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ACCA calls for a more inclusive approach to economic recovery

A new methodology is needed by governments says global body for professional accountants…

ACCA and CA ANZ’s CEOs share their inspirational journeys for International Women’s Day 2021

Helen Brand OBE, chief executive of ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Ainslie Van Onselen, CEO of CA ANZ (Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand) share their challenges, successes, and personal experiences in becoming CEOs in a global webinar…

Covid-19 one year on: a message from ACCA's president and chief executive

Read Mark Millar's and Helen Brand's message to ACCA's global members…

'Fragmented’ budget does not give businesses certainty

ACCA experts offer their initial reaction to key announcements in today's budget …

Diversity, inclusion and belonging – supporting the agenda in the post-pandemic workplace

EU and global experts discussed how to address the complex issue of diversity and inclusion in organisations and make sure that the COVID-19 pandemic does not widen the inequality gap in the workplace at joint ACCA, PwC and EBRD web-conference…

The economic impact of the coronavirus – ACCA welcomes recommendations made in the Treasury Committee’s report

ACCA UK has welcomed the publication of the latest edition of the Treasury Committee’s report ‘Economic impact of coronavirus: gaps in support and economic analysis’ …

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…