As part of our series on different career paths within accountancy we turn to a popular route: audit and assurance.
Assurance is a professional service which aims to improve, validate or test the quality and transparency of information in order to reduce the chance of problems occurring due to incorrect information.
An audit is a type of assurance service
Read MoreThe ACA is the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)’s professional qualification in accountancy, business and finance. It stands for Association of Chartered Accountants. More than 5,000 employers are allowed to provide training by the ICAEW, with around 6,000 training vacancies open each year.
Read MoreAn accounting practice offers professional services to the private and public sector. Working in practice gives you the change to work with a wide range of clients and experience a wide variety of types of work. You might work in a very small niche area of practice (such as a specific type of tax planning) or in a large professional services firm that offers a wide range of client services. You may work with individuals, large multi-national retailers, charities or even start-ups.
Read MoreAs the country rallies together in the fight to reduce the spread of COVID-19, workers and students are transitioning into a social distancing phase, which for most means a transition into a working from home lifestyle.
For many small business owners, this is the norm. However, for most, working from home full-time is a completely new scenario - the initial novelty quickly turning on itself as reality kicks in.
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