Technical resources

Covid-19: a practitioner’s experience, part 2

Infinity Partnership associate director Greg Houston ACCA says quick thinking and a proactive approach have been key to helping clients

Technical factsheet: apprenticeships in the finance function

Apprenticeships are a highly cost-effective way for you to recruit and develop ambitious new talent to help you

Carbon accounting for small businesses

David York explains how professional accountants can help businesses improve competitiveness by becoming greener.

SMEs and foreign exchange risk: are small and medium-sized accountancy practices up to speed?

This report explores the role of accountancy practitioners in managing the foreign exchange exposures of SME clients, and what the accountancy profession could do to improve its offering to small businesses.

Managing cashflow guides

This collection of 10 guides can be helpful to small business clients as a quick reference and to practitioners as a trigger for more in-depth discussions on cashflow and related services.

Environmental aspects of sustainability, SMEs and the role of the accountant

ACCA research report 128, by J. Spence, G. Agyemang and L. Rinaldi.

SMEs and their advisers: measuring trust and confidence

ACCA research report 127, by E. Schizas, R. Jarvis and N. Daskalakis.

Get paid! A guide for owners and managers of small businesses

A joint resource from ACCA, Experian, FPB and ICM. As part of the government’s ‘Get Paid’ campaign, this ‘quick guide’ to avoiding or managing late payment, summarises the tips outlined in ACCA's 2012 report by Boden and Paul.

A digital agenda for European SMEs

ACCA’s European members who work in the SME sector present recommendations aimed at increasing the demand and uptake of the digital solutions by European small firms in the areas of cloud computing, e-invoicing, social lending and e-commerce.

Living up to expectations

This report looks into the state of the small business sector and the different strategies being adopted by them and their advisers to enhance their fortunes.