The Briefcase #4: Excel Formulas That Impress Non-Accountants
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 7th Aug 2025
As an accountant, there’s a good chance someone, somewhere, has asked you for help with Excel – especially if you’re the only finance professional in…
The Briefcase #3: Industry vs Practice vs Public Sector: Who Has It Hardest?
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 1st Aug 2025
Everyone loves arguing that they have it worse, and it’s no different in accountancy. And, for finance professionals, the argument often revolves around “industry, practice,…
The Briefcase #2: The 5 Biggest Accounting Scandals of All Time
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 25th Jul 2025
For most of us, the biggest scandals our office will be involved in is whether Aidan turned the dishwasher on before he left, or if…
The Briefcase #1: 7 Ways to Annoy Your Accountant
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 17th Jul 2025
Welcome to the first edition of The Briefcase, your weekly dispatch from the world of numbers, nuance and, occasionally, nonsense. This week we’re stepping into the…
accountingcpd Wins Customer Experience of the Year
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 4th Jul 2025
We’re thrilled to share that accountingcpd has been named Customer Experience of the Year (Vendor) at the International Accounting Awards 2025. Held at the Hilton Metropole…
The Strawberry and Cream VAT Debate
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 2nd Jul 2025
Marks & Spencer’s latest culinary offering – a strawberries and cream sandwich inspired by Japan’s viral “fruit sando” – has captured not just the public’s…
Accountants on the Page
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 20th Jun 2025
Accountants don’t usually feature as the heroes in fiction. Regrettably, they tend to be maligned – cast into the background to quietly clean up for…
How to Cheat on Your CPD (And Why Not To)
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 4th Jun 2025
We’ve all been there. It’s mid-December, you’re sipping on a nutmeg latte, and it hits you – you’ve still got 10 hours of CPD to…
Current Confidence in the Accounting Profession
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 28th May 2025
Global confidence among accountants and finance professionals hit its lowest point since mid-2020 during the first quarter of 2025, according to ACCA and IMA’s Global…