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Steel, farmers and cars to benefit from UK-US deal
  • 09 May 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
While the baseline 10% tariff stands, the new UK-US trade deal reduces tariffs on cars, removes them from steel, and offers a tariff-free quota for UK beef.
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New UK-India deal offers boost in uncertain times
  • 07 May 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW has welcomed the announcement of a new free trade agreement between the UK and India, which will reduce tariffs and other measures impacting the trade of goods and services between the countries.
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How to integrate sustainability into strategic management
  • 01 May 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
By incorporating natural, social and human capital into strategic management, financial professionals can focus on the ‘triple bottom-line’ in which profit, people and planet share equal billing.
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Access to skills: are apprenticeships the answer?
  • 30 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Getting the right skills can hinder growth and businesses are struggling to get the right people. But some are finding solutions by welcoming young workers and embracing strong development programmes.
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Member Insights: April 2025
  • 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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Influencing policy to support you: April 2025
  • 30 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
This month, ICAEW has been working to share members’ thoughts with policymakers on the potential impacts of the Employment Rights Bill, reactions to US trade tariffs and recognition of professional services in the UK’s Industrial Strategy.
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Navigating tariffs: four considerations for auditors
  • 29 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The introduction of enhanced tariffs by the current US administration will inevitably place a strain on many UK-based and global businesses.
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How to raise finance to scale up your business
  • 28 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
From start-up to scale-up: understanding the expectations of lenders and funders and getting your financial ducks in a row will oil the cogs for raising finance.
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Employment Rights Bill ‘could overburden businesses’
  • 25 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
As President Trump’s backlash against diversity and inclusion initiatives sees Big Four firms KPMG and Deloitte in the US step back from their DEI commitments, lawyers warn organisations in Great Britain could face a higher risk of lawsuits if they follow suit.
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How US tariffs are complicating UK’s economic outlook
  • 24 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Positive economic data masks deeper trouble as business confidence sinks under rising tax and tariff fears. ICAEW’s Economies Director Suren Thiru discusses the implications.
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Tackling six existing growth barriers will help mitigate uncertainty
  • 22 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The UK government’s plans to kickstart growth have been thrown off course, but acting to address existing growth barriers could help organisations to weather the storm, says ICAEW.
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How to survive scaling up
  • 22 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Scaling up is a complex mission in which only very few businesses succeed. But with the right foundations, you can mitigate most of the risks.
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Planning for uncertainty: five tips for accountants
  • 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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The importance of people and culture when scaling up
  • 17 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Understanding how to create and nurture the right company culture is a key element in ensuring the success of a growing business.
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Keep on top of developments in ethics
  • 16 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW’s first annual update to its e-learning course on ethics covers the 2025 update to the Code of Ethics and implications of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.
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Tariff and tax woes weaken UK business confidence
  • 15 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Soaring tax concerns and US tariffs have dragged UK business confidence back into the red, according to ICAEW analysis, as accountants call for urgent government action.
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How a CEO’s pay package influences corporate culture
  • 15 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The composition of a CEO’s pay deal can have a direct effect on how a company behaves. Aligning remuneration with corporate operations is key.
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Haysmacintyre to HaysMac – what’s in a name?
  • 11 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Mid-tier accountancy firm Haysmacintyre recently went through a rebranding process to forge an identity that better reflected its culture. Managing Partner Tash Frangos spills the beans.
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Revolutionising supply chain management – one pallet at a time
  • 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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How to deal with a whistleblowing complaint
  • 07 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Whistleblowing is a vital tool to tackle corruption and other criminal offences. When an employee approaches an employer with a concern, whether anonymously or not, it is vital to handle it with expediency and delicacy.
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EU Parliament votes through CSRD and CSDDD delay
  • 04 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The vote confirms the postponement of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive by two years and one year respectively.
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Taxing times: cryptoassets in the spotlight
  • 01 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW
Ownership of cryptoassets may be on the rise, but many myths persist when it comes to how they taxed. This episode looks at how accountants can help clients to meet their tax obligations.
HMRC turns spotlight on profit extraction schemes
  • 01 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
In its latest spotlight, HMRC warns companies not to use a scheme that uses advertising and marketing expenditure to reduce taxable profits and disguise employment income in the form of redeemable loyalty points.
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Five leadership lessons for a growth mindset
  • 31 Mar 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Rachel Nutt, a senior partner at MHA, advises some of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs and has also overseen rapid growth at her firm. She tells us some of the leadership lessons garnered from those experiences.
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Quality of large company cyber disclosures lacking, study finds
  • 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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FRC sets out ‘growth-supporting’ strategy
  • 27 Mar 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The latest three-year plan from the Financial Reporting Council tries to build on the government’s push for growth-supporting regulators.
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Member Insights: March 2025
  • 27 Mar 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Appetite for investment remains muted amid ongoing uncertainty at both national and international levels.
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Firms showcase AI across corporate finance
  • 26 Mar 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
AI across the deal process has morphed from theoretical to something that is being actively used to deliver client work. But how does it work in practice? A recent ICAEW event lifted the lid.
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How to secure vital AI skills and an engaged workforce
  • 21 Mar 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
How should the UK nurture the skill sets that will underpin the AI-driven future of enterprise and accountancy? Members voiced their ideas for action in a round table.
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Chancellor promises ‘radical shake-up’ of regulation
  • 20 Mar 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The Better Regulation Action Plan aims to review regulation and reduce the number of regulators in order to encourage growth.
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