Accountancy Insights

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• What does Modernising Corporate Reporting mean for auditors?

  October 6, 2026 · 29 min

  On the first ever episode of The Audit Report – the podcast that looks at the factors shaping modern audit – we’re discussing the long-awaited consultation on Modernising Corporate Reporting.  The Department for Business, Innovation…

• Accountancy Insights: Is your identity at risk?

  October 6, 2026 · 37 min

  Cyber criminals spend much of their time working on identity theft. If you hold a responsible position in your organisation, they might very well be working on you. Or worse – they might be lurking in your smart coffee machine. Identity…

• Behind the Numbers: Healey's Budget options are narrowing

  September 10, 2026 · 30 min

  On 7 September, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey delivered a speech setting out his goals for the Budget, amid twitchiness in the bond markets. What did he hope to achieve, and what does it tell us about the Budget in October? We…

• Accountancy Insights: How did MTD go? The dangers of digital fraud

  August 27, 2026 · 36 min

  In this episode, we take a look at the government’s Fraud in the Digital Age report: what does it tell us about trends and what can businesses do to protect themselves? And with the first submissions deadline for Income Tax under the new…

• How to plan for a Russian test of NATO

  August 19, 2026 · 33 min

  For Business, faraway wars feel way closer than they used to. In the current volatile geopolitical environment, businesses need to consider planning for these events. So in this episode, we run through such an exercise: what if Russia…

• EY’s backing AI agents; and a new form of insider trading

  August 4, 2026 · 34 min

  In this episode, EY UK Digital Assurance Leader Richard Harrison joins us to talk about how the firm is using AI agents in audit. How do they divide tasks between people and tech?  And how are they understanding and mitigating risk? Then…

• Behind the Numbers: Is there really a growing AI bubble?

  July 14, 2026 · 29 min

  The question of whether an ‘AI bubble’ is going to burst doesn’t seem to be going away. There’s a compelling case to be made on both sides of the argument, with the growing demand for AI tools, and the huge amount of money and resources…

• Accountancy Insights: Looking ahead: HMRC’s digital moves and impacts of Iran war

  July 1, 2026 · 29 min

  We’ll have a new PM soon, while the war in the Middle East rages on. Does this mean more uncertainty for businesses in the second half of 2026? ICAEW’s Chief Economist tries to predict what might happen next.  If that wasn’t enough…