Channel Islands conference - June 2025

Stay updated on the latest Guernsey tax issues and key developments of the last 12 months.

During this session you’ll be updated on:

• The latest Guernsey tax issues
• Key developments of the last 12 months and their implications

Speaker: Mark Savage

This session will seek to ensure that delegates are apprised of the overarching economic crime threats, driven by technological advancements, geopolitical pressures, and increasingly sophisticated criminal tactics, that are likely to impact upon their mode of operations and challenge, perhaps more often than previously, the notion and calibration of risk. It will also explore that impact upon the subsequent effective determination of their risk appetite (although the vagaries and potential inapplicability of such a concept will also be revisited).

Aside from providing an overview of the latest and anticipated fraud and money laundering typologies and vectors, this session will explore a range of issues including:

• Cybersecurity Threats and AI-Driven Attacks

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being weaponised by cybercriminals to conduct highly sophisticated attacks. Techniques like deepfakes, voice cloning, and advanced phishing are making fraud more convincing and difficult to detect.

• Ransomware and Data Breaches

Ransomware attacks remain a major threat according, inter alia, to the World Economic Forum’s 2025 Global Cybersecurity Outlook, with criminals exploiting vulnerabilities to lock down company data and demand large payments.

• Authorised Fraud and Social Engineering

Organised criminal networks are increasing their use of social engineering tactics, convincing individuals to willingly transfer funds or provide sensitive information. The ACAMS Global AFC (Anti-Financial Crime) Threats Report 2025, for example, ranks ‘authorised’ fraud among the most significant global financial crime threats.

• Sanctions and Export Control Evasion

The evasion of economic sanctions and export controls is on the rise due to increased geopolitical instability. Illicit actors are exploiting complex supply chains and professional intermediaries to bypass restrictions.

• Quantum Computing Risks

The future impact of quantum computing on encryption could be dramatic. If current encryption methods are compromised sensitive financial data could be at risk.

• Regulatory Changes and Compliance Challenges

The regulatory landscape is evolving rapidly. In the UK, for example, the new failure to prevent fraud offence within the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 places greater responsibility on companies to detect and prevent fraud within their operations.

What you will gain

Delegates will leave the session with an appreciation of the threats posed by economic crime (broadly defined), an awareness of key global economic crime-related concerns and an understanding of the of the importance of placing the notion of ‘risk’ and ‘risk management’ into a national, regional and global context and for tackling corporate risk vectors in a proactive rather than reactive manner.

Speaker: Rob McCusker

The amendments contained in the Periodic Review of UK GAAP become mandatory for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2026.

This session will take you through the key changes to FRS 102 and provide an opportunity to consider the potential implications and how to prepare yourselves for the amendments.

Key features

• Overview of the changes to FRS 102

• Discussion of the potential implications.

• Practical examples and hints and tips on how to prepare

Speaker: Helen Kerrigan

A summary of the key Jersey tax developments over the past year.

During this session you’ll be updated on:

• The latest Jersey tax issues
• The key developments of the last 12 months and their implications

Speaker: Zaeem Youssouf

Key topics

• A very practical session, outlining the main recent changes in UK taxation, including:
• The taxation of directors and employees in the UK, and tax efficient benefits
• Corporation tax update and planning
• IR35 update and recent tax cases
• The company capital allowances regime, and the allowances available
• Tax changes in the last year that affect UK businesses
• UK capital gains tax, SDLT and inheritance tax refresher and planning
• UK VAT changes
• Case studies and general overview

Speaker: Tim Palmer

This course is aimed to prepare you with the knowledge needed to respond to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enquiries and assist in conducting more effective due diligence and make better [sustainable] investment decisions.

Key topics

• What are E (Environmental) S (Social) and G (Governance) issues?
• Evolution of ESG
• Business Case for ESG
• Avoiding Greenwashing
• Does ESG have a future?

Speaker: Jo French

Increased uncertainty places a bigger premium on the quality of decision-making by the board of directors if sustainable success is to be achieved.

This session examines the key components of an effective board of directors, focusing on the importance of tone at the top, maintaining trust with stakeholders, and using organisational values to drive business decisions.

Key features include:

- Corporate governance overview and board process model

- Creating a positive culture that enhances reputation

- Promoting trust through effective speak-up procedures

- Discussion of recent headline cases

Speaker: Steve Giles

IFRSs are constantly evolving making it hard to keep on top of all the very latest developments.

2024 saw a number of amendments to existing standards as well as publication of IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in the Financial Statements and IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability.

The IASB work plan is packed with projects, but it isn't just new and revised standards that require focus, it is the ongoing impact of economic uncertainty and climate change are felt by many businesses. In some ways, the biggest challenge facing companies is no longer applying new standards for the first time but considering out how to apply existing standards to new circumstances.

This course will provide an update on all the latest developments and trends in the world of IFRS, illustrating them with practical examples where appropriate and will also consider recent regulator feedback and areas of common challenge.

Attendees will gain an understanding of the following:

• New and revised IFRSs applicable in 2025 and beyond
• The impact of continued conditions of uncertainty
• Key areas to focus on in 2025
• The IASB’s workplan

Speaker: Helen Kerrigan

Designed to help anyone who has experienced a difficult person at work, the course explores the nine types of ‘difficult people’ and enables attendees to diagnose the type of person they’re working with. Nick shares practical tools and techniques for dealing with each different type and how to help build the right mindset for success and successful workplace relationships.

During this session you will:

• Discover why people become difficult at work and what to tackle first
• Face up to the cost of difficult behaviours: to the organisation, its customers and its people
• Learn how to turn things around, positively and with empathy
• Build great working relationships and team dynamics

Speaker: Nick Robinson

In an informative and engaging presentation, Vicky Milner and Irene Bloch will highlight a range of interesting legal developments that ACCA members in Jersey will wish to be aware of.

Updates will be provided on a wide range of Jersey law developments, including company, private client, property, regulatory, employment, and data protection law matters. An introduction will consider Jersey’s current economic position.

Vicky and Irene will also be looking into their crystal ball and discussing what may be coming over the horizon.

Speaker: Vicky Milner & Irene Bloch

When put on the spot and asked “what do you do?” most people respond with a job title. That has two problems. It assumes that everybody has the same definition for that label and it assumes that everybody understands the value that role delivers.

This session takes a different approach by separating your identity from the role position or job title. So the next time you’re asked “what do you do?” you have a response which conveys value and can start an interesting conversation.

By the end of this fabulous Masterclass, you will know how to:

• Define your unique blend of strengths, skills and talents
• Separate your sense of identity from a role position or job title
• Identify what you want to be known for
• Always feel confident talking about what you do
• Use your "strapline" to start a conversation in any setting
• Set your action plan to update and educate your network

Speaker: Nikki Wild

In an informative and engaging presentation, Chris Hards will highlight a range of interesting legal developments of which ACCA members in Guernsey will wish to be aware.

Speaker: Chris Hards

You can be the best finance professional in the world, but unless you can communicate complex, technical, financial information in a clear, professional and concise manner, the world will never know how good you are!

This energetic, engaging and highly practical masterclass will help you more clearly communicate and powerfully present your financials in a compelling way that your non-financial colleagues understand. Ultimately, in addition to building stronger working relationships and trust, this results in better, more informed decision making which in turn improves the financial health and performance of your organisation. Who wouldn’t want this!

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Use a simple model to more effectively structure your financial communications
• ‘Tell the story’ to bring your numbers to life & engage your audience
• De-jargonise the finance report (yes, it is possible!)
• Talk through graphs and charts simply & effectively
• Ultimately, build stronger working relationships and trust with simplified, effective financial communication that everyone can understand

Suitable for:

Finance professionals of all levels who need to communicate financial information in a more simple, concise and effective manner. Let’s make Finance interesting & even fun.

Speaker: Chris Hards

AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT are transforming how finance professionals interact with Excel. In this practical and forward-looking session, we’ll explore how AI can accelerate and enhance the work of accountants — from formula creation and data transformation to automation and analysis.

We’ll begin by demystifying the role of AI in Excel, exploring why now is the time to adopt these tools and how they’ve changed the way we solve Excel problems, find answers quickly, and get through everyday tasks more efficiently.

The majority of the session will be hands-on demonstrations showcasing how AI tools:

• Assist in writing and troubleshooting Excel formulas with ease
• Transform messy or unstructured data into usable formats
• Generate VBA, M, or Office Script code to automate routine tasks
• Support data analysis, from summarising trends to generating insights — all with contextual understanding of your file contents

We’ll also discuss the advantages of using these tools within Excel itself, such as their ability to work in context with your workbook, understand natural language prompts, and reduce the reliance on traditional Googling, YouTube searches, or crawling through forums.

Whether you're new to AI or already experimenting with it, this session will provide practical, real-world examples and takeaways to make your Excel work faster, smarter, and more insightful.

Speaker: Alan Murray

Fee: 660 GBP + VAT (792 GBP) per delegate

21 CPD units

1 hour of learning = 1 unit of CPD

Please see also individual sessions within the Channel Islands conference week, which are also CPD verifiable. 

ACCA members can use this learning to meet their CPD requirements provided it is relevant to their career. If the event contributes to general knowledge and skills, it should be recorded as non-verifiable CPD. If the learning can be applied in the workplace, it will contribute to verifiable CPD.

If you are unable to join the live webinars, they will be available on-demand 24 hours after the live webinar ends and you will have access to the sessions for 12 months.

Should you wish to view or download the handout materials in advance of the event, they will be available one day prior through your document library at https://events.accaglobal.com.

This event is organised by ACCA UK Continuous Learning Team.

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