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ICAEW calls for lasting solutions to local audit delays

ICAEW has expressed concerns about proposed time-limited changes to local authority accounting requirements to address audit delays. Its response to CIPFA / LASAAC’s consultation on the proposals calls for sustainable amendments to improve local authority financial statements.

Gloucestershire accountancy firms agree acquisition deal

An independent accountancy in Cheltenham has been acquired by another Gloucestershire-based group for an undisclosed sum.

Global accounting bodies urge profession-wide commitment to reverse nature loss

The chief executives of 10 of the world’s leading accountancy institutes have joined together to support a new call to action in response to the nature crisis, ahead of the upcoming UN Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) COP 15.