COURSES

Professional development

COURSES

Professional development

Practical Networking

Online live, 18 June or 7 October

Building a reputation through networking will provide you with a profile and resources for future use. This practical course takes you through the steps required to become a consummate networker and make a real difference to both your business and personal reputation.

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Pricing Strategies and Tactics 

Online live, 19 June or 20 November

This course is an introduction to traditional and alternative determinants of price and the key financial, economic and psychological principles relating to pricing. It helps you to consider their applicability to your own business, along with the role the finance function can play in supporting price decision making.

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Financial Modelling – Comprehensive

Edinburgh, 24–25 June
London, 21–22 July
Online live, 11–12 September  

This two-day course is for anybody looking to develop their financial modelling skills to build, interpret, review and audit financial models. The focus is on best practice, explaining the dos and don’ts critical to ensuring your models are sturdy, dynamic and flexible.

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Cradle to Grave –
Tax Planning for Individuals and Families

Online live, 1 July or 17 December

This practical course reviews the latest tax-planning opportunities for individuals and families, including civil partners and same-sex marriage spouses, and gives topical ideas on how to minimise the tax bill through life. It covers income tax, CGT, IHT and relevant business tax issues.

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Company Secretary –
The Essential Guide 

Online live, 8 July or 21 November
London, 24 September

This course provides a thorough grounding in the role of the company secretary. Attendees can expect to acquire a practical awareness of current company legislation and how it affects company formation, day-to-day running, business events and milestones.

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VAT Refresher and Update

Online live, 8 July or 2 December
London, 9 September

This one-day course provides a reminder of the fundamentals of UK VAT, an update on recent developments, and examples of typical problem areas and planning opportunities. Many examples are used and planning points highlighted to show how the tax works in practice.

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Solicitors’ Accounts Rules

Online live, 18 July or 29 October

Gain a refresher of the key matters to achieve compliance with Rule B6: Accounts, Accounts Certificates, Professional Practice and Guarantee Fund. This course provides an update to the rules and their application, plus the opportunity to share experiences in this area of work.

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Technical Update for Accountants in Business 

Edinburgh, 23 July
Online live, 3 October

This long-standing and popular course covers financial reporting and taxation, plus other current issues, and will benefit all accountants seeking a comprehensive and topical technical update. You'll find out how key changes over the past 12 months could affect your organisation and clients.

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For a list of all upcoming live courses and to book, visit icas.com/cpd-courses

SELF-PACED ONLINE COURSES

Change Management for Leaders and Professionals  

Length: 1 hour
The rate of change in almost every industry is faster than at any time in human development. This course provides some helpful models and tools to help managers make sure that their change initiatives are successful and to help them build an organisation that embraces change.  

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Time Management for Professionals 

Length: 1 hour 
This practical course demonstrates how to work more effectively and efficiently to get more done in less time. As well as improving your productivity it should also help you achieve a less stressful and more enjoyable way of operating.

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Understanding Contracts – Part 1

Length: 1.5 hours
This course introduces some of the key issues concerning contract formation, including discussion of the use of “heads of terms”. It also offers an overview of how contracts are structured and a summary of the three main types of contract and the differences between them.

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Working Capital –
The Strategic Overview 

Length: 1 hour 
There’s clear evidence that companies that manage working capital well enjoy higher profits and lower operational risks than their counterparts. This course is designed to give you the skills and knowledge to be able to integrate the management of working capital into your company’s overall strategy.

For more information on any of our on-demand course titles, please email ldicas@bpp.com with the subject line “On-demand course enquiry” and course title(s)