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Data analytics and big data

Get advanced data analysis, from number crunching and spreadsheets to decision-support and strategy, including access to useful and practical Excel guidance. Plus, find out how big data is used and can benefit the accountancy profession.
Your Questions Answered #11 – Tips and Tricks Live extended
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  • 11 Jul 2024
In last month’s ‘Excel Tips and Tricks live – your questions answered’ webinar, David Benaim and Ian Pay tackled Excel questions and queries covering best practices when using Power Query, the use of formulas such as XLOOKUP, and a range of techniques for data handling and analysis in Excel. In this article, David returns to answer some of the unanswered questions from the webinar.
Is AI really taking your job?
  • Article
  • 13 Jun 2024
Fresh analysis suggests AI skills could help to bridge the UK productivity gap with other nations.
European Union launches new AI Office
  • Article
  • 11 Jun 2024
The EU is set to open its AI Office following the application of its recent world-first comprehensive law on Artificial Intelligence.
How we applied AI to combat modern slavery
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  • 10 Jun 2024
The iEARTHS project is a causal AI system designed to tackle modern slavery. David Wray, ICAEW member and one of its creators, explains the considerations that went into its development.
Government extends deadline for AI skills grants
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  • 04 Jun 2024
Accountancy firms now have until 18 August to apply for grants under the pilot of the government’s new AI Upskilling Fund, after the government extended the deadline by 11 weeks.
My ACA Journey: the home straight
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  • 28 May 2024
As she prepares for her first Advanced Level exams, Ashwini Poopalasingham looks back at everything she’s learned so far, and forwards to life after the qualification.
Over-reliance on automation: a cautionary tale from Plato
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  • 27 May 2024
The dangers of too much tech are not a new concern – Konrad Bukowski-Kruszyna explains why accountants can take a sceptical cue from the ancient Greeks when it comes to AI.
Evolution of mid-tier accountancy firms
  • Report
  • 23 May 2024
ICAEW's latest research into mid-tier practices reveals reaction to the increase in private equity funding to the sector, as well as expectations for profit growth and shifts in services lines over the next three years.

Data protection and privacy

Cyber round-up: March 2024
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  • 27 Mar 2024
This month we look at what can be learned from state-sponsored cyber attacks, how to avoid falling victim to increasingly sophisticated account takeover scams, and the ICO guidance on levels of fines for data breaches.
Accountability: building trust and ethics in the digital age
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  • 05 Mar 2024
New technologies are a force for good – they fuel innovation, improve efficiencies, enhance communication, and increase productivity – but they also raise new challenges that can be harmful. We’ve witnessed in recent years how technology has had undesirable consequences, with data breaches and online surveillance resulting in widespread concerns over privacy, security, and the spread of disinformation. This has eroded trust in businesses and institutions, while simultaneously knocking the confidence of businesses to fully embrace technological change.
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Exclusive Excel Tips & Tricks #494 - How to add a custom ribbon to your workbook part 3
  • Article
  • 16 Sep 2024
This week, we have a developer level post which explores how to set up your custom ribbon with a combo box.
Excel, Teams, Power BI, Canva, Zoom, Google Sheets++: New tech features for Jun-Aug 2024
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  • 09 Sep 2024
Our digest of new features across Microsoft 365 & other business tech products in written, images & video format covering the last three months.
Exclusive Simple but effective tables, part 9
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  • 09 Sep 2024
In this series we are going to examine some of the capabilities of Excel Tables. We will be concentrating on the practical use of Tables to improve spreadsheet productivity. The previous two-part article looked at the use of structured references to refer to all or part of an Excel Table, from cells outside of the Table as well as cells within the Table. We are going to conclude our exploration of Tables by looking at Filtering and Sorting, and using Sparklines and check boxes in Table columns. Then, in the next part of the series, we will look at how Tables work with Power Query.
Excel Community round up - August 2024
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  • 02 Sep 2024
Here are all the new Excel blogs from the Excel Community in 2024.
Exclusive Top 12 Excel Combinations: 5. SCAN LAMBDA
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  • 29 Aug 2024
In the latest instalment of his series counting down the "Top 12" of Excel function combinations, Liam Bastick considers SCAN LAMBDA.
Exclusive Can spreadsheets show us how to deal with online misinformation?
  • Article
  • 28 Aug 2024
We seem to have learned to live with spreadsheets, despite them giving us the wrong answer 90% of the time. Are there any lessons to be learnt from our ability to adapt to fallible spreadsheets that can help us deal with online misinformation?
Exclusive Excel Tips & Tricks #493 - How to add a custom ribbon to your workbook part 2
  • Article
  • 14 Aug 2024
This week, we have a developer level post which explores how to set up your custom ribbon with tailored buttons.
Free CPD: Excel essentials
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  • 13 Aug 2024
Are you using Excel to its full potential? From the basics of good spreadsheet practice to time-saving tips, brush up on your Excel knowledge while gaining Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours.

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