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Accounting is a challenging and changing profession. The independent research presented in The Practice of Now 2018 report explores accountants' attitudes and looks at how their clients are changing. For example, the report reveals how...
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018. The biggest overhaul of data protection for years, everything from cookie notifications on websites to a flood of emails explaining new privacy policies...
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