AAT Qualification
The AAT Qualification is one of the UK’s most respected entry-level routes into the accountancy profession. Recognised globally, it offers practical, skills-based training for individuals looking to begin or advance a career in finance, bookkeeping, or accounting. Accountancy Today has consistently reported on the qualification’s evolving role in the UK’s financial education landscape, as well as updates on syllabus changes and apprenticeship integration.
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Jan- 2024 -4 JanuaryPeople Moves
BHP strengthens charities team with two senior promotions
BHP has announced the promotion of Neil Baldwin and Nicola Adam as director RI (responsible individual) roles within the firm’s charities team. The promotions mean that Baldwin, who is based at the Cleckheaton office, and Adams, based in Chesterfield, will be able to sign off client audits on behalf of…
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Nov- 2022 -17 NovemberPeople Moves
BHP Accountants appoints new audit partner
BHP Accountants has announced the appointment of its audit director Terri Pierpoint to the role of partner after 17 years with the firm. It is reported that Pierpoint joined BHP in 2005 as a trainee, completing her AAT qualification in 2007 and subsequently qualifying as a chartered accountant in 2010.…
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Sep- 2022 -22 SeptemberInterviews
In conversation with Jannine Edgar, COO of AAT
How did you come to take up the role of chief operating officer of the AAT? I joined in October 2018 from a previous membership organisation. I have a background as a chartered accountant and also hold a masters of business association (MBA), but it was really about AAT as…
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Jun- 2022 -29 JunePeople Moves
Prime hires three new people to support ‘record’ demand
Midlands accountancy firm Prime Accountants Group has announced that three new members of staff will join its team to help with the firm’s “rapidly-expanding” client portfolio. Prime Accountants Group, which has offices in Solihull, Birmingham and Coventry, has hired Priyesh Mistry, Rahail Asghar and Kaleem Ghani, who are said to…
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24 JuneFeatures
Celebrating the UK’s first Social Mobility Awareness Day
Last week saw the UK’s first Social Mobility Awareness Day, a day designed to improve awareness of what social mobility is, why it is important, and how organisations across all industries can take action. According to the UK Government, social mobility is defined as the link between a person’s occupation…
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Apr- 2021 -6 AprilPeople Moves
Trio of Sheards Accountants staff complete qualifications
A trio of accountants at Huddersfield-based Sheards Accountants have successfully completed their accountancy qualifications. Lucy Ackroyd, who joined Sheards in August 2019, has completed the ICAEW Chartered Accountant qualification, the ACA. According to Sherads, this is one of the “most advanced learning and professional development programmes available”. The move to…
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Mar- 2021 -26 MarchAccounting Firms
Armstrong Watson launches annual recruitment programmes
Armstrong Watson, the business advisory and accountancy firm, has announced that it is looking to make 11 new hires through its AAT/ATT apprenticeship programmes. Joining the group’s accounting teams based in Cumbria and Yorkshire, the recruits will gain industry experience alongside working towards their qualifications. The AAT qualification, which focuses…
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Sep- 2019 -20 SeptemberPeople Moves
MHA Moore and Smalley welcomes 17 new trainees
MHA Moore and Smalley has welcomed 17 trainees to join its team across the north west. The trainees will work across the firm’s North West offices, assisting clients in corporate services and private client services, personal tax and financial planning. The trainees are university graduates Catherine Leigh, Thomas Duncan, Christy…
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