles
Read this Tech essentials guide to find out what is the Internet of Things (IoT) and how it affects the accounting profession, including auditing. Read this Tech essentials guide to find out what is the Internet of Things (IoT) and how it affects the accounting profession, including auditing. The guide also discusses real life IoT examples, management challenges as well as security concerns and future outlooks.
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Tech essentials - 10 steps to cyber security for smaller firms
- 22 Sep 2017
- PDF (376kb)
- IT Faculty
While the fundamentals on how to protect yourself, your business and your clients remain essentially unchanged, the context in which we write about them continues to shift. Cyber criminals are always finding new means of attack and we all need to keep up to keep them out.
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The essential guide to blockchain
- 26 Jul 2017
- PDF (428kb)
- Penelope Rance | Nina Bryant | David Lyford-Smith
This guide from the ICAEW sets out the key features of blockchain, and the challenges it must face to reach widespread adoption. It includes case studies of real-life applications, as well as examining its impact on accountancy.
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The Essential Guide to GDPR
- 22 Sep 2017
- PDF (118kb)
- IT Faculty
Getting to grips with the General Data Protection Regulation
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