Apprenticeships: getting set for success
Following the UK’s National Apprenticeship Week during 8-14 February, Joe Pickard speaks to David Whitson-Black, group head of talent development…
Women in leadership: developing the next generation
An inspiration to young accountants, Jill Santos, CEO and founder of DFK member firm JSC & Co, grew her small business into a globally recognised firm. She plays a key…
16 Feb 2021
Diversity and inclusion: an issue of individuality, identity and belonging
2020 was a turbulent year in many ways. In May, the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis shocked the world and sparked worldwide protests led by the Black Lives Matter…
10 Feb 2021
Post-Brexit sanctions: are you ready for the new era?
As the UK marks the beginning of a new dawn post-Brexit, new sanctions have come into force that will require full compliance from all agents and accountants. The sanctions regime…
08 Feb 2021
How the 2020 crisis is shaping the 2021 finance agenda
Unprecedented business disruption forced organisations to delay many 2020 plans and operate in a reactive mode. Respondents to the 2021 Key Issues Study expect stability to remain elusive, write Nilly…
04 Feb 2021
A look back at 2020: from entropy to action, from speed to velocity
Trying times have a way of bringing clarity and focus to priorities. Looking back at 2020, there was certainly no shortage of crises to do that, and though the economic,…
03 Feb 2021
ACCA Year in Review: demanding conditions in a year like no other
2020 has highlighted the invaluable role professional accountants play in steering organisations through intensely demanding conditions. ACCA chief executive Helen Brand takes a look back at the year gone by…
26 Jan 2021