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Finance | Is the AI threat to accounting degrees real?

Accounting may seem a stable and secure sector to work in after graduation, but this is under threat unless degree programmes rapidly change to incorporate the realities of AI and the threat to entry level jobs, says professor Guanming He of Durham University Business School

5 Jun 2026

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Finance | Charity guidance for trustees on grant-making as sector squeezed

Charity Commission issues totally refreshed guidance to help charity trustees improve the way they make grant-making decisions and improve due diligence checks

4 Jun 2026

Financial Reporting

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Finance | All law firms will have to produce accountants’ reports

Solicitors Regulation Authority tightens rules on filing accountants’ reports after collapse of PM Law and Axiom Ince law firms led to loss of millions of pounds in client money

3 Jun 2026

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Finance | CPD module: introduction to non-audit assurance services

This month’s exclusive CPD module provides an introduction to non-audit assurance services by Steve Collings FCCA, and is free for our registered readers

2 Jun 2026

Financial Reporting

ESG & Sustainability

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Finance | US regulator set to cancel SEC climate-related disclosure rules

US Securities and Exchange Commission plans to revoke ‘overly burdensome and costly rules’ on climate reporting for listed companies

1 Jun 2026

Financial Reporting

ESG & Sustainability

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Finance | Companies House warning on fake invoices to directors

Business owners warned to watch out for unsolicited, suspicious payment requests pretending to be from government departments and never make payments without carefully checking their veracity

28 May 2026

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Corporate Governance

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Finance | IFRS 20 to improve financial reporting for utilities and transport

IASB issues brand new IFRS 20 accounting standard to improve financial reporting for companies subject to rate regulation, particularly for electricity, water and gas, and transport sectors

27 May 2026

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Accounting Standards

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Finance | Half of finance teams take six days plus for month-end close

Finance teams overcomplicate month-end close processes by relying on fragmented systems, spreadsheets and late reconciliations

27 May 2026

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Corporate Governance

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Finance | Minor amendments to FRS 101 to improve clarity

UK standard setter finalises annual review of FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework with decision not to amend nature-dependent electricity disclosures after IFRS

21 May 2026

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Accounting Standards

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Business | Starling Bank launches tap to pay on smartphones for SMEs

Challenger bank teams up with fintech Adyen to allow SME business customers to accept debit and credit card payments from customers using smartphones and Starling bank app

21 May 2026

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Finance | FRC audit investigations set to be ‘much more robust’

An overhaul of the regulator’s supervisory model marks a shift to risk-based audit inspections and more focus on systems of quality management (SoQM). Stuart Brown, head of technical and compliance, Duncan & Toplis examines the implications for auditors

20 May 2026

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Audit Regulations

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Finance | Football trustees ‘fell dismally short’ in £2.5m charity inquiry

Trustees of Professional Footballers’ Association Charity transferred £1.9m in funds to union ‘without adequate explanation or governance’, regulator says

19 May 2026

Financial Reporting

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Finance | Companies House P&L changes expected ‘very soon’

After Accountex audience pressures Companies House over uncertainty about changes to profit and loss (P&L) filing, Department for Business & Trade steps in to clarify

18 May 2026

Financial Reporting

Corporate Governance

Law and Regulation

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Finance | NMC Health audit negligence claim cost EY £105m

Billion pound audit negligence claim against EY settled with £105.6m payout by Big Four firm without ‘admission of liability’ confirms administrators’ report

18 May 2026

Financial Reporting

Corporate Governance

Finance | Register for webinar on UK GAAP and accounting changes

Join our webinar on latest changes to UK GAAP at 2pm on 19 May

18 May 2026

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Finance | Urgent amendment to IFRS for SMEs on consolidation exception

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) consults on urgent narrow-scope amendments to consolidation exception to bring IFRS for SMEs in line with full IFRS to cut costs for preparers

14 May 2026

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