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The Briefcase 2: The 5 Biggest Accounting Scandals of All Time
From Enron to Satyam, discover the five biggest accounting scandals of all time, how they happened, who got burned, and what every accountant can learn from the wreckage.
Accountants in the Spotlight
Discover how accountants are portrayed in TV and film, from cult heroes to comedy icons, and why the profession deserves more credit than it gets.
The History of Accounting
From Mesopotamian clay tablets to modern ledgers, the history of accounting spans continents and civilisations.
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Posted on: 4th Jun 2019UK PEST Analysis: Economic Factors
By: Alan Nelson | 5 min read | 0A blog from accountingcpd
Posted on: 21st Dec 2018EU Open Banking Rules Could Backfire for Cash Management Sweeps
By: Bob Lyddon | 8 min read | 0A blog from accountingcpd
Posted on: 12th Jul 2017ICAEW UK Economic Forecast: A Need for Unpopular Policies
By: Alan Nelson | 3 min read | 0ICAEW has published its quarterly economic forecast for the UK. There are no startling findings but it is a useful overview nonetheless. They lead with five main findings...
Posted on: 10th May 2017Current Limitations to the Scope of Virtual Account Systems if Full AML-CFT Compliance is to be Ensured
By: Bob Lyddon | 10 min read | 0Corporates generally wish to reduce the number of bank accounts they run, and to have greater central control over the activity across them. This means integrating the...
Posted on: 12th Apr 2017Can Accountants Save this Planet?
By: Lisa Weaver | 4 min read | 0Can accountants save the planet? The answer to this question is `yes`, or at least `probably`. The ethos behind the Integrated Reporting movement, which calls on reporting entities to embed integrated thinking, focus on measuring...
Posted on: 13th Jan 2017Becoming a Finance Business Partner
By: accountingcpd | 4 min read | 0Finance business partnering has emerged from changes in the business environment where organisations are thinking about their transactional finance activities and considering outsourcing them. The finance function has therefore...
Posted on: 5th Jan 2017ISO37001: The Latest International Bribery Prevention Tool
By: John Burbidge-King | 5 min read | 0In October 2016, the International Standards Organisation published ISO37001, the anti-bribery management system. Rising public awareness of the societal, financial and market damage caused by bribery, has resulted in a wake-up call...
Posted on: 4th Jul 2016SMEs, Growth and the Role of Accountants
By: Alan Nelson | 5 min read | 0In the current climate of post referendum uncertainty, accountants may hold the key to sustaining growth through the support they provide to the SME sector...
Posted on: 15th Jun 2016FAST Standard: The 4 Basic Principles
By: accountingcpd | 2 min read | 0In this blog we've highlighted some of the key features of the FAST standard that need to be considered when building a financial model.