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How accounting fuels progress in this 2025 Nobel-winner’s work
At a glance Accounting was a crucial technology that enabled advances like the Industrial Revolution. Standardised bookkeeping built trust and transparency, fuelling commerce. It has been essential for managing the large scale of modern industrial enterprises....
UK financial sanctions: An interactive map
Demonstrators in London call for tougher financial sanctions against Putin and the Russian government in February 2022. The UK imposes financial...
Critical success factors and key performance indicators
At a glance: CSFs and KPIs are invaluable concepts for any business looking to turn its mission and strategy into tangible, measurable...
5 key skills accountants need in 2024
Skills in technology implementation will help firms remain competitive. Regulatory compliance will be central, with significant change forecast...
Highlights from IFA’s International Conference 2023
Missed the event? The IFA International Conference is available now, on-demand. Find out more. How to: AML compliance Recently, the IFA’s Tim...
How to build a case for AI training in your firm
In a practice, the COO, Martin, recommends the firm acquires a suite of AI training courses for all employees to undertake as required CPD....
How does your salary stack up?
Each year, specialist recruiting firms collect and release data on accountancy and finance salaries. We’ve examined the data from the Michael...
AML quiz results: Half of readers respond appropriately to sanctions
“It’s essential that accounting professionals understand when and how to submit a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR),” says IFA Acting Director of...
How subtle forms of sexism in financial services led to recent City scandals – what research shows
At the time, I was under the naïve impression that workplace sexism was more or less a thing of the past. But I soon found out I was wrong and...
More technology, more complexity, more work
20 March 2020: Then UK chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has just unveiled a package of measures the government would take to support...
Q&A: Bill McGregor on the adventurer’s career path
Accounting was never the path that Bill McGregor thought he would pursue. When he was finishing an economics degree at the University of Ulster,...
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