Time to plan the Christmas party! Tips from HR
A Christmas party can help prevent morale from flagging at this time of year. Here are a few tips from HR to help ensure your party goes without a hitch.
Call for agri-tech scale-up investment to be prioritised
Mansion House Compact offers opportunity to fast-track sustainability goals.
Price Bailey supports charity organisation Samaritans as the firm reinstates it’s annual in-person charity day, following the pandemic
Every 10 seconds, Samaritans responds to a call for help.
Deloitte CFO survey: Debt falls out of favour with UK finance chiefs
Against a backdrop of elevated interest rates, Deloitte’s Q3 CFO survey shows finance leaders continuing to focus on defensive balance sheet strategies. UK CFOs now rate bank borrowing as being more unattractive as a source of corporate financing than at any time since the survey began, with a net -37%1 rating it as attractive.
How to start effectively adopting technological change
First Intuition Cambridge writes...adopting technological change can be overwhelming but here are some tips to help businesses effectively start embarking on their technological upskilling journey.
Have you considered the financial implications involved in a divorce?
When preparing for a divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership, it can mean making incredibly important decisions during a highly emotional time.
Boards: too much delving, or just doomed? Insights from Horizon37
Horizon37 writes...Are some boards just doomed? We used this question to prompt a discussion on boards and the relationship between the investor and the scale-up company, especially when the relationship is sour.
Trust Payments expands UK footprint with new office at the Epicentre, Haverhill
Trust Payments, the disruptive leader in frictionless payments and value-added services for merchants, announces the opening of a sixth UK office at The EpiCentre in Haverhill, Suffolk – which will be a key base for its compliance & underwriting teams.
Stretching retirement income across generations
Pensions are an area that can easily be overlooked and it is good practice to review them, to see how they can be used in future planning for both you and your family.
What do young accountancy recruits want from their employers?
Accountancy training firm First Intuition recently surveyed its students to find out what young adults want when it comes to looking for, choosing, and staying in a role. This is as employers report they are finding it difficult to recruit high-quality candidates in the accountancy sector.
Bango reports latest interim results
Bango, the global platform for data-driven commerce, announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2023.
First Intuition becomes the first training provider signatory of charity Access Accountancy
First Intuition is the first accountancy training provider to become a signatory of Access Accountancy.
Career change - a setback or an opportunity?
Career change can be seen as a setback and at the same time it can also be an incredible opportunity to re-evaluate what it is you really want from your career. There are several reasons why you might be facing a career change – you may have been laid off, or you might feel unhappy in your current role, or perhaps you simply want to do something new.
Weathering the inflation storm – the importance of a well-balanced and diversified portfolio
Just as a sudden squall can blow a ship off course, inflation can rapidly alter the direction of your investments.
Essential building blocks for business success from founder of Axiom-e
Last term, Ken Dickson, the founder of Axiom-e, ran three versions of 'The Pillars of Business Success' course to audiences drawn from more than 20 countries. His first talk of this term will be at the Quadram Institute, a state-of-the-art facility for bioscience and clinical research, and endoscopy, based at the Norwich Research Park
What connects the world’s first wheelchair toddler with a world-famous Cambridge scientist?
What connects the world’s first wheelchair toddler with a world-famous Cambridge scientist?
One-in-three people with streaming subscriptions share accounts with other households
Deloitte estimates that 35% of people with access to a subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD) service are sharing at least one of their subscriptions with other households; One-in-four users (25%) are sharing the cost of an SVOD platform they use, rising to 34% for 16-24 year-olds; More than half (57%) of respondents who share a paid SVOD service say they would stop using the service if…
Five ways to combat new job nerves when you hire
Studies show that 80% of people are nervous before starting a new job. Having spent time and money on the recruitment process, you'll want to make sure your new employees have a smooth onboarding process and hit the ground running as soon as possible.
Apply now: funding for new equipment for community meeting spaces and sports centres
Cambridge community groups and sports clubs can apply for grants of between £5,000 and £30,000 to fund improvements to equipment or storage facilities at venues in Cambridge.
Financial planning with Investment Trusts
In 1868, Queen Victoria sat on the British throne, but she was not yet Empress of India. Most homes were still lit by candlelight, as the light bulb hadn’t been invented.
Yellow Submarine names new Sales & Marketing Director
Yellow Submarine has appointed Stewart Huckett to the role of Sales & Marketing Director. Stewart will be responsible for the expansion of business globally.
Cambridge MP joins Cambridge kids doing keepy-uppys to back Marcus Rashford's campaign for holiday food
Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner will join children from St Matthew's school tomorrow doing keepy-uppys to highlight Marcus Rashford's campaign for school food and activities during the holidays.
Future-proof your wealth – the importance of estate planning
Some say there are only two certainties in life, death and taxes. Whilst this may be true, steps can be taken to reduce the impact of the latter or even, in some circumstances, remove that impact entirely.
Deloitte Cambridge and St Albans announce promotions
Deloitte’s Cambridge and St Albans practices have announced promotions for this year.
Accountancy firms in East Anglia see a 6% increase in salaries
Accountancy training firm First Intuition has released the findings from its most recent salary survey for accountancy employers.