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How to Become a Commercial Accountant

In recent years, advancements in technology, the proliferation of big data, and underlying market conditions have elevated the finance...
Phil Westcott
Apr 24, 2023 4 min read

Women in Accounting: Breaking Barriers & Promoting Equality

As the accounting profession continues to evolve and become more diverse, the advancement of women in accounting has become...
Gabriela Babic
Apr 12, 2023 6 min read
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Is a Move into Commercial Finance right for me?

The majority of ACA NQ accountants have been on a pretty rigid career path since they entered the profession...
Phil Dye
Mar 18, 2023 2 min read
New Qualified ACA

Newly Qualified ACA?

Congratulations! You’re a newly qualified ACA. Although this is certainly a cause for celebration, we understand that the career...
Gabriela Babic
Mar 17, 2023 3 min read

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Navigating the Flexible Working Bill: A Comprehensive Guide for UK Employers

The Flexible Working Bill is set to reshape the UK’s employment landscape. Learn how to adapt and thrive in this new...
Gabriela Babic
Apr 18, 2023 3 min read

Recruiting in Finance: Balancing Industry-Specific Experience & Transferable Skills

In the ever-evolving financial services landscape, UK recruitment agencies are continuously looking for top talent. The finance industry recruitment process often...
Phil Westcott
Apr 18, 2023 3 min read
PQ Study Investment Protection

Protecting your Investment in PQ Study Fees

It is fairly common practice for an employer to pay the study fees to enable a PQ candidate to complete their...
Gabriela Babic
Mar 18, 2023 1 min read
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The Victory of Hybrid-Working

The past two years have been transformative for organisations in every sense, and it has enabled them to flourish in 2022...
Christian Pampellonne
Mar 17, 2023 3 min read
Low Salary Offer

Five Big Risks of Making Low Salary Offers

We are operating in an incredibly competitive market, more so now than ever before. We’ve seen many organisations lose impeccable talent...
Phil Dye
Mar 17, 2023 2 min read
Finance Insights

Talent Market Insights: Finance, Tax and Transformation

We have entered an interesting time in the world of recruitment and business growth – and many hiring managers and business...
Phil Dye
Mar 17, 2023 3 min read
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Why L&D is your Hiring Superpower

The hiring climate is one that is generating a lot of conversation and interesting debate – especially after the hiring boom...
Phil Dye
Mar 17, 2023 3 min read

Danger: Counter Offer Ahead

The drastic changes in the workplace since the global pandemic have shifted the focus on how we view work, flexibility and...
Phil Dye
Mar 17, 2023 2 min read
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Exploring Time to Hire

The market for finance talent is still incredibly buoyant, and high-calibre finance professionals are still in demand. However, time to hire...
Phil Westcott
Mar 17, 2023 2 min read
CIMA versus ACCA

CIMA versus ACCA

Professional qualifications in accounting are often required by graduates and others in the field as a way of boosting their CVs...
Phil Westcott
Mar 10, 2023 6 min read
CFO Questions

Top 5 Questions CFOs should ask themselves

CFOs are under consistent pressure to ensure that an organisation is delivering. From the more obvious responsibilities such as financial performance,...
Phil Dye
Jan 5, 2023 2 min read
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Sabbaticals, Secondments and Career Breaks

There comes a time in many employees’ careers when they need to take a break or make a change, but don’t...
Gabriela Babic
Dec 12, 2022 2 min read

Three Ways to Streamline your Interview Process & Attract More Talent

Recruiting and hiring are challenging, particularly if you’re an organisation with aggressive growth milestones that you need to hit. Not only...
Phil Westcott
Jun 24, 2022 2 min read

5 Reasons why Internal Recruiters & External Agencies Should Work Together

Let’s address the elephant in the room, internal recruiters and internal talent teams aren’t fans of agencies, and agencies often don’t...
Charlie Griffiths
May 4, 2022 2 min read
Cost of getting recruitment wrong

The Real Cost of Getting Recruitment Wrong

Imagine investing in cutting-edge tech – updating hardware, installing new software, moving from a legacy system via company-wide training – only...
Dan Brown
Oct 10, 2021 2 min read

Six Employee Retention Strategies to Implement

When employees quit, whatever their level, the knock-on effect can be significant. There are associated costs in hiring and training a...
Gabriela Babic
Sep 8, 2021 3 min read

Reducing Unconscious Bias in Recruitment

Following our successful webinar with Hayley Barnard of MIX Diversity on unconscious bias within the recruitment process, we thought it would...
Charlie Griffiths
May 26, 2021 2 min read

How Do you Prepare For a Virtual Audit?

In these challenging economic times and with nothing but uncertainty on the horizon, it’s more important than ever that businesses keep...
Charlie Griffiths
Nov 4, 2020 2 min read

Is Now a Good Time to Leave a Job in Practice & Move to Industry?

For a lot of freshly ACA qualified accountants, their first question to us will be “is now a good time to...
Charlie Griffiths
Oct 18, 2020 2 min read

How to Onboard New Staff Remotely

With many companies choosing to hire remotely in this current climate, we thought it would be a good time to look...
Charlie Griffiths
Mar 19, 2020 2 min read

The Priorities for the Gen Z Workforce

We recently looked at how Milliennials have changed the workplace, in terms of work/life balance and their professional goals and expectations, while much...
Charlie Griffiths
Apr 24, 2019 1 min read
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