Contents

August contents includes:
CIPFA’s whole system approach 4
Top up with an MSc 4
IFRS-based code of practice 5
New Treasury Management Qualification 5
MPs’ expenses 6
The value of professional and
President’s diary 8-9
personal development
Member news 10-11
My President’s diary this issue begins with conference,
which was very successful. A strong line-up of speakers CIPFA in the Midlands 12-13
and topics gave delegates plenty to think about. We’re
planning to have some follow up events over the autumn Practice Assurance Scheme 17
to encourage the learning experience from conference to
be widened, deepened, and strengthened. Professional development 18-21
Personal resilience was a subject that drew a lot of
interest. We hope to explore this area further to see what we Recruiting and developing your
can do to recognise and resolve the problems that can arise. finance team 22
Similarly the Government’s interest in more effective
partnership working outlined in its ‘Total Place’ initiative Latest publications 23
excited a lot of interest. The concept is built upon building
effective networks of relationships and trust – a key Forthcoming seminars and courses 24
message in the CIPFA Manifesto that we also launched
at conference. These take time and effort to achieve.
So again we are thinking of developing some further
workshop events to enable participants to understand
what’s implied by the ‘Total Place’ initiative and to
consider how finance staff can help to take this work
forward successfully.
There are other things that we’re planning to pick up
on such as helping to ensure that the debate about public We welcome your feedback on Spreadsheet.
sector pensions resurfacing in political conversations at Please send your comments and suggestions
present is both fair and informed, it is so easy for these for future articles to corporate@cipfa.org.uk
critically important issues to be over-simplified and
distorted. I’m all for an open debate but let’s make sure
that it is grounded in hard evidence.
I want to reassure delegates, and those who couldn’t
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Editor-in-chief Steve Freer
Acting consultant editor Chris Tidswell
Editor Rebecca Bazeley
T: 020 7543 5788 E: rebecca.bazeley@cipfa.org.uk
Editorial panel Chris Tidswell, Public Sector Consultants (chair);
Joanne Evans, Department of Health; Suzanne Jones, Environment
Roger Latham, CIPFA President Agency; Barry Mather, CIPFA; Ed Roddis, CIPFA.
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