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Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - The Governance around AIStrong governance around artificial intelligence fosters better innovation so the organisations that will be able to embrace AI the most are those that have effective governance in place. In this episode, ACCA Internal Audit Sector Panel member John Webb and Jonathan Roffey - who leads Ernst & Young’s delivery of Technology Risk Services to the Financial Services Sector – talk about the global regulations, regulatory expectations and governance that surround the use of AI. Jonathan will share his recommended steps for building a responsible AI governance framework.
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2025-08-2529 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - AI application by internal auditorsAI isn’t new but use of it by Internal Audit is. There will only be more use cases for AI going forward but the importance of “the human in the loop” means that AI will only replace internal auditors if they let it. In this episode, ACCA Internal Audit Sector Panel member John Webb talks to Jonathan Roffey - who leads Ernst & Young’s delivery of Technology Risk Services to the Financial Services Sector – about where internal auditors can embrace artificial intelligence to add to its own value. Jonathan will share practical examples of where he has seen AI help in...
2025-07-2534 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Critical thinking for internal auditorsIn this episode, Annabel Faulkner of EY and Sara I James of Getting Words to Work discuss how internal auditors who are aware of and actively using particular techniques in critical thinking usually provide better risk-based audit of assurance and consulting services. Sara runs through three different types of reasoning in the European tradition of critical thinking and provides some examples of how they apply to an internal auditor’s work.
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2025-06-2521 min
Practice PulseBeyond the trophy - why accountancy awards matterWinning an accountancy award isn’t just about the trophy—it’s about credibility, industry recognition, and growing your client base. But is it worth the time and the effort? PJCO Chartered Certified Accountants has been nominated for and won multiple awards. In this podcast, its Managing Partner Peter Jarman talks about the process that he and his team go through when deciding whether to enter an award. Winning awards has directly resulted in sizeable revenue for the practice from new clients, but the process of determining whether to enter an award can be just as important as entering.
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2025-06-1321 minPractice PulseBeyond the trophy - why accountancy awards matterWinning an accountancy award isn’t just about the trophy—it’s about credibility, industry recognition, and growing your client base. But is it worth the time and the effort? PJCO Chartered Certified Accountants has been nominated for and won multiple awards. In this podcast, its Managing Partner Peter Jarman talks about the process that he and his team go through when deciding whether to enter an award. Winning awards has directly resulted in sizeable revenue for the practice from new clients, but the process of determining whether to enter an award can be just as important as entering.
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2025-06-1321 min
Practice PulseNavigating your exit strategyThis podcast has been created from the session that Alastair Barlow (founder and former CEO of flindr) and Bhimal Hira (partner at Prysm Financial) presented at the 2025 Festival of Accounting & Bookkeeping in Birmingham, UK about their experiences exiting their practices. In it, they talk through the essential components of exploring exit options, assessing your company’s financial health, and understanding the due diligence process.
This podcast complements our hub - Shaping Your Practice Exit – which provides food for thought on how to transition from being a practice owner and considers some of the possible routes, as well as o...
2025-05-2932 minPractice PulseNavigating your exit strategyThis podcast has been created from the session that Alastair Barlow (founder and former CEO of flindr) and Bhimal Hira (partner at Prysm Financial) presented at the 2025 Festival of Accounting & Bookkeeping in Birmingham, UK about their experiences exiting their practices. In it, they talk through the essential components of exploring exit options, assessing your company’s financial health, and understanding the due diligence process.
This podcast complements our hub - Shaping Your Practice Exit – which provides food for thought on how to transition from being a practice owner and considers some of the possible routes, as well as o...
2025-05-2932 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Assurance mappingAssurance mapping is a way of looking at risks and objectives for an organisation and mapping out how different organisational activities help (or don’t) to keep the risk or objective on track. In this episode, James Paterson explains how to undertake assurance mapping and the benefits of doing so – improved risk management, better resource deployment, less governance fatigue and more joined up reporting. Doing assurance mapping in a disciplined and structured way will provide you with a holistic perspective of what is going on in your organisation.
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2025-05-2332 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Plain language and accessible communicationsNo one likes writing audit reports and no one likes reading audit reports, but there are ways to reduce the pain and increase the gain. In this episode, Annabel Faulkner of EY and Sara I James of Getting Words to Work discuss how understanding and using plain language will increase the effectiveness of your report and reduce the risk of misunderstanding.
You can order the second edition of Sara’s book, Radical Reporting: Writing Better Audit, Risk, Compliance, and Information Security Reports, here. For a 20% discount code on the book, use this code which is valid until Ju...
2025-04-2534 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Root Cause AnalysisIn this episode, James Paterson – author of the book “Beyond the Five Whys” – talks about looking for underlying casual factors for why something happened with the aim of coming up with remedial actions, and also the need to take great care when analysing the facts and circumstances of a particular issue, or a near miss or a risk exposure that’s out of the agreed tolerance.
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2025-03-2516 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Auditing cultureRisk culture is about protecting and growing organisational value and ultimately helping your organisation to achieve its strategic objectives. However your risk culture is only as good as your organisational culture. In this episode, Annabel Faulkner of EY and Calene Van Zyl talk about the equation of process plus people and their behaviours equals the right business outcome, how you can build a risk culture in an organisation, and a real life client example bringing it all to life.
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2025-02-2521 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Recent developments in cyber riskAs cyber threat actors continually evolve their attacks, an organisation can be considered to be doing well these days if it is only two steps behind bad actors. In the second of a two-part podcast, Lee Glover of Validera and Mike Hughes of Prism RA talk about recent developments in cyber risk including the evolution of the approach of threat actors from attacking individual organisations to attacking software companies that then distribute their bad code across the globe. Risk management is only possible if the controls implemented work as intended, so Internal Audit’s periodic assurance work on controls is...
2025-01-2419 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Introduction to cyber risksAll organisations regardless of size have a digital presence that opens them up to risks. Those risks are continually increasing with advancements in technology and connectivity, and the emergence of cyber threat actors. In the first of a two-part podcast, Lee Glover of Validera and Mike Hughes of Prism RA talk about cyber risks – what they are and why they are a significant concern for organisations today.
ACCA’s report on Cyber and the CFO is a useful resource that you can download at https://bit.ly/cyberandthecfo. ISACA and Aston University have produced a briefing for the...
2024-12-1821 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Global Internal Audit Standards: the main changesDuring the podcast, John mentions a webinar that he presented for ACCA about being a courageous internal auditor. You can register for listen to this free webinar on demand at https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3718600/86C1A837386FBB249E1AD2881E6F3BF5.
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You can find more resources for internal auditors on our Internal Audit...
2024-11-2526 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Global Internal Audit Standards: the new structureYou can find all available podcasts here or find them on your favourite platform:
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You can find more resources for internal auditors on our Internal Audit hub - https://bit.ly/accaiahub - including a series of guides for beginners, the management team, Heads of Internal Audit and audit committee. We also have resources for those moving into Internal Audit, free webinars available on demand, and articles.
This podcast is...
2024-10-2326 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Moving forward with AIThe future of AI in business is exciting. To recruit and retain talent going forward, businesses will need to embrace AI. In the second part of a two-part podcast Si Mathavan, Darren Mascarenhas and Ewan Bolt of Johnston Carmichael look at how a business can move forward with AI once it is embedded in the business, including regularly monitoring and evaluating the performance of AI, and conducting regular bias audits.
You can find more resources for internal auditors on our Internal Audit hub - https://bit.ly/accaiahub - including a series of guides for beginners, the...
2024-09-2516 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - AI adoption and utilisation in businessIn the first of a two-part podcast Si Mathavan, Darren Mascarenhas and Ewan Bolt of Johnston Carmichael look at how you can set up AI in a business.
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You can find more resources for internal auditors on our Internal Audit hub - https://bit.ly/accaiahub - including a series of guides for beginners, the management...
2024-08-2520 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - risk management and assurance on supply chainsSupply chains are becoming increasingly complex and regulated. In this episode, Lee Glover and Steve Connors of Validera discuss the common failures in the due diligence undertaken by organisations, the importance of ongoing relationship management, and assessing the risk of your suppliers including software providers like CrowdStrike.
You can find more resources for internal auditors on our Internal Audit hub - including a series of guides for beginners, the management team, Heads of Internal Audit and audit committee. We also have resources for those moving into Internal Audit, free webinars available on demand, and articles.
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2024-07-2525 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Internal Audit report writing part 2The importance of writing high quality Internal Audit reports cannot be emphasised enough. In the second part of this two-part podcast, ACCA Internal Audit Sector Panel member John Webb and David Fineberg – Chief Internal Auditor at Alter Domus – look at root causes, issues and action plans. David will also share some of the pitfalls he has seen over his career when writing Internal Audit reports. If you haven’t already listened to the first part of this two-part podcast which looks at the design of an internal audit report, we suggest you do that first, and then come back to thi...
2024-06-2525 min
Practice PulseBean Counter to Boss 10In the final episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about their experiences at Accountex 2024 and their key takeaways - the advent of AI but how it can never replace accountants, and how you shouldn’t get sucked into any software without doing your research first. They also mop up all the areas they promised to re-visit in earlier episodes such as their hourly operational costs, re-visiting business plans, certain pieces of software, and planned recruitment – as well as new developments like re-branding.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub co...
2024-06-1230 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 10In the final episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about their experiences at Accountex 2024 and their key takeaways - the advent of AI but how it can never replace accountants, and how you shouldn’t get sucked into any software without doing your research first. They also mop up all the areas they promised to re-visit in earlier episodes such as their hourly operational costs, re-visiting business plans, certain pieces of software, and planned recruitment – as well as new developments like re-branding.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub co...
2024-06-1230 min
Practice PulseBean Counter to Boss 9In the penultimate episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about collaborating with staff, clients and other accountants. A support network of other accountants is important for referring work you don’t have capacity or expertise for, but also so that you can have assurance that every practice has similar pain points. Then there’s networking with other industries and with other accountants.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a che...
2024-06-1225 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 9In the penultimate episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about collaborating with staff, clients and other accountants. A support network of other accountants is important for referring work you don’t have capacity or expertise for, but also so that you can have assurance that every practice has similar pain points. Then there’s networking with other industries and with other accountants.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a che...
2024-06-1225 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Internal Audit report writing part 1The latest episode of our monthly Internal Audit Lens podcast series is the first part of a two-part podcast in which ACCA Internal Audit Sector Panel member John Webb talks to David Fineberg – Chief Internal Auditor at Alter Domus – about the importance of writing high quality Internal Audit reports. In this first part, we look at the design of an internal audit report.
2024-05-2417 min
Practice PulseBean Counter to Boss 8Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about what productivity means to them, how staff are key to your productivity, and the different KPIs you can use.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our https://bit.ly/startyourpracticejourney.
2024-05-2227 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 8Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about what productivity means to them, how staff are key to your productivity, and the different KPIs you can use.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our https://bit.ly/startyourpracticejourney.
2024-05-2227 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 7In this episode, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about taking on staff – at what point it becomes necessary, whether to recruit an admin role or an accountant role first, how outsourcing can help, using HR consultants, and planning for future recruitment. Who’d have thought that Pilates classes are a great place to recruit….
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can chec...
2024-05-2229 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 7In this episode, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about taking on staff – at what point it becomes necessary, whether to recruit an admin role or an accountant role first, how outsourcing can help, using HR consultants, and planning for future recruitment. Who’d have thought that Pilates classes are a great place to recruit….
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can chec...
2024-05-2229 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 6Amy & James look at the risk of pricing too low when you first start up, different pricing models, pricing strategy, proposal software, price increases, and the advent of value pricing.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub.
You’ll find a great video by Carl Reader of d&t about pricing models and unbilled work on...
2024-05-2226 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 6Amy & James look at the risk of pricing too low when you first start up, different pricing models, pricing strategy, proposal software, price increases, and the advent of value pricing.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub.
You’ll find a great video by Carl Reader of d&t about pricing models and unbilled work on...
2024-05-2226 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 5What’s the best way to get your new accountancy practice out there? Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about marketing your practice using social media as well as more traditional routes to market their practices, the importance of SEO for your website, and how it isn’t a case of one size fits all.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can ch...
2024-05-2226 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 5What’s the best way to get your new accountancy practice out there? Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about marketing your practice using social media as well as more traditional routes to market their practices, the importance of SEO for your website, and how it isn’t a case of one size fits all.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can ch...
2024-05-2226 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 4In this episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about the add-ons to bookkeeping software that they use, debate CRM versus Excel, and talk about how you manage anti-money laundering requirements.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub
You can find ACCA’s AML resources on our technical advisory website
2024-05-2226 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 4In this episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about the add-ons to bookkeeping software that they use, debate CRM versus Excel, and talk about how you manage anti-money laundering requirements.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub
You can find ACCA’s AML resources on our technical advisory website
2024-05-2226 min
Internal AuditInternal Audit Lens - Corporate GreenwashingIn the opening episode of our monthly Internal Audit Lens podcast series, ACCA UK Internal Audit Sector panel member Fadeke Ayoola talks to Robert Rubinstein of TBLI Group about corporate greenwashing and what internal auditors should be aware of in that arena. You can find more resources for internal auditors on our Internal Audit hub - https://bit.ly/accaiahub - including a series of guides for beginners, the management team, Heads of Internal Audit and audit committee. We also have resources for those moving into Internal Audit, free webinars available on demand, and articles.
2024-04-2542 min
Practice PulseBean Counter to Boss 3In the first of two episodes about software, Amy and James look at whether you get the clients or the software first, the different types of bookkeeping, accounts & tax production and proposal software, CRM, and how the software needs of your practice will evolve over time.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub
2024-04-1726 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 3In the first of two episodes about software, Amy and James look at whether you get the clients or the software first, the different types of bookkeeping, accounts & tax production and proposal software, CRM, and how the software needs of your practice will evolve over time.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub
2024-04-1726 min
Practice PulseBean Counter to Boss 2In the second episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about practice structure, practice names, the ideal client and deciding on the services you’ll offer when you’re first setting up.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub
2024-04-1624 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 2In the second episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about practice structure, practice names, the ideal client and deciding on the services you’ll offer when you’re first setting up.
This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub
2024-04-1624 min
Practice PulseBean Counter to Boss 1In the opening episode of our new series, ACCA members Amy Hancock of Hancock & Hastings Ltd, and James Goulsbra of Garrett Adam Accountants Ltd talk about how they came to start their practices. Find out about the services they offer, the use of specialists, and where they expect to be in five years’ time.This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our
2024-04-1620 minPractice PulseBean Counter to Boss 1In the opening episode of our new series, ACCA members Amy Hancock of Hancock & Hastings Ltd, and James Goulsbra of Garrett Adam Accountants Ltd talk about how they came to start their practices. Find out about the services they offer, the use of specialists, and where they expect to be in five years’ time.This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our
2024-04-1620 min
Practice PulseEconomic Resilience - Help your clients come out of this recession better offIt’s no secret that the macroeconomic environment has an impact on small businesses. Supply chain disruptions, staff shortages and rising overheads all come as a result from the global events of the last 3 years.And whilst we all hear the global news and economic updates, it can be easy to forget this has a very real-life impact locally as well as globally. With 61% of the UK’s employees from small businesses, these challenges will affect the majority of the population directly.Join this discussion with Paul Surtees, CEO and Co-Founder of Capitalise as we delve into what current chal...
2023-02-208h 24Practice PulseEconomic Resilience - Help your clients come out of this recession better offIt’s no secret that the macroeconomic environment has an impact on small businesses. Supply chain disruptions, staff shortages and rising overheads all come as a result from the global events of the last 3 years.And whilst we all hear the global news and economic updates, it can be easy to forget this has a very real-life impact locally as well as globally. With 61% of the UK’s employees from small businesses, these challenges will affect the majority of the population directly.Join this discussion with Paul Surtees, CEO and Co-Founder of Capitalise as we delve into what current chal...
2023-02-208h 24Practice PulseEconomic Resilience - Episode 3: Help your clients come out of this recession better offIt’s no secret that the macroeconomic environment has an impact on small businesses. Supply chain disruptions, staff shortages and rising overheads all come as a result from the global events of the last 3 years.And whilst we all hear the global news and economic updates, it can be easy to forget this has a very real-life impact locally as well as globally. With 61% of the UK’s employees from small businesses, these challenges will affect the majority of the population directly.Join this discussion with Paul Surtees, CEO and Co-Founder of C...
2023-02-2008 min
Practice PulseEconomic Resilience - Your journey into advisoryIn this series, we explore the big issues impacting business and the accountancy profession as we navigate economic downturn. This time we are focusing on the role of advisory. With the increase in the complexity of the world in which businesses are operating, coupled with client’s ever-changing needs, forecasting has become increasingly challenging. This challenge is amplified by the significant and swift changes brought on by the socio-political unrest in Ukraine and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing accounting and financial reporting advice, scenario planning, and storytelling offers a unique relationship between client and adviser; to become th...
2023-01-1011h 45Practice PulseEconomic Resilience - Your journey into advisoryIn this series, we explore the big issues impacting business and the accountancy profession as we navigate economic downturn. This time we are focusing on the role of advisory. With the increase in the complexity of the world in which businesses are operating, coupled with client’s ever-changing needs, forecasting has become increasingly challenging. This challenge is amplified by the significant and swift changes brought on by the socio-political unrest in Ukraine and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing accounting and financial reporting advice, scenario planning, and storytelling offers a unique relationship between client and adviser; to become th...
2023-01-1011h 45Practice PulseEconomic Resilience - Episode 2: Your journey into advisoryIn this series, we explore the big issues impacting business and the accountancy profession as we navigate economic downturn. This time we are focusing on the role of advisory. With the increase in the complexity of the world in which businesses are operating, coupled with client’s ever-changing needs, forecasting has become increasingly challenging. This challenge is amplified by the significant and swift changes brought on by the socio-political unrest in Ukraine and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing accounting and financial reporting advice, scenario planning, and storytelling offers a unique relationship between client and advi...
2023-01-1011 minPractice PulseEconomic Resilience - Episode 1: Advisory in the face of uncertaintyIn this series, we explore the big issues impacting business and the accountancy profession as we navigate economic downturn. This time we are focusing on the role of advisory. With the increase in the complexity of the world in which businesses are operating, coupled with client’s ever-changing needs, forecasting has become increasingly challenging. This challenge is amplified by the significant and swift changes brought on by the socio-political unrest in Ukraine and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing accounting and financial reporting advice, scenario planning, and storytelling offers a unique relationship between client and adv...
2022-11-2924 min
Practice PulseEconomic Resilience - Advisory in the face of uncertaintyIn this series, we explore the big issues impacting business and the accountancy profession as we navigate economic downturn. This time we are focusing on the role of advisory. With the increase in the complexity of the world in which businesses are operating, coupled with client’s ever-changing needs, forecasting has become increasingly challenging. This challenge is amplified by the significant and swift changes brought on by the socio-political unrest in Ukraine and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing accounting and financial reporting advice, scenario planning, and storytelling offers a unique relationship between client and adviser; to become th...
2022-11-2912h 21Practice PulseEconomic Resilience - Advisory in the face of uncertaintyIn this series, we explore the big issues impacting business and the accountancy profession as we navigate economic downturn. This time we are focusing on the role of advisory. With the increase in the complexity of the world in which businesses are operating, coupled with client’s ever-changing needs, forecasting has become increasingly challenging. This challenge is amplified by the significant and swift changes brought on by the socio-political unrest in Ukraine and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing accounting and financial reporting advice, scenario planning, and storytelling offers a unique relationship between client and adviser; to become th...
2022-11-2912h 21
Practice PulseWhat's on the radar looking forward?The number of risk hot spot updates has grown considerably over the years but there are catches with using them and you need to exercise quality control over their use. In this short podcast, James Paterson of Risk & Assurance Insights talks about the background to risk/issue "hot spot" polling, why these surveys are interesting/important, the catches to be aware of, quality control over risk hot spot updates, and specific recommendations for internal auditors. This podcast accompanies an article on the same topic by James.
2022-05-0217 minPractice PulseWhat's on the radar looking forward?The number of risk hot spot updates has grown considerably over the years but there are catches with using them and you need to exercise quality control over their use. In this short podcast, James Paterson of Risk & Assurance Insights talks about the background to risk/issue "hot spot" polling, why these surveys are interesting/important, the catches to be aware of, quality control over risk hot spot updates, and specific recommendations for internal auditors. This podcast accompanies an article on the same topic by James.
2022-05-0217 minPractice PulseMTD for ITSA - segmenting your clientsAt the time of the recording of this podcast, there was less than 500 working days until Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (or MTD for ITSA as it's better known) was due to come into effect. Accountants may be wondering how much work is going to be required to prepare for it and operate under it. In this podcast, Jordan Smith and Andrew Smith of A G Smith & Co share their thoughts on how MTD for ITSA provides opportunities for a practice, and they suggest the first steps to take in preparing for MTD for ITSA i...
2022-03-1823 min
Practice PulseMTD for ITSA - segmenting your clientsAt the time of the recording of this podcast, there was less than 500 working days until Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (or MTD for ITSA as it's better known) was due to come into effect. Accountants may be wondering how much work is going to be required to prepare for it and operate under it. In this podcast, Jordan Smith and Andrew Smith of A G Smith & Co share their thoughts on how MTD for ITSA provides opportunities for a practice, and they suggest the first steps to take in preparing for MTD for ITSA if your...
2022-03-1811h 57Practice PulseMTD for ITSA - segmenting your clientsAt the time of the recording of this podcast, there was less than 500 working days until Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (or MTD for ITSA as it's better known) was due to come into effect. Accountants may be wondering how much work is going to be required to prepare for it and operate under it. In this podcast, Jordan Smith and Andrew Smith of A G Smith & Co share their thoughts on how MTD for ITSA provides opportunities for a practice, and they suggest the first steps to take in preparing for MTD for ITSA if your...
2022-03-1811h 57
Practice PulseHow to market your firm on a budgetThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In the final episode of the series, Mike Crook and Zoe Sweet of PracticeWeb discuss how you can market your firm on a budget. They’ll cover why marketing is important, the marketing options available for different budgets, the marketing tactics that work for the firms they work with, and the low-cost or free marketing tools that are available.
2021-09-013h 46Practice PulseEpisode 6 - How to market your firm on a budgetThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In the final episode of the series, Mike Crook and Zoe Sweet of PracticeWeb discuss how you can market your firm on a budget. They’ll cover why marketing is important, the marketing options available for different budgets, the marketing tactics that work for the firms they work with, and the low-cost or free marketing tools that are available.
2021-09-0115 minPractice PulseHow to market your firm on a budgetThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In the final episode of the series, Mike Crook and Zoe Sweet of PracticeWeb discuss how you can market your firm on a budget. They’ll cover why marketing is important, the marketing options available for different budgets, the marketing tactics that work for the firms they work with, and the low-cost or free marketing tools that are available.
2021-09-013h 46
Practice PulseHow can marketing help overcome the price objectionThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In episode 5, Mike Crook and Zoe Sweet of PracticeWeb discuss how marketing can help overcome the price objection. They’ll cover the role that marketing plays in removing price objections, how to communicate your value to reduce those price objections, and practical tips on how to handle the objections through marketing.
2021-08-2512h 32Practice PulseEpisode 5 - How can marketing help overcome the price objectionThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In episode 5, Mike Crook and Zoe Sweet of PracticeWeb discuss how marketing can help overcome the price objection. They’ll cover the role that marketing plays in removing price objections, how to communicate your value to reduce those price objections, and practical tips on how to handle the objections through marketing.
2021-08-2512 minPractice PulseHow can marketing help overcome the price objectionThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In episode 5, Mike Crook and Zoe Sweet of PracticeWeb discuss how marketing can help overcome the price objection. They’ll cover the role that marketing plays in removing price objections, how to communicate your value to reduce those price objections, and practical tips on how to handle the objections through marketing.
2021-08-2512h 32
Practice PulseHow to create a marketing strategy and plan for your practiceThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In episode 4, Mike Crook and Ray Newman of PracticeWeb discuss how you create a marketing strategy and plan for your practice. They’ll cover what makes a strong marketing strategy, how you create a strategy, how you create a marketing plan, how you measure return on investment, and what good performance looks like.
2021-08-186h 40Practice PulseEpisode 4 - How to create a marketing strategy and plan for your practiceThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In episode 4, Mike Crook and Ray Newman of PracticeWeb discuss how you create a marketing strategy and plan for your practice. They’ll cover what makes a strong marketing strategy, how you create a strategy, how you create a marketing plan, how you measure return on investment, and what good performance looks like.
2021-08-1818 minPractice PulseHow to create a marketing strategy and plan for your practiceThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In episode 4, Mike Crook and Ray Newman of PracticeWeb discuss how you create a marketing strategy and plan for your practice. They’ll cover what makes a strong marketing strategy, how you create a strategy, how you create a marketing plan, how you measure return on investment, and what good performance looks like.
2021-08-186h 40Practice PulseEpisode 3 - Should you become a specialist firm with a niche focusThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In episode 3, Mike Crook and Ray Newman of PracticeWeb discuss whether you should become a specialist firm with a niche focus. They’ll cover the pros and cons of being a specialist firm, what the benefits of being niche are, whether niche just means a single sector, how you can turn your practice into a niche firm, and what business owners look for in an accountant.
2021-08-1114 min
Practice PulseShould you become a specialist firm with a niche focusThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In episode 3, Mike Crook and Ray Newman of PracticeWeb discuss whether you should become a specialist firm with a niche focus. They’ll cover the pros and cons of being a specialist firm, what the benefits of being niche are, whether niche just means a single sector, how you can turn your practice into a niche firm, and what business owners look for in an accountant.
2021-08-112h 29Practice PulseShould you become a specialist firm with a niche focusThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In episode 3, Mike Crook and Ray Newman of PracticeWeb discuss whether you should become a specialist firm with a niche focus. They’ll cover the pros and cons of being a specialist firm, what the benefits of being niche are, whether niche just means a single sector, how you can turn your practice into a niche firm, and what business owners look for in an accountant.
2021-08-112h 29Practice PulseEpisode 2 - How to use marketing to win the business you wantThis podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In episode 2, Mike Crook and Ray Newman of PracticeWeb discuss how you can use marketing to win the business you want. They’ll cover what the objective of marketing is, how you attract the clients you want, what marketing tactics work best for firms, how to create a marketing lead generation machine, and what good marketing performance looks like.
2021-08-0421 min
Practice PulseHow to use marketing to win the business you wantThis podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In episode 2, Mike Crook and Ray Newman of PracticeWeb discuss how you can use marketing to win the business you want. They’ll cover what the objective of marketing is, how you attract the clients you want, what marketing tactics work best for firms, how to create a marketing lead generation machine, and what good marketing performance looks like.
2021-08-041h 18Practice PulseHow to use marketing to win the business you wantThis podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. In episode 2, Mike Crook and Ray Newman of PracticeWeb discuss how you can use marketing to win the business you want. They’ll cover what the objective of marketing is, how you attract the clients you want, what marketing tactics work best for firms, how to create a marketing lead generation machine, and what good marketing performance looks like.
2021-08-041h 18Practice PulseHow to grow your practice through data driven marketing - an introduction to the seriesThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. After an introductory podcast, we'll dive into five further podcasts on how to use marketing to win the business you want, whether you should become a specialist firm with a niche focus, how to create a marketing strategy and plan for your practice, how marketing can help overcome the price objection, and how to market your firm on a budget. In this introductory podcast, Mike Crook (Managing Director of PracticeWeb) introduces himself and his colleagues Zoe Sweet (C...
2021-07-1510 min
Practice PulseHow to grow your practice through data driven marketing - an introduction to the seriesThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. After an introductory podcast, we'll dive into five further podcasts on how to use marketing to win the business you want, whether you should become a specialist firm with a niche focus, how to create a marketing strategy and plan for your practice, how marketing can help overcome the price objection, and how to market your firm on a budget. In this introductory podcast, Mike Crook (Managing Director of PracticeWeb) introduces himself and his colleagues Zoe Sweet (Commercial Director...
2021-07-1510h 21Practice PulseHow to grow your practice through data driven marketing - an introduction to the seriesThis new podcast series in partnership with PracticeWeb will look at how to grow your practice through data driven marketing. After an introductory podcast, we'll dive into five further podcasts on how to use marketing to win the business you want, whether you should become a specialist firm with a niche focus, how to create a marketing strategy and plan for your practice, how marketing can help overcome the price objection, and how to market your firm on a budget. In this introductory podcast, Mike Crook (Managing Director of PracticeWeb) introduces himself and his colleagues Zoe Sweet (Commercial Director...
2021-07-1510h 21
Practice PulseStarting your digital journeyACCA members Gavin Spencer of Beach Accountants and Emily Inman of Zynct Ltd talk about why you need to have your practice on the cloud and discuss practical aspects - such as whether you have to have every client on the cloud, and whether there any cheaper options for small clients.
2021-06-0831 min
Practice PulseStarting your digital journeyACCA members Gavin Spencer of Beach Accountants and Emily Inman of Zynct Ltd talk about why you need to have your practice on the cloud and discuss practical aspects - such as whether you have to have every client on the cloud, and whether there any cheaper options for small clients.
2021-06-084h 09Practice PulseStarting your digital journeyACCA members Gavin Spencer of Beach Accountants and Emily Inman of Zynct Ltd talk about why you need to have your practice on the cloud and discuss practical aspects - such as whether you have to have every client on the cloud, and whether there any cheaper options for small clients.
2021-06-084h 09
Practice PulseIntroduction to appsIf you're moving your practice on to the cloud and are wondering about all the apps out there, then listen to this podcast in which ACCA members talk about the apps they use and how it helps their practices. From expense management apps to receiving payment apps to cashflow forecasting apps - hear how these apps can help from your fellow practitioners.
2021-02-2212h 03
Practice PulseIntroduction to appsIf you're moving your practice on to the cloud and are wondering about all the apps out there, then listen to this podcast in which ACCA members talk about the apps they use and how it helps their practices. From expense management apps to receiving payment apps to cashflow forecasting apps - hear how these apps can help from your fellow practitioners.
2021-02-2236 minPractice PulseIntroduction to appsIf you're moving your practice on to the cloud and are wondering about all the apps out there, then listen to this podcast in which ACCA members talk about the apps they use and how it helps their practices. From expense management apps to receiving payment apps to cashflow forecasting apps - hear how these apps can help from your fellow practitioners.
2021-02-2212h 03
Practice PulseUsing Capitalise to help your clients raise financeACCA member Graeme Tennick of Graeme Tennick & Co tells us why he uses Capitalise, and takes us through some case studies to illustrate the benefits to his practice and his clients.
2020-11-261h 18
Practice PulseUsing Capitalise to help your clients raise financeACCA member Graeme Tennick of Graeme Tennick & Co tells us why he uses Capitalise, and takes us through some case studies to illustrate the benefits to his practice and his clients.
2020-11-2613 minPractice PulseUsing Capitalise to help your clients raise financeACCA member Graeme Tennick of Graeme Tennick & Co tells us why he uses Capitalise, and takes us through some case studies to illustrate the benefits to his practice and his clients.
2020-11-261h 18
Practice PulseGoing Digital - Gillian FrenchACCA member Gillian French of DNA Accountants talks about how she moved her practice on to the cloud earlier this year just as the pandemic hit.
2020-11-2610h 00Practice PulseGoing Digital - Gillian FrenchACCA member Gillian French of DNA Accountants talks about how she moved her practice on to the cloud earlier this year just as the pandemic hit.
2020-11-2610h 00
Practice PulseGoing Digital - Gillian FrenchACCA member Gillian French of DNA Accountants talks about how she moved her practice on to the cloud earlier this year just as the pandemic hit.
2020-11-2610 min
Practice PulseGoing Digital - Eriona BajrakurtajACCA member Eriona Bajrakurtaj of Major's Accounts & Co Ltd talks about the obstacles she encountered moving her family's traditional practice onto the cloud, and how being able to collaborate with other practitioners at the time would have made a huge difference.
2020-08-2410h 14Practice PulseGoing Digital - Eriona BajrakurtajACCA member Eriona Bajrakurtaj of Major's Accounts & Co Ltd talks about the obstacles she encountered moving her family's traditional practice onto the cloud, and how being able to collaborate with other practitioners at the time would have made a huge difference.
2020-08-2410h 14
Practice PulseGoing Digital - Eriona BajrakurtajACCA member Eriona Bajrakurtaj of Major's Accounts & Co Ltd talks about the obstacles she encountered moving her family's traditional practice onto the cloud, and how being able to collaborate with other practitioners at the time would have made a huge difference.
2020-08-2422 min
Practice PulseGoing Digital - Peter JarmanACCA member Peter Jarman of PJCO Accountants Ltd talks about how he moved his practice on to the cloud and the importance of an in-house champion. His current in-house champion - ACCA trainee Tom Belton - joins the podcast to provide some insight into the role.
2020-08-187h 30Practice PulseGoing Digital - Peter JarmanACCA member Peter Jarman of PJCO Accountants Ltd talks about how he moved his practice on to the cloud and the importance of an in-house champion. His current in-house champion - ACCA trainee Tom Belton - joins the podcast to provide some insight into the role.
2020-08-187h 30
Practice PulseGoing Digital - Peter JarmanACCA member Peter Jarman of PJCO Accountants Ltd talks about how he moved his practice on to the cloud and the importance of an in-house champion. His current in-house champion - ACCA trainee Tom Belton - joins the podcast to provide some insight into the role.
2020-08-1831 min
Practice PulseGoing digital - Graeme TennickACCA member Graeme Tennick of Graeme Tennick & Co talks about why he moved his practice on to the cloud, and the mistakes he made along the way that you can learn from.
2020-07-1510h 41Practice PulseGoing digital - Graeme TennickACCA member Graeme Tennick of Graeme Tennick & Co talks about why he moved his practice on to the cloud, and the mistakes he made along the way that you can learn from.
2020-07-1510h 41
Practice PulseGoing digital - Graeme TennickACCA member Graeme Tennick of Graeme Tennick & Co talks about why he moved his practice on to the cloud, and the mistakes he made along the way that you can learn from.
2020-07-1522 minPractice PulseACCA chats - episode 2Following on from episode 1, ACCA members Carl Reader and Alastair Barlow talk about how they now have the time and headspace to think about their practices and what they want to achieve. Topics covered include benchmarking, nicheing and next level software.
2020-04-284h 51
Practice PulseACCA chats - episode 2Following on from episode 1, ACCA members Carl Reader and Alastair Barlow talk about how they now have the time and headspace to think about their practices and what they want to achieve. Topics covered include benchmarking, nicheing and next level software.
2020-04-2852 minPractice PulseACCA chats - episode 2Following on from episode 1, ACCA members Carl Reader and Alastair Barlow talk about how they now have the time and headspace to think about their practices and what they want to achieve. Topics covered include benchmarking, nicheing and next level software.
2020-04-284h 51Practice PulseACCA chats - episode 1ACCA members Carl Reader and Alastair Barlow discuss how the accountancy profession has always been driven by external forces of which COVID-19 is the latest.
2020-03-266h 30Practice PulseACCA chats - episode 1ACCA members Carl Reader and Alastair Barlow discuss how the accountancy profession has always been driven by external forces of which COVID-19 is the latest.
2020-03-2654 minPractice PulseACCA chats - episode 1ACCA members Carl Reader and Alastair Barlow discuss how the accountancy profession has always been driven by external forces of which COVID-19 is the latest.
2020-03-266h 30