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Scottish accountancy firms and financial regulatory bodies have responded to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement announced yesterday. The Chancellor cut fuel duty by 5p per litre, which came into force from 6pm last night and will last until March next year. He also announced that the income t

Senior public sector finance leader Elaine Boyd and fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is the new chair of ACCA Scotland’s committee. Glasgow-based Elaine Boyd is the associate director at Audit Scotland where she heads the organisation’s quality assuranc

Susan Love, strategic engagement lead at ACCA Scotland, writes on the need to support SMEs ahead of this week's Scottish budget announcement. Scotland’s small businesses and those that will consider Scotland as their destination need the right support to navigate the challenges and opportuniti

The role of accountancy and finance professionals has dramatically evolved in the pandemic, but only one in three think their current elevated status will be an enduring change, according to a global survey from the Association of Chartered Certified Accounts (ACCA) and PwC. The finance profession h

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced its support for YourGamePlan's The Side Hustle Initiative 2021. The Side Hustle Initiative is a nationwide search for all 14-18-year-olds who either are already delivering a side hustle or who have an amazing business

Analysis of fourteen company’s annual integrated reports by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has revealed that while there are clear opportunities in integrated thinking to help define purpose and understand value creation, the proliferation of reporting frameworks, re

SMEs are in a state of paralysis and feel unable to plan their financial future, according to a survey from The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and The Corporate Finance Network (CFN). A total of 77.8% of accountants’ small business clients are not expecting to retur

Accountants need to keep up their guard when taking on new clients and make sure anti-fraud checks are rigorous enough to combat a potential increase in criminal activity driven by the global pandemic, according to a new report from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) ACCA has

Small businesses expect a long, slow road to recovery to pre-pandemic levels of trading, according to a survey from ACCA UK (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and The Corporate Finance Network (CFN). The gloomy prediction emerges from the SME Tracker, which surveys accountants abou

Helen Brand, chief executive of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), discusses how the association is marking Earth Day this year. This year, Earth Day is themed ‘restore the earth’ and here at ACCA we’re marking this occasion by focusing on the vital role the

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced the pass rates of its latest exam sitting for March 2021. In spite of the continued global disruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, exam sittings were carried out in the vast majority of ACCA's markets worldwide.

The Scottish business community has largely welcomed Chancellor Rishi Sunak's 'Budget for recovery' which extended the furlough scheme, froze income tax rates for five years and increased corporation tax to 25%. The Chancellor announced that the increase in corporation tax would not take effect

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has applied to the Secretary of State for Business to give up its status as a recognised professional body for insolvency practitioners. On 20 February 2019, ACCA asked the Secretary of State to consider the request to cease to be a Recognise

Accountants are dismayed that HMRC is refusing to extend the deadline for self-assessment tax returns on January 31, which could land millions of hard-hit entrepreneurs with fines totalling £250 million. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has lobbied HMRC for a rethink o

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has been reviewing the recent UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (UK-EU TCA) and considers the agreement brings a broad level of certainty for businesses in the UK, Europe and globally about the status of trade in goods and services, the m