The skills accountants need to flourish in the charitable and public sectors are surprisingly similar. Colleagues thinking of making the move can be confident of success
Almost one in four board directors of UK financial services firms are women, although only one in seven executive committee members are female, research has revealed.
Any grant-awarding body can be subject to fraud, which may damage service delivery and public trust. Putting safeguards in place can help to protect against this
LinkedIn is the world’s main professional social networking site, and there are several steps you can take to get the most out of it and improve your working life
Finance professionals are working on a greater variety of activities and with more and more organisations as service provision becomes more complicated
Skills minister Nick Boles has called on government departments and local authorities to open their doors to apprentices as he published a consultation to expand the number of trainees across large...
Despised by some, pitied by others, being a local authority finance director can sometimes be hard to bear in the current climate. What qualities are needed to see the job through?
The ability to bounce back from failure can be learned, suggests Alex Davda. Make the most of existing strengths and master new skills to thrive in difficult situations
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a change to public procurement rules that will require Whitehall departments to take offers of apprenticeships into account when awarding large government...
The public sector lacks the skills and funding to successfully deliver digital public services, a survey of 400 senior figures by Deloitte has concluded.
Counter-fraud professionals can for the first time join a chartered institute after CIPFA announced that its membership would be extended to include accredited counter-fraud practitioners.
Gary Porter, the new Conservative chair of the Local Government Association, today called for responsibility for training and skills to be devolved to councils.
