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UK SMEs increasingly considering closing businesses in the face of perfect storm of issues

Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in hard hit sectors are increasingly starting to move to close down their businesses, according to a survey from ACCA UK (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and The Corporate Finance Network (CFN) which has polled its accounting firm members…

Fragile economic confidence early in 2021

Economic confidence stalled in Q4 2020, underlining uncertainty for the year ahead…

ACCA and Datamaran agree MOU

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Datamaran, the only software analytics platform in the world that identifies and monitors external risks, including Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) …

SMEs face a tough start to 2021 as financial pressures build toward the end of Q1

The latest survey of UK accountants representing approximately 6,000 SME clients shows 28 per cent of them will probably not have enough funding for the next six months and expect to be unable to access the necessary funds for future trading A further 24 per cent still do not know if existing funding will be sufficient…

Accountancy and finance profession viewed as being ‘broadly inclusive’, but more needs to be done, finds global research

Sixty-one per cent of respondents to a global survey amongst accountancy and finance professionals say that they work in an environment free from harassment and discrimination, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) reveals in a new report…

Accountants and SMEs at breaking point as HMRC is urged by accountancy profession to delay January 31 self-assessment deadline

Accountants are dismayed that HMRC is refusing to extend the deadline for self-assessment tax returns on January 31, which could land millions of hard-hit entrepreneurs with fines totalling £250 million…

Pass rates announced for ACCA December 2020 exam sitting

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) announces the pass rates of its latest exam sitting for December 2020…

ACCA update on March 2021 exam session

ACCA provides an update to its future members about the forthcoming March 2021 exam sitting…

ACCA issues policy recommendations on the role of public finance professionals in progressing the Sustainable Development Goals and calls for governments to work towards a sustainable and inclusive recovery

Global experts formulate calls to action for governments and the public finance profession to push for progress in achieving the SDGs, and ensure the COVID-19 economic recovery is both sustainable and inclusive, with policy responses accounting for the human aspect of this crisis …

Brexit deal ‘cautiously’ welcomed by ACCA, but clarity is still needed

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has been reviewing the recent UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (UK-EU TCA) and considers the agreement brings a broad level of certainty for businesses in the UK, Europe and globally about the status of trade in goods and services, the movement of people and tariffs…