Our courses

This course aims to provide the essential financial awareness and understanding of financial issues which is needed by executive support staff to contribute in a proactive role.  Accounting jargon will be clearly explained.

This one-day Financial Modelling highly interactive training course will provide delegates with all the basic knowledge needed to understand financial modelling and be able to put together a model.

This course will incorporate exercises to reinforce teaching points and will allow delegates to gain practical hands-on experience in financial modelling. In addition to course materials the delegates will take away example spreadsheets containing lists of shortcuts, a comprehensive directory of Excel functions, with worked examples to illustrate the key functions. They will also take copies of the sheets they have built themselves, together with model answers.

This 90-minute on-line course examines some of the major accounting issues arising, for financial statements with year-ends in 2020, as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. These issues apply in a similar way under either IFRS or UK/Irish GAAP (FRS 102).

This Financial Reporting in the USA – US GAAP Explained training course will enable delegates to be able to understand and apply the main requirements of US ‘generally accepted accounting principles’ (GAAP), as used (i) by US groups which have UK or other European subsidiaries, or (ii) by US subsidiaries within UK groups.

The Foreign Exchange markets have never been busier, or more volatile and risky, especially post Brexit.

This Foreign Exchange Markets and Currency Risk Management course looks at the FX markets, and how to manage currency risk, from a professional, practical perspective.

This programme will explore and explain the FX markets from both the sell side (banks) and buy side (corporate and asset managers) perspective.

New market initiatives and regulations such as MiFID11 will be covered, and all terminology and jargon will be fully explained.

No prior knowledge is assumed.

Fraud is a crime that threatens not only an organisation’s profits but its reputation also. These threats are increasing so that it is vital that fraud risks are managed effectively – this course shows exactly how this can be done. Delegates will learn about the various types of fraud and the modern threat landscape, in particular the important and developing danger of cybercrime. They will also be made aware of the motives and behaviours of fraudsters and so will be in a position to spot behavioural red flags. A key part of developing an effective fraud risk management framework is being aware of those controls that work in practice and delegates will be taken through the key preventative measures and detective techniques used by organisations today to fight fraud. The course is highly inter-active throughout, with practical tips, case studies and lessons learned from a review of recent cases.

Fraud is a crime that threatens both an organisation’s profits and its reputation. These threats are increasing so that it is vital that fraud risks are managed effectively. Delegates will learn about the various types of fraud and the modern threat landscape, in particular the important and developing danger of cyber crime. They will also be made aware of the motives and behaviours of fraudsters to be able to spot behavioural red flags. A key part of developing an effective fraud risk management framework is awareness of controls that work in practice and delegates will be taken through the key preventative measures and detective techniques to fight fraud.  The course is highly interactive throughout, with practical tips, case studies and lessons learned from a review of recent cases.   

The FRS Applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland

FRS 102 is based on an amended version of the international framework, the IFRS for SMEs. For entities previously using the SSAPs and FRSs of the former UK GAAP, the new framework presented some significant reporting challenges, although it does offers some reprieve for those entities who are eligible to take the reduced disclosure option, and for others that are small enough to apply section 1A of the standard. At first glance FRS 102 looks very similar to the former UK GAAP, but the devil is in the detail and there are still many aspects of the standard that are not always correctly applied as they differ from former UK GAAP.

This course will explain the main reporting requirements for an FRS 102 user, including changes from the latest triennial review. It will identify and probe the accounting requirements and clarify the mandatory requirements that are often overlooked or misunderstood

The course is broken down into two 3-hour modules over to separate days.

The FRS Applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland

FRS 102 is based on an amended version of the international framework, the IFRS for SMEs. For entities previously using the SSAPs and FRSs of the former UK GAAP, the new framework presented some significant reporting challenges, although it does offers some reprieve for those entities who are eligible to take the reduced disclosure option, and for others that are small enough to apply section 1A of the standard. At first glance FRS 102 looks very similar to the former UK GAAP, but the devil is in the detail and there are still many aspects of the standard that are not always correctly applied as they differ from former UK GAAP.

This course will explain the main reporting requirements for an FRS 102 user, including changes from the latest triennial review. It will identify and probe the accounting requirements and clarify the mandatory requirements that are often overlooked or misunderstood

The course is broken down into two 3-hour modules, allowing participants to book either one or both modules depending on their needs.

The new UK accounting standards (FRS 100, 101, 102) replaced ‘old’ UK GAAP in its entirety from 1 January 2015. This course will provide a comprehensive understanding of the accounting treatment and financial reporting requirements under FRS 102. It also provides comparisons to ‘old’ UK GAAP treatment which can help to assess the impact of conversion to FRS 102. NOTE: this course does not focus on the specific requirements on first time adoption of FRS 102 – for that we suggest you attend New UK GAAP & First time adoption of FRS 102.

This one-day course is designed to provide a thorough understanding of the accounting treatment and financial reporting requirements under FRS 102 for all key items in a practical and relevant way. This also includes an update on significant new developments. Explanations are supplemented by practical illustrative examples throughout.

The mutually exclusive two days of this programme are designed to provide a thorough understanding of the accounting treatment and financial reporting requirements under FRS 102 for all key items – in a practical and relevant way accompanied by illustrative examples.  This course also includes an update on significant new developments and a helpful comparison to ‘old’ UK GAAP.  As the days are mutually exclusive, it is possible to book only one of the days.  See what is covered on Day 2.

NOTE:  this course does not cover first time adoption of FRS 102 in depth – for that we suggest our Adoption of FRS 102 course.