In this podcast series from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), a panel of guests dissect the latest headlines and provide expert analysis on the top stories from across the world of business, finance and accountancy.

Accountancy Insights

Produced by AI and based on articles published in ICAEW's Insights section.

ICAEW Insights Aloud

ICAEW’s Philippa Kelly and Lindsey Wicks and PwC’s Mike Jervis join host Tom Herbert to discuss the potential moving of tax year end, Bounce Back Loan repayment options, business restructuring and cryptocurrency.

Tax year end, Bounce Bank Loans and cryptocurrency

ICAEW’s Sophie Wales, Philippa Kelly and Lindsey Wicks join host Tom Herbert to discuss the boundaries between accountants’ personal and business lives, the fifth SEISS grant and the difference between e-money and bank accounts.

Blurring boundaries, e-money accounts and the future of tax

Welcome to this ICAEW Insights podcast, where we analyse the latest news from the world of accountancy, business and finance. 

On this show, we’ll speak to Liz Barclay, the government’s new Small Business Commissioner, on efforts to tackle the scourge of late payments.

ICAEW Tax Faculty’s Lindsey Wicks outlines the implications of the government’s proposed reforms to basis periods.

Football finance expert and chartered accountant Kieran Maguire gives us the story behind his hit podcast ‘The Price of Football’.

And ICAEW’s Katharine Bagshaw explains why the IAASB thinks we need an audit standard for less complex entities.

Late payments, basis period reform and football finance

On the show we speak to Eleanor Fairford, the National Cyber Security Centre’s Deputy Director for Incident Management, about the rising tide of ransomware, and how chartered accountants can protect themselves and their businesses.

National Insurance Rise, Ransomware And Charity Fraud

Welcome to this ICAEW Insights podcast, where we analyse the latest news from the world of accountancy, business and finance.

SME Recovery, Sustainability Standards And Cryptoassets Nudge

Practice owner Peter Hollis decided on an Employee Share Ownership Trust when thinking about succession planning for his practice. He explains the process and the lessons he’s learned.

Succession planning: could an ESOT be the answer?

More and more accountancy and audit firms are considering PE investment, but they need to understand the impact on their audit status under ICAEW regulations and FRC rules.

What private equity might mean for a firm’s audit status

Prompt engineering creates succinct commands to direct and guide artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Here, we explore how to develop your prompt engineering skills to get optimal output from AI models.

Prompt engineering interacting with generative AI tools

The vast number of companies affected by ransomware attacks highlights the urgent need to ramp up educational work on cybercrime, according to a Fraud Advisory Panel trustee.

Businesses face uphill battle on cyber threat awareness

With so many new technological solutions, it is easy to be overwhelmed on where to start to upgrade the skills gap in your workforce, but starting small and avoiding the hype is still a start.

How to grow: digitally upskilling your workforce

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