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  1. Blog22nd Oct 2025

    Stephen Smyth, author of blog about private equity investment

    4 Key Steps to Prepare Your Business for Private Equity Investment

    Private equity investment can be a powerful catalyst for growth, but securing funding is only the beginning. You have to prove that you’re genuinely ready to scale, inside and out. Having recently secured private equity investment from Goldman Sachs, at…

    By Stephen Smyth

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  2. Blog7th Jul 2025

    Alexandra Wheelan, author of blogs about FRS 102 revenue recognition

    FRS 102: Revenue Recognition- What’s changing?

    As accounting standards evolve, staying informed about the updated FRS 102, particularly in relation to revenue recognition, is crucial for your business. The Financial Reporting Council has introduced significant amendments to UK GAAP, including a new revenue recognition model. These…

    By Alexandra Wheelan

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  3. Blog3rd Feb 2025

    Alexandra Wheelan, author of blogs about FRS 102 revenue recognition

    FRS 102 Lease Accounting: A Guide To The Key Changes

    On 27 March 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) issued significant amendments to FRS 102—the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. These changes won’t take effect until periods beginning on or after 1 January 2026 and you…

    By Alexandra Wheelan and Jordan Taylor

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  4. Blog16th Jan 2025

    Jordan Taylor, Audit Director and author of blog about FRS 102 changes

    FRS 102 Changes: 6 Ways They Might Impact Your Business

    On 27 March 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) issued significant amendments to FRS 102—the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. These changes won’t take effect until periods beginning on or after 1 January 2026 and you…

    By Jordan Taylor and Alexandra Wheelan

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  5. Blog11th Jun 2024

    Lauren McIlroy, Head of VFF

    Can A Fractional Finance Director Help Achieve Growth?

    One of the new trends we’re seeing in the finance market has been the rise of the fractional finance director. A fractional finance director is a part-time member of the team hired on a contractual basis. This director is then…

    By Lauren McCluskey

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  6. Blog8th Apr 2024

    7 Ways VFF Can Help Charities in the Cost of Giving Crisis

    Despite the extreme pressures brought on by the pandemic, we witnessed in awe the charity sector rallying together and continuing to support those in need. Barely recovered, the voluntary sector (along with everyone else) was then quickly thrown headfirst into…

    By Jakub Rolinski

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  7. Blog21st Dec 2023

    James Hunt, Gunhild Dam, Lynn Wilson, Lauren McIlroy, Stuart Petrie, Graeme Allan, Paula Fraser, Jill Walker, Gordon Steele, David Purse

    2023 Business Unit Year In Review

    Oxford recently released their word of the year for 2023 and it was “rizz”. If we had to pick a word for our year it would be ‘growth’. You might have heard us talk about our growth journey a time…

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  8. Blog15th Feb 2023

    Professionals around a table discussing finance

    Will the new IFRS 17 apply to Company X, a NON-insurance provider?

    Think back to where you were as 2022 became 2023, at the stroke of midnight. It is possible that you felt the ground quiver at that precise moment; that you had an unshakeable feeling of a seismic change kicking into…

    By Lauren McCluskey

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  9. Blog21st Nov 2022

    How to organise your finance function 

    Your finance function is the eyes and ears of your business. It gives you insight where you need and reports on your past and predicts your future. A finance team needs to have the right people in the right seats.…

    By Lauren McCluskey

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  10. Blog18th Jan 2022

    Tech-enabled finance and HR solutions in demand in the Energy Sector

    For many, the COVID pandemic has been a catalyst to press re-set on everything from our social values to health, well-being and sustainability. It has given us the opportunity to assess and evaluate our personal lives. It has been no…

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  11. Blog1st Dec 2021

    Are you considering a hybrid workforce and what does that mean for your finance function?

    The pandemic has ushered in a new model of working, with many businesses considering adopting more flexibility in the longer term. With a longer-term shift to hybrid working seemingly on the cards, having the right foundations for productive team working…

    By Lauren McCluskey

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