We have an ongoing schedule of our online Time to Talk sessions and other webinars. You can find details of all the upcoming webinars on our events calendar.
Upcoming webinars and events
You can find our latest webinar recordings below.
Lloyds Bank presented two webinars focussing on organisational purpose, to share Lloyds’ experience and hear from the BUFDG community on their own journeys to become more purpose led organisations. "Leading with Purpose - Helping Britain Prosper" and "Creating an Inclusive Society" (to be added shortly). (15 & 22 September 2023)
Philip Chapman and Dan O'Sullivan from Croner-i presented a demonstration of their tax product. They first took attendees through their 'lite' version which can be accessed for free. They next took us through the larger tax offering - split between UK and international (with separate fees for both). (6 September 2023)
A time to talk session delivered by KPMG focussing on ISA 240 plus changes to the Counter-Fraud regulatory landscape. (17 August 2023)
A series of short talks on tackling your PAYE Settlement Agreement calculation process, including: the admin; staff entertainment; staff gifts; Other costs & exemptions and submission (July 2023)
AUDE, BUFDG and the EAUC have launched their new Cost of Net Zero Calculator tool, together with a report 'The Cost of Net Zero' which sets the new tool in context, and has been delivered by Energise (a sustainability consultancy supporting organisations and sectors to collaboratively address their carbon footprint by providing expertise and tools) with additional funding from the Department for Education (13 July 2023)
Last week we were pleased to host Dan King [Director of Planning & Organisational Performance] and David Reddaway [Director of FP&A] from the University of Surrey, to share how the university makes use of its Sempre planning platform to streamline its Institutional Planning processes, mitigate future risk(s), and make real time strategic decisions. It was very insightful, and the recording is available below. (July 23)
The session shares updates on research related activities, including: Compliance considerations for international fellowships; UKRN-Jisc report on collaborating across diverse professions; New Introduction to Tax on Research e-learning and other activities. (21 June 2023)
The Financial Reporting Group (FRG) together with the audit firms delivered their annual Financial Workshop on-line. The webinar covered updates and what is coming (as far as they know). The webinar also covered best practice from the Financial Statement reviews. (10 May 2023)
Following on from October’s incredibly popular time to talk covering the Procurement Bill, Uddalak Datta, Legal Director, Shakespeare Martineau, gives an update on the latest developments as the Procurement Bill nears the end of its passage through the House of Commons. (17 April 2023)
Hear from the Cabinet Office on transforming public procurement. (April 2023)
Public procurement compliance continues to be a risk area for universities and other education institutions which are subject to the rules. There have been a number of recent cases which will have a practical impact on how you go about your buying. Clyde & Co’s procurement team will be looking at the cases from an HE perspective and providing practical ideas to incorporate the impact into your purchasing. (31 March 2023)
Rebecca Seeley Harris and Caroline Jones provided updates, latest cases, penalties, positions, etc. on employment status, IR35, off-payroll working (or whatever you prefer to call it) to help universities meet their ‘reasonable care’ requirements. (22 March 2023)
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