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Small businesses getting on top of future finances

Accountants have been increasingly successful in persuading SMEs to reforecast their financial performance in the second half of 2020, according to the year-end results of the ACCA and The Corporate Finance Network (The CFN) SME Recovery Tracker …

Business can lead global fight against climate change

ACCA president calls for more action to meet targets on global warming…

ACCA finance director calls for shift in priorities to rebuild the economy

Global finance chief promotes sustainability over short-term profit…

European Business and Nature Summit (EBNS) focus: businesses and financial institutions’ impact and dependencies on nature

40 leading businesses, financial institutions and policy-makers discussed how to achieve a green recovery and reshape business for nature and people at the EBNS, jointly hosted by the EU Business@Biodiversity Platform, in close cooperation with ACCA, the Belgian federal and Flemish government, and The Shift…

Innovative support available to scale up businesses amid Covid-19 recovery

A number of new business support models are available to small businesses, providing a one-stop shop of support and facilitating their growth, according to a new study by ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)…

ACCA makes senior appointments to its Governance directorate

Two strategic, senior level appointments have been made to ACCA’s (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Governance directorate – Joe Johnson as Director of Professional Conduct and Stacey English as the Director of Practice Regulation …

Morale-boosting exercise circles the Earth

Accountants stick together for marathon Walk/Run/Ride adventure…

ACCA joins call to action: Supporting SMEs' access to COVID-19 support funding via professional advice

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) joins SMEunited, AccountancyEurope and EFAA in a joint call for action to ensure SMEs are able to access professional advice, helping them to identify the most appropriate COVID-19 recovery support options available, and make the best use of them as they work towards a swift recovery through the crisis …

Contracts between public and private sectors operate with a ‘trust deficit’

Governments around the world have faced challenges with public procurement due to the COVID-19 crisis, testing their ability and capacity to react quickly and efficiently to deliver life-saving goods and services to the public, asserts a new research report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Accountants) New Models of Public Procurement: A Tool For Sustainable Recovery…

ACCA publishes its commitments to delivering the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The UN Secretary General declared 2020 to be the year to mobilise for a “decade of action” to deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 Today, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) announces its contribution to this global ambition by publishing its own commitments to the delivery of the SDGs …