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In the third and final episode of our ‘forward-looking finance leader’ podcast series, we take a close look at cybersecurity and the finance function’s role in keeping the business safe. What can finance leaders do to insulate themselves, their team and the business at large from the threat of cybercriminals? We assembled three excellent guests on this podcast to find out: - David Hawes, the finance director of Devon Air Ambulance - Adam Harling, the founder and managing director of Netitude, a provider of cybersecurity and managed IT services - Natalie Gwilt, the senior director of account management at SAP Concur The podcast panel discussed the difference between whaling and phishing, the importance of people and training, the best IT policies for cybersecurity and the importance of culture in creating a secure business. For full show notes visit: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/business/finance-strategy/a-confluence-of-culture-and-tech-the-best-approach-to-cybersecurity

Data is the bedrock for modern accountancy and the firms that manage data best will prosper in the rapidly evolving digital marketplace. Watch the webcast on-demand here: https://www.accountingexcellence.co.uk/july-2019-talks-sign-up-page/

This week’s No Accounting for Taste podcast finds out what SMEs really want from accountants, plus the usual news from the world of accounting including Brexit and the importance of delegation. Host Richard Hattersley and business editor Francois Badenhorst welcome PracticeWeb's editor Ray Newman into the pod booth to look back at the last seven days in the world of accounting. Ray is here to give us a sneak peek at PracticeWeb's new research. It reveals some fascinating insights into what SMEs want from accountants. You know what you were told about clients wanting a closer relationship with their accountant? Well, you might want to think again about that… Also, Francois takes us through the latest guidance in the never-ending political soap opera known as Brexit. This week, HMRC releases a five-step guide in the event of a no-deal Brexit. And just as the Brexit conundrum is being delegated from department to department and from prime minister to prime minister, the topic of delegation is also covered on

Tax specialist Rhys Jones joins the AccountingWEB team to talk the week in tax, the most productive time of day for accountants and whether flips flops are ever appropriate in the office. For links to all stories mentioned in the pod and full show notes click here: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/practice/general-practice/no-accounting-for-taste-ep44-when-are-accountants-most-productive

This week’s podcast welcomes Ben Steele from 100% cloud firm Steele Financial into the pod studio to talk about increased client expectations in the digital age.

Following the June edition of the Accounting Excellence Talks, Nail your niche and fast-track your success - our panel answers the remaining questions that they didn't have time to cover during the broadcast in this podcast. You can also watch the webcast on-demand here: https://www.accountingexcellence.co.uk/june-2019-talks-sign-up-page/

Can a machine really take care of your expenses? In the second episode of a three-part podcast series on the modern finance leader, a trio of tech-savvy professionals outline how the finance function stands to benefit from automation. In association with SAP Concur, AccountingWEB business editor Francois Badenhorst is joined by three guests to discuss a practical, everyday vision for automation in the world of the finance professional. For a list of guests and the full show notes visit: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/business/finance-strategy/a-machine-did-my-expenses-how-automations-benefits-filter-throughout-the

Host Richard Hattersley is joined by AccountingWEB’s editorial team to discuss the top stories over the last seven days, including the news that accountancy’s professional bodies have branded unregulated agents “extraordinarily unfair” who are “probably not as concerned with PCRT rules”.

How does career progression happen? In the first episode of a three-part podcast series on the modern finance leader, an experienced panel of financial professionals look back at their own career paths and what they’ve learned along the way. In association with SAP Concur, AccountingWEB business editor Francois Badenhorst is joined by three guests to discuss their own career trajectories, how demands change, what they’ve learned in the process and what they wish they knew while making the long march up the job ladder. For the full show notes visit: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/business/finance-strategy/from-accountant-to-cfo-and-beyond-practical-advice-on-climbing-the-career

On the No Accounting for Taste podcast this week, we find out why forecasts are always wrong, take a look at GDPR (was that really one year ago?) and analyse the cloud accounting marketplace as Intuit, Sage and Xero battle for dominance. Host Richard Hattersley is joined by Business editor Francois Badenhorst and AccountingWEB’s editor Tom Herbert. AccountingWEB’s head of insight John Stokdyk stops by the pod studio to crunch the numbers released by the cloud software giants to determine who truly dominants the market.

This Accounting Excellence podcast explores what practitioners can do to embrace digitisation and automation and support their firm’s compliance, marketing and client experience. To watch the webcast that is referred to on the show visit: https://www.accountingexcellence.co.uk/may-2019-talks-sign-up-page/

In this week’s No Accounting for Taste podcast we ask: when is a van actually a company car? What’s happening at Uber? And how do you cope with people? Plus the usual headlines and news, which this week includes a naughty celebrity accountant. Host Richard Hattersley is joined in the AccountingWEB pod studio this week by John Stokdyk, Rebecca Cave and Francois Badenhorst. For full show notes and links to all the stories featured visit: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tax/hmrc-policy/no-accounting-for-taste-ep40-why-are-company-cars-so-fiddly *This is an updated version of the podcast, as an old version was uploaded in error. Our apologies.

This week the podcast was recorded live on stage at Accountex, where a panel of accounting superstars ran through their Accountex highlights and answered readers’ burning questions. Joining host Tom Herbert at the docklands shindig were award-winning practice owners Kylie Fieldhouse and Sharon Pocock, accounting tech aficionado John Stokdyk and AccountingWEB legend and forensic accountant David Winch. The format was similar to the regular shows, but with an Accountex twist! After running through the panellists’ Accountex 2019 headlines, and then for the second half the pod squad flung open the doors and answered readers’ questions on a variety of topics. The full show notes for this week's podcast can be found here: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/practice/skills/no-accounting-for-taste-ep39-any-answers-answered-live-at-accountex

The No Accounting for Taste team attempt to find out what’s behind the tightening up of the AML rules and whether the government’s new naming and shaming initiative actually works. This month we’ve seen the accountancy bodies slammed for their AML inaction, news of a hike in HMRC AML supervisor fees and HMRC taking a robust approach to MLR compliance. Other big news this week comes from the high street health food chain Holland and Barretts who have been named and shamed by the government’s small business commissioner for its payment practices. To examine these big stories, AccountingWEB’s editor and podcast host Tom Herbert is joined as usual by practice editor Richard Hattersley and business editor Francois Badenhorst. This week they also welcome Rhys Jones, the tax director at the Gordon Dadds Group, to discuss the twin towers of tax and technology interact, and will this only increase in the future. Later in the podcast, Tom catches up with Coconut founder Sam O’Connor to talk tech and the entreprene

As part of our occasional 'AccountingWEB meets' series of podcasts, we sat down with Robert Maas, the tax person's tax person. Maas is one of the UK's leading experts on employment taxation, and he was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the Taxation Awards 2013. His distinguished career has seen many changes, including the introduction of self assessment, where to draw media attention to the change he famously set alight a bonfire of paper tax returns outside Chartered Accountants’ Hall. Speaking to AccountingWEB editor Tom Herbert back in 2018 at the offices of CBW Tax, where he now works as a consultant, Maas discussed his 50 years in tax, updating the penalties regime, HMRC's relationship with tax agents and, of course, Making Tax Digital.

Even accountancy is not safe from the complete chaos over in Westminster. The Loan Charge, MTD and Big Four audits have all felt the wrath of MPs this week. On this week’s pod the AccountingWEB team will be asking: is the curtain coming down on HMRC’s loan charge, or will the pantomime continue for another season? Also, after a group of MPs recommended a Big Four audit break-up, is anything actually going to happen? Joining pod host Tom Herbert at AWeb towers are John Stokdyk and Richard Hattersley, and the team also dial up Rebecca Cave in Milton Keynes and Francois Badenhorst in Las Vegas. For details of all stories featured in the podcast click here for the full shownotes: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tax/hmrc-policy/no-accounting-for-taste-ep37-political-chaos-spreads-to-accountancy

The government’s flagship digital taxation policy is just days away from going live, but there are still many questions left unanswered. These range from the technical to the technological, and cover issues as diverse as workflows, digital records and unwilling clients. On 26 March, AccountingWEB and Sage assembled a panel of experts to answer audience questions on the Making Tax Digital for VAT regime as part of a webcast and podcast. Hosted by editor of the site Tom Herbert, the panel also featured Verna Gellvear from HMRC, Alison Parsons from Albert Goodman and Chris Downing from Sage. The panel answered a selection of questions from the Any Answers forum before moving on to tackle live audience questions. These included queries on the best routes for clients looking to file themselves, reporting daily sales, dealing with Amazon and eBay clients and MTD, reference formats, and how partial VAT should be accounted for. To listen to the podcast click play in the box above or below. To register to view the

On this week’s pod, the AccountingWEB team talk Lorraine Kelly and IR35, getting to your first £100,000, and making accountants digital. Joining pod host Tom Herbert this week are Richard Hattersley, Francois Badenhorst and Rebecca Cave. Details of all stories featured in today's pod can be found here: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tech/tech-pulse/no-accounting-for-taste-ep36-should-firms-microchip-their-staff

Following on from the first Accounting Excellence Talks session of 2019, Everything you need for Making Tax Digital in 2019 AccountingWEB’s head of insight John Stokdyk sat down with the panellists to discuss the unanswered questions from the webcast.

On this week’s No Accounting for Taste: the world’s largest weed business makes a dopey spreadsheet error, MTD bridging software, and tax-evading dogs. Joining the podcast this week are tax titan Rebecca Cave, John Stokdyk, Richard Hattersley, Francois Badenhorst, and back in the host chair is editor Tom Herbert.