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Small business publications

AccountAnts for business

A digital agenda for European SMEs


Small business: a global agendaAccountAncy futures

Framing the debate: Basel III and SMEs


Supporting enterprise globallyAccountAncy futures

The future of microfinance in Kenya


Coming of age: what next for the UK regulatory reform agenda?

Policy papers

About ACCA’s smAll business unit

ACCA has over 100 years’ experience of working with the SME sector. As a professional body we lobby governments, regulators and standard setters in the long-term interest of a healthy SME sector, and we support professional accountants so that they can continue to function as the sector’s most trusted business advisers.

Framing the Debate: Basel III and SMEs (2011)Policymakers still know little about the potential impact of Basel III on lending to SMEs, apart from the fact that it will be disproportionate. With the sector contributing half of the world’s private-sector output, this uncertainty renders all existing impact assessments virtually irrelevant.

The Future of Microfinance in Kenya (2011)ACCA’s conference, ‘Better Business Kenya 2011’, considered the prospects of the microfinance industry. This paper summarises the resulting insights into four recommendations for the present and future leaders of the industry in Kenya.

Coming of Age: What Next for the UK Regulatory Reform Agenda? (2011)Based on a template of regulation-as-taxation, it builds on first principles to discuss the fundamental shortcomings of the UK’s Better Regulation programme and how it can be reformed.

Small Business: A Global Agenda (2010)Reviews small and medium-sized enterprises and their needs for the benefit of those involved in the design of policy, regulation and business support around the world.

Supporting Enterprise Globally (2010)Outlines ACCA’s active research programme, derived policy positions and case studies from across the world of how we engage with the SME sector, identifying some key issues that should be high up on the SME agenda of governments, regulators, and standard setters across the world.

A Digital Agenda for European SMEs (2011)Summarises the views of ACCA’s European members who work in the SME sector and presents a series of recommendations aimed at increasing the uptake of digital solutions by European small firms.

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Visit the small business section of our website, which contains extensive resources which are part of our active programme of aligning ACCA as the accountancy body most closely affiliated with small business.

www.accaglobal.com/smallbusiness

IN ASSOCIATION WITH:

SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES:

REBUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR POST-RECOVERY GROWTH

Business Advice to SMEs: Human Resources and Employment

Research report 123

Accountants as Providers of Support and Advice to SMEs in Malaysia

research report 118

Conceptualising Self-employment Income in the UK

research report 113

Business Advice to SMEs: Professional Competence, Trust and Ethics

Research report 119

Research papers

ContACts

Rosana Mirkovic, senior policy adviser +44 (0) 20 7059 5735 [email protected]

Emmanouil Schizas, senior policy adviser + 44 (0) 20 7059 5619 [email protected]

Conceptualising Self-employment Income in the UK (2010)Explains the financial rewards of self-employment, develops the understanding of the concept of income, and presents policy-recommendations.

Accountants as Providers of Support and Advice to SMEs in Malaysia (2010)This examines the business model for accountants in small practices in Malaysia offering support and advice to SMEs. It provides guidance for government agencies developing initiatives intended to support SMEs, especially within the Asian-Pacific region.

Business Advice to SMEs: Human Resources and Employment (2011)Investigates the type of support in the areas of human resources and employment advice, accountants in small and medium-sized accountancy practices provide for their SME clients

AccountAncy futures

Small business finance and the recoveryresults of the 2010 sMe credit And finAnce surveys

A joint report from ACCA and the CBI

SMEs: Rebuilding a Foundation for Post-recovery Growth (2010)Report of a survey of more than 1,750 SMEs from six international markets: Canada, China, Italy, Singapore, South Africa, and the UK, conducted by Forbes Insights in October 2010. The survey was carried out in association with ACCA, CGA-Canada and CNDCEC.

Business Advice to SMEs: Professional Competence, Trust and Ethics (2010)Presents the results of a survey into the demand for business services from accountants. The data from interviews with accountants and small business owner-managers in Australia and the UK provide an insight into advice-seeking behaviour of SMEs.

Small Business Finance and the Recovery: Results of the 2010 SME Credit and Finance Surveys (2010)In the summer of 2010, ACCA and the CBI joined forces to make an evidence-based contribution to the debate about how to finance a private sector recovery in the UK. This report presents the findings of this joint research.

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ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. We aim to offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.

Founded in 1904, ACCA has consistently held unique core values: opportunity, diversity, innovation, integrity and accountability. We believe that accountants bring value to economies in all stages of development. We aim to develop capacity in the profession and encourage the adoption of consistent global standards. Our values are aligned to the needs of employers in all sectors and we ensure that, through our qualifications, we prepare accountants for business. We work to open up the profession to people of all backgrounds and remove artificial barriers to entry, ensuring that our qualifications and their delivery meet the diverse needs of trainee professionals and their employers.

We support our 147,000 members and 424,000 students in 170 countries, helping them to develop successful careers in accounting and business, and equipping them with the skills required by employers. We work through a network of 83 offices and centres and more than 8,500 Approved Employers worldwide, who provide high standards of employee learning and development. Through our public interest remit, we promote the appropriate regulation of accounting. We also conduct relevant research to ensure that the reputation and influence of the accountancy profession continues to grow, proving its public value in society.

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