We organise a range of services for members including a highly-successful series of CPD courses as well as an annual dinner, social events and discussion groups as well as representing the interests of chartered in accountants in the district to the wider business community.
The latest national Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) for Q1 2024 shows a significant improvement in sentiment compared to weak yet positive confidence in the previous quarter and the average for 2023. The index rose above its pre-pandemic average for the first time since Q1 2022, as economic prospects brightened.
The society was formed in 1976 by former ICAEW President Michael Groom to serve 1,800 members in Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, Dudley and Congleton in Cheshire.
The society’s members come from accountancy practices small and large and from a range of business, public sector and Third Sector interests. The district society is deeply engaged in the development of the local economy and regards the promotion of the profession – especially among students – as a crucial part of its work.
It also acts as a link between the ICAEW in Moorgate Place and members in the district.