Women as Leaders in Accountancy
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 1st Dec 2023
Internationally, women make up a significant percentage of accountants and auditors. According to statistics from Accountancy Age’s last survey from 2020, nearly half of all…
3 barriers to effective CPD and how to overcome them
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 18th Apr 2023
We all know CPD is easy to put off until the last minute. But good professional development comes from knowing what challenges you could face,…
Benefits of named ranges in Excel
By: Paula Guilfoyle | Posted on: 3rd Mar 2021
Named ranges can make formulas more readable and improve the overall organisation of your spreadsheet. In this blog, Paula Guilfoyle explains the benefits of named…
Six Capitals of Value Creation for Sustainability
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 27th Jan 2021
Climate change and sustainability are now right at the top of many organisations’ priorities. These issues are no longer seen as purely environmental. They have…
Wirecard – yet another classic fraud missed by the auditors
By: John Taylor | Posted on: 25th Nov 2020
So after Enron (2001), Worldcom (2002), Parmelat (2003), Satyam (2009) and Olympus (2011) the world was waiting for the next big scandal. Of course, in…
5 ways to encourage ethical behaviour in your organisation
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 13th Nov 2019
Even though numerous scandals through time, such as Enron or Tesco’s accounting scandal, have taught us about the dangers of unethical behaviour, creating an ethical…
The Tesco Accounting Scandal
By: Juan Carlos Venegas | Posted on: 18th Oct 2017
Overview of the Allegations Christopher Bush, Tesco UK’s former managing director, Carl Rogberg, the company’s former UK finance director, and John Scouler, its former UK…
How to Profit From a Ponzi Scheme
By: John Taylor | Posted on: 20th Dec 2016
It seems a sad indictment of the human condition that even in this cynical ‘seen it all before’ age, greed still drives human beings to…
The Seven Guiding Principles of Integrated Reporting
By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 14th Sep 2016
The Integrated Reporting movement is gaining momentum. Despite this move to embrace Integrated Reporting, many accounting and finance professionals know little about it. In this…