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  1. FreeAgents IPO Marks a First for UK Equity Crowdfunding

    On November 16, Edinburgh-based online accountancy service FreeAgent floated its shares on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock...

  2. What to Do in a Changed World?

    A series of political surprises has thrown the cards up in the air. So, what to do when there's far, far more uncertainty around than anyone...

  3. Thoughts Prompted by the Autumn Statement

    We should not have been surprised but we were. The political and economic establishment, we came to realise in 2016, are addicted to continuity...

  4. Theresa May Gives Research and Development Boost With 2 Billion Pound Investment

    On Monday (21st Nov) the Prime Minister announced that she wants to make Britain the 'go-to place for innovators and investors'. A welcome development...

  5. How Social Media is Changing

    It's five years since I first wrote the accountingcpd.net course Social Media for Accountants and, despite the fact that I have used social...

  6. You'll Never Manage Change Effectively if You Can't Talk About Failure

    Change is a 'norm' of organisational life, yet something people often struggle to manage effectively. I knew that instinctively, but when I...