Joanne Birtwistle

Editorial Director at AccountingWEB.co.uk

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Accountants must adapt or be left behind

1 month ago | accountingweb.co.uk | Joanne Birtwistle

It’s 12 days into his retirement from the Sheffield University Management School, but Richard Murphy (pictured left) shows no signs of slowing down. Opening the Festival of Accounting & Bookkeeping (FAB) on the Circle Stage to a packed audience with standing room only, his session on posed fundamental questions about the profession’s future. Reflecting on his early days in accounting, Murphy painted a picture of a profession transformed by technology.
Accounting Excellence Awards 2025: A celebration of the firms we love

2 months ago | accountingweb.co.uk | Joanne Birtwistle

Ah, Valentine’s Day. Said to be the most romantic day of the year, it’s a time where expressions of love, Barry White blasting on the radio and overpriced flowers are all the rage. It’s not just a time to write a love letter to that special person in your life, but also a chance to write longingly about your true love – your practice or team. Yes, as quick as Cupid’s arrow, the Accounting Excellence Awards are here again.
Intentions for the New Year: What’s changing at AccountingWEB

Jan 9, 2025 | accountingweb.co.uk | Joanne Birtwistle

Happy New Year to all our readers! That first alarm on Tuesday morning, as the kids returned to school and I to work, was a rude awakening. But now, even with the snow still lingering outside, I’m excited to shake off the Christmas hibernation and look ahead to everything we aim to achieve with AccountingWEB in 2025. According to my Instagram feed, resolutions are no longer the done thing - too rigid, too focused on success or failure.
A fresh take on how we deliver your daily news emails

Dec 1, 2024 | accountingweb.co.uk | Joanne Birtwistle

Starting this week, you’ll notice that our news emails now feature a mix of content each day – tax, tech, practice management and business stories – rather than focusing on just one topic at a time. This shift isn’t just about shaking things up for the sake of it. It’s about ensuring that every email we send delivers valuable content that helps you make better decisions and, ultimately, thrive in your role.
The Festival of Accounting and Bookkeeping: Your must-attend event for 2025

Nov 21, 2024 | accountingweb.co.uk | Joanne Birtwistle

The content programme for the Festival of Accounting and Bookkeeping (FAB) is officially live! This milestone marks the beginning of speaker recruitment and fine-tuning agenda details. Stay tuned as we update each session with confirmed speakers and even more detailed session takeaways. It’s an exciting time, and I promise the programme will only get better as we unveil more.
A night about so much more than winning an award

Oct 9, 2024 | accountingweb.co.uk | Joanne Birtwistle

Huge congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted or even won at the Roundhouse in London on Tuesday night. It was fantastic to honour the exceptional individuals and firms that are truly defining accounting excellence. Being shortlisted is not just about recognition for what someone has accomplished, but being an inspiration for others.
Delivering Accounting Excellence, every day

Aug 15, 2024 | accountingweb.co.uk | Joanne Birtwistle

The editorial team has always read through the Accounting Excellence Awards' entries for insight into the latest trends and changes within the profession, to inform our editorial agenda and the articles we write for you. John Stokdyk, in particular, would famously disappear into his ‘bat cave’ to mine the detailed information you shared to find the latest challenges, approaches to technology, emerging service lines and changes to the makeup of the accountancy landscape.
Final countdown for Accounting Excellence entries

Jun 27, 2024 | accountingweb.co.uk | Joanne Birtwistle

It’s here - and you’ve had a two-week extension, so we really mean it this time - the deadline for the Accounting Excellence Awards is TONIGHT. That’s Friday 28th at midnight. Accounting Excellence is about promoting the very best of the profession, celebrating success, ambition, and drive and giving those who are shortlisted the pedestal they deserve.
Inside AccountingWEB: The UK’s own National Accounting Day

May 16, 2024 | accountingweb.co.uk | Joanne Birtwistle

In the US, it’s National Accounting Day on Sunday. In the UK, though, we’ll have to wait until International Accounting Day on November 10 to celebrate with the sparklers and fireworks we have left over from Bonfire Night. Typical, you might think, that your counterparts over the pond get two days to celebrate all that is great and good about being an accountant and the impact the profession can have on not just individuals and businesses but the economy of the nation as a whole.
I have questions - do you have any answers?

Apr 4, 2024 | accountingweb.co.uk | Joanne Birtwistle

The Festival of Accounting & Bookkeeping (FAB) was brilliant for many reasons. It was special for the AccountingWEB team because it allowed us to meet and talk to so many of our readers. We also got to see the content sessions we’d planned come to life - and which of those topics were standing room only, which inspired, echoed shared frustrations or left the audience with burning questions.