1pm to 2pm GMT - Ian Fletcher

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1pm to 2pm GMT - John Borland

Objectives

Difficult conversations are inevitable in every workplace and team. This webinar will enable you to understand why difficult conversations are particularly difficult for you, and give you the tools to approach and deliver them in a better way.

Key topics

• Understanding your own approach to difficult conversations
• Recognising the importance of good difficult conversations
• Knowing the mindset you need to adapt in difficult conversations
• Adopting a script for difficult conversations

Who should attend

Anyone in leadership/management, and or those who potentially have difficult conversations with clients and customers.

1pm to 2pm BST - Heather Elkington

Objectives

Make faster, clearer decisions. Learn how confident, direct communication removes friction,
alignment issues and endless back-and-forth.

Build a culture of accountability. Shift your team from approval-seeking to ownership through
honest, values-based conversations.

Turn feedback into fuel. Create feedback loops that drive performance and growth without the
fear or confusion that hold teams back.

Key topics

• The mindset shift from nice to kind: Why avoiding conflict kills trust and how to reframe
  “kindness” as honesty, clarity and respect.
• The anatomy of a tough conversation: What to say (and what not to) when emotions run
  high or behaviour needs to change.
• The language of accountability: Phrases and frameworks that stop blame, defensiveness and people-pleasing in their tracks.
• Creating a culture of courage: How to build everyday habits that make candour and
  feedback the norm, not the exception.

Who should attend

Middle-managers, senior team leaders and business owners.

1pm to 2pm BST - John Borland

Objectives

Resilience is so often misunderstood in our modern culture. We struggle to understand what it really is and why it sometimes falls short. This webinar will enable you to understand more about how resilience works for you and how you can tap into your resilience when you need it.

Key topics

• • Dispelling the myths of resilience
  • How to develop and grow resilience in self and others
  • Knowing what causes your resilience to wane

Who should attend

Anyone at any level who wishes to understand and develop resilience levels

1pm to 2pm GMT - Dr Hazel Harrison

Objectives

Understand the science of stress – What happens in the brain and body when we’re stressed and why stress isn’t always the enemy.

Identify practical coping strategies – Evidence-based tools for regulating emotions, maintaining focus and restoring balance.

Create a personal action plan – Simple, realistic steps to reduce stress triggers and build resilience at work.

Key topics

• Explore what stress really is and why it shows up in the workplace
• Understand how stress affects performance, decision-making, and relationships at work
• Highlight why some stress can be helpful and how to make it work for you
• Share practical, evidence-based techniques to manage stress during busy or high-pressure times
• Provide tools for creating a more supportive, psychologically safe working environment
• Discover ways to reduce overwhelm and maintain wellbeing in the flow of work

Who should attend

Anyone interested in taking care of their wellbeing and the people around them.

1pm to 2pm GMT - Gordon Gilchrist

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1pm to 2pm BST - Kayleigh Graham

Objectives

• This webinar will help attendees understand how to intentionally design and maintain a strong culture across onshore and offshore teams using the 3Ps framework: people, platforms, and processes.
• This webinar will provide practical strategies for engaging remote and offshore staff to create a sense of belonging and shared purpose within the firm.
  
• This webinar will enable attendees to identify the tools and processes that support collaboration, communication, and accountability across distributed teams.

Key topics

• The 3Ps framework: people, platforms, and processes
• Strategies for building engagement and avoiding an “us vs. them” culture
• Tools and systems to support visibility, communication, and collaboration
• Embedding culture into daily routines, onboarding, and management practices

Who should attend

This webinar is designed for accountancy firm owners, partners, and team leaders who manage or are considering managing a combination of onshore and offshore staff and/or remote and in-office staff.

1pm to 2pm BST - Dave Goodyear

OBJECTIVES

This presentation aims to help accountants understand how a strong, authentic brand can elevate their practice by building trust, attracting ideal clients, and driving long-term growth. Attendees will learn practical strategies to define, refine, and activate their brand to unlock new opportunities and stand out in a competitive market.

KEY TOPICS

• Why Brand Matters
• Understanding Your Brand Identity
• Brand as a Trust Builder
• Branding in Action: From Visibility to Impact
• Unlocking Practice Potential Through Branding

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Partners and managers responsible for marketing and overall firm appearance across all marketing channels.

12pm to 1pm BST - Clare Jones

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10am to 12pm BST - Clare Jones

Objectives

This webinar will keep attendees up to date with the latest developments in auditing, ensuring compliance with new ISAs and amendments to ISAs, promoting the quality of audit engagements. It will provide knowledge of the current IAASB projects and the consideration of current market conditions.

Key topics

• The new requirements in ISA 240 outlining the auditor’s responsibilities in relation to fraud
• An understanding of the revisions in ISA 570 Going Concern
• An overview of any narrow scope amendments to ISAs
• A high-level overview of the latest exposure drafts and current IAASB projects
• Insight into the effective use of technology in audit engagements

Who should attend

This webinar is recommended for all auditors, including audit seniors, managers, directors and partners who need to stay current and up to date in their professional roles.

10am to 12pm BST - Jez Williams

Objectives

This webinar will set out, with practical examples, effective approaches to audit testing and recording on SME audits. It will address common questions and problem areas.

Key topics

• Controls versus substantive testing: what are the options?
• Effective sample size and selection for substantive testing
• Making analytical review work efficiently and persuasively
• Recording audit work effectively

Who should attend

Seniors and managers involved in auditing SME businesses.

10am to 12pm BST - Clare Jones

Objectives

This webinar will refresh attendees with the technical knowledge and practical skills specific to group audits. It will provide insight into key issues for group audits and ensure group auditors have the necessary expertise, judgement and skills to preform high-quality group audit engagements under ISA 600.

Key topics

• Understanding the key requirements in ISA 600
• Key points arising in planning a group audit, including the risk assessment process, determining materiality, involvement of component auditors and responses to risk
• Enhancing coordination and communication with component auditors and the documentation requirements, including those within a network of firms
• Assessing the reliability and adequacy of component level audit findings
• Awareness of audit challenges, including those arising from overseas audit engagements, regulatory environments and complexities in consolidation

Who should attend

Partners, managers and seniors in audit practice who need to stay current in their understanding and effective auditing of groups.

10am to 12pm BST - Andrew Paul

Objectives

This session will demystify the world of data analytics and consider where firms could use data analysis tools and techniques in their accounting, assurance and audit services. It will also look at the wider audit and assurance tech stack and challenge firms to think about the gaps in their current provision.

Key topics

• What is Data Analytics?
• What tools are available and what are the developments in this space?
• What should our Audit and Assurance tech stack look like?
• Is AI (Artificial Intelligence) part of the story, or a distraction?
• How can you use these tools and techniques in your day-to-day work to improve quality and client service, without a large increase in time and fees

Who should attend

This session will be relevant for anyone involved in delivering accounting, assurance or audit services to clients.

12pm to 1pm BST - David Potts

OBJECTIVES

To help all attendees identify when an impairment test is needed and how it needs to be performed if done properly.

To look at the subjective and judgemental areas and help all those attending deal with these issues effectively.

To remind those attending of the typical questions raised by regulators and what they would be looking for in the final report and accounts.

KEY TOPICS

• Scope of guidance in IFRS and asset types affected; tangible, intangible and investments
• How to calculate the recoverable amount, through sale or continued use
• Reporting the impairment loss; journals required and how to account for a reversal
• Summary of most challenging aspects and issues raised by regulators
• Key disclosures in notes to the accounts – what is really needed

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course would be suitable for all accountants and auditors involved in the preparation of accounts in accordance with IFRS.

1pm to 2pm GMT - Dan Boyles

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1pm to 2pm GMT - Thomas Akintan

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1pm to 2:30pm BST - Anne Walsh

Objectives

How to use Copilot to explain a complex formula

How to extract insights from your data, including via the generation of charts

How to use Copilot to apply conditional formatting and create formulas for your data

Key topics

• Current limitations of working with Copilot e.g. data set up
• Data analysis with Copilot
• Using Copilot to explain an inherited formula to you
• Tips and tricks to help work more effectively with Copilot

Who should attend?

Users who are given data sets that they need to manipulate and extract answers from. Users who inherit spreadsheets with pre-existing formulas that they need to understand and amend.

1pm to 2pm BST - Dan Boyles

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10am to 11:30pm GMT - Jeremy Mindell

Objectives

To update participants regarding International Tax developments in the last 6 months. This includes UK developments, US developments, EU changes and ‘rest of the world’ developments.

Key topics

The seminar focuses on

• changes in tax treaties,
• permanent establishment (PE) rules,
• trade and tariffs, and
• international court cases.

Who should attend

Any professional or person working in-house who deals with cross-border tax matters.