Less admin. More impact.

Create capacity for what comes next. A practical in-person roadshow for accountants and bookkeepers.

MTD. AI. Payroll. E-invoicing. Changing client expectations. New technology. There's no shortage of change facing the profession, but there is a shortage of time.

Four UK locations. 1 - 15 December 2026. Free to attend.

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How do you create more capacity without simply working harder?

The way practices work is changing.

Join Sage for a practical day exploring where the time is going, what practices are learning from MTD, where AI can genuinely reduce the work involved, what legislative changes are coming next and how different clients may need very different ways of working.

Most importantly, you’ll leave with practical actions you can take back into your own practice.

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Every practice has hidden hours

Time lost to chasing information, correcting records, repeating communications, unnecessary review and work arriving too close to deadlines.

This roadshow will help you find where those hours are going and identify practical ways to get some of them back.

Find the hidden hours → remove the friction → create capacity → reinvest the time.

Choose your event

Four locations. One shared challenge. Places will be limited at each location and advance registration is required.

London

Tuesday 1 December 2026 CodeNode
10 South Place
EC2M 7EB

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Cardiff

Tuesday 8 December 2026 Techniquest
Stuart Street
CF10 5BW

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Loughborough

Thursday 10 December 2026
Holywell Park Conference Centre
LE11 3GR

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Belfast

Tuesday 15 December 2026
Crowne Plaza Belfast
117 Milltown Road
BT8 7XP

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See what a Sage roadshow feels like

Sage roadshows are designed to bring accountants and bookkeepers together to learn, challenge ideas, share experiences and leave with practical actions they can take back into their practice.

Expect lively discussion, practical demonstrations, real practitioner experiences and plenty of opportunities to meet others facing many of the same challenges.

Your practice doesn't need more hours.

It needs fewer things consuming them. Accountants and bookkeepers are being asked to absorb more change while still delivering the day-to-day work their clients rely on.

MTD has moved from preparation to reality.

AI is moving quickly from experimentation into everyday workflows.

The way benefits in kind are reported through payroll is changing.

E-invoicing is on the horizon.

By 3pm, you'll leave with...

                A clearer view of where your time is going. Identify the hidden hours lost to administration, duplicated work and process friction inside your practice.

Practical ways to make MTD smaller. Explore what the first quarterly cycles are teaching the profession and how MTD can become a repeatable workflow rather than another recurring deadline crisis.

Ideas for putting AI to work. Move beyond the AI hype and look at where it can genuinely save time, improve workflows and support professional judgement.

                A better way to think about different clients. Consider how client needs, complexity and behaviours should influence your technology, workflow and service model.

A head start on what changes next. Get ahead of important developments across payroll, benefits in kind and e-invoicing.

Your own Capacity Action Plan. Leave with clear actions around what you will stop, simplify, automate and change, and where you'll reinvest the time you create.

What to expect

This is not a day of back-to-back product presentations.

Expect thought leadership, practical education, real experiences from practice, technology, legislation updates and hands-on exercises.

You’ll also have the opportunity to meet fellow accountants and bookkeepers and talk directly with Sage specialists throughout the day.

This is designed to give you ideas you can use, not just notes to take away. Learn something. Challenge something. Change something.

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Agenda

Join us from 09:15 for coffee, networking and the Capacity Clinic, your first chance to pinpoint where time is disappearing inside your practice.

We'll ask one simple question: what consumes more of your time than it should?

Your answers will help shape the conversation throughout the day.

10:00 - Less Admin. More Impact.

Nobody has added another day to the working week. Yet the list of things practices are expected to absorb keeps growing.

We’ll set the challenge for the day and explore why capacity is becoming one of the defining issues for accountants and bookkeepers.

10:15 - Where have all the hours gone?

Some of the biggest drains on practice capacity aren’t particularly dramatic. They’re the small tasks repeated hundreds or thousands of times:

Chasing information.
Correcting records.
Repeating communications.
Reviewing routine work.
Switching between systems.
Dealing with work too close to deadlines.

We’ll explore where those hidden hours disappear and some practical ways to begin getting them back.

Make MTD smaller.
Turning quarterly deadlines into a repeatable rhythm

MTD is no longer something practices are simply preparing for. By the time of these roadshows, firms will have real experience of the first two quarterly cycles.

So what are we learning? Where is the work actually appearing?

Which clients are consuming disproportionate time? Are firms reviewing too much?

Where is technology helping, and where is it getting in the way?

And, crucially how do we stop four quarterly updates becoming four mini year-ends?

The capacity panel.

Hear directly from accountants and bookkeepers about the reality of managing change inside a busy practice.

We’ll explore questions including:

What has taken more time than expected?
What have practices already changed?
Where is technology genuinely helping?
Where is AI overhyped?
Which clients create the greatest friction?
What have the first MTD cycles taught us?

And what would our panellists stop doing tomorrow if they could?

What changes next?
A fast-paced legislation and digital tax briefing.

We'll cover the two important developments practices need to understand now.

Payroll and benefits in kind: What is changing, who will be affected and what conversations should practices be having with clients?

E-invoicing: What actually is an e-invoice? Why is the UK moving towards it? What could it change for businesses and their accountants and bookkeepers? And why is it worth understanding well before implementation?

This session will be followed by a lunch and networking break at 12:30 for an hour to continue the conversation with fellow practitioners, speakers and Sage colleagues.

Bring your questions. Share what your practice is experiencing. Compare notes with people dealing with many of the same challenges and use the time to speak directly with Sage specialists about the issues affecting your practice.

AI in the modern practice.

AI has moved quickly from curiosity to something capable of changing real practice workflows. But the objective isn’t to use more AI simply because it exists. It is to use it where it makes the work better.

We’ll explore how AI can support everyday productivity, remove repetitive work, work alongside accounting information and increasingly undertake parts of wider workflows.

We’ll also consider where professional judgement still matters most and how the relationship between people and technology is likely to evolve.

A plan for every client.

A sole trader, a landlord and a growing multi-entity business do not have the same needs. So why would we try to serve them all in exactly the same way?

We’ll explore how client complexity, capability and ambition can shape:

Service models
Technology
Workflow
Frequency of support
And where professional time is best invested.

Because as clients change, the way you support them may need to change too.

Find It. Fix It. Free It.

Now we turn the day’s ideas into your own practice action plan.

You’ll consider five questions:

STOP: What are we doing that no longer needs to exist?
SIMPLIFY: What have we made unnecessarily complicated?
AUTOMATE: What doesn’t need repeated human effort?
CHANGE: Which client behaviour, process or service model needs addressing?
INVEST: Where should we put the capacity we create?

You won’t leave with another document destined for a drawer.

You’ll leave with actions.

What will you do with the time?

Creating capacity isn’t the end goal, what matters is what you choose to do with it.

Could it mean:

More time with your best clients?
More advisory work?
Better margins?
Developing your people?
Winning different clients?
Working on your practice rather than constantly working in it?

Or simply getting some of your own time back?

Before leaving, we’ll ask you to make three commitments:

One thing I will stop.
One thing I will change.
One thing I will do with the capacity I create.

Meet the speakers

You'll hear from Sage specialists alongside accountants and bookkeepers sharing real experiences from practice. Speaker line-up may vary by location.

Chris has spent more than 25 years in the accountancy profession, including 19 years in practice. He works closely with accountants and bookkeepers across the UK, helping them navigate changes such as Making Tax Digital, AI and the evolving role of technology in practice. Drawing on his own experience in practice, Chris focuses on making complex change practical, relevant and easier to put into action.

Chris Downing
Director for Accountants and Bookkeepers

George joined Sage in 2007, working in Sales, Learning & Development, and Commercial before finding her home in Product. She's passionate about listening to our users to build innovative solutions for the everyday problems faced in practice

George Timothy
Director for Product Management

Victor helps teams understand how AI can be applied in everyday work, translating complex concepts into practical, real-world use cases that drive meaningful business value. Victor is dedicated to helping organisations embrace AI with confidence and purpose. His expertise, insight and engaging approach make him a trusted voice on AI adoption and innovation

Victor Egunlae
AI Enablement & Transformation Lead

Katie leads strategy that empowers practices to modernise and scale with cloud financial solutions. A qualified accountant, Katie combines deep industry insight with a strong go-to-market and commercial focus. She is passionate about partnering with firms to help elevate their services and confidently navigate digital transformation.

Katie Cornish
Director of Growth for Accountants UKI

Who should attend?

The roadshow has been created for accountants and bookkeepers working in practice.

Practice owners, partners and directors
Accountants and bookkeepers managing client portfolios
MTD, technology and digital leads
Those exploring AI and automation
Anyone responsible for practice operations or workflow improvement

Or simply anyone trying to create more time and headspace inside a busy practice.

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If you serve 50 or 5,000 clients, it's the same question:

How much of the work currently consuming your practice genuinely needs your expertise?

Bring someone who can help change things

Some of the most valuable conversations may happen after the roadshow.

If somebody else in your practice is involved in operations, MTD, technology, client delivery or implementing change, consider attending together.

It is much easier to change the way a practice works when more than one person leaves the room understanding why.

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Find your venue

Date: Tuesday 1 December 2026
Venue: CodeNode
Address: 10 South Place, London, EC2M 7EB

Registration opens at 09:15
Programme: 10:00-15:00

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Full travel, parking and joining information will be sent to registered attendees before the event.

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Date: Tuesday 8 December 2026
Venue: Techniquest
Address: Stuart Street, Cardiff, CF10 5BW

Registration opens at 09:15
Programme: 10:00-15:00

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Full travel, parking and joining information will be sent to registered attendees before the event.

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Date: Thursday 10 December 2026
Venue: Holywell Park Conference Centre
Address: Holywell Way, Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park, Loughborough, LE11 3GR

Registration opens at 09:15
Programme: 10:00-15:00

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Full travel, parking and joining information will be sent to registered attendees before the event.

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Date: Tuesday 15 December 2026
Venue: Crowne Plaza Belfast
Address: 117 Milltown Road , Belfast, BT8 7XP

Registration opens at 09:15
Programme: 10:00-15:00

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Full travel, parking and joining information will be sent to registered attendees before the event.

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Frequently asked questions

The roadshow is free to attend and open to accountants and bookkeepers, even if you don’t currently use Sage. Places are limited, so advance registration is required.

Yes!

In fact, if you have a colleague involved in MTD, technology, client delivery, operations or improving the way your practice works, attending together could make it easier to put the ideas into practice afterwards.

Each attendee should register separately.

Refreshments will be available during registration and the morning break, with lunch provided between 12:30 and 13:30.

Please let us know about any dietary requirements when you register.

Please include any accessibility requirements when registering.

Our events team will contact you if we need any additional information to help make your visit as straightforward as possible.

The roadshow has been designed as an interactive, in-person experience and will not be livestreamed. Selected resources and follow-up materials will be shared with attendees after the event.

Full venue, travel and parking information will be included in the joining instructions sent before the event.

Please let us know as soon as possible so that we can make your place available to another accountant or bookkeeper.

If you have any further questions please reach out to us via email: [email protected]

Don’t just get ready for what’s next.

Create the capacity to deal with it. The profession doesn’t need another event simply telling accountants and bookkeepers that things are changing.

You already know that. This is about working out what you can do differently.

                What can you remove? 
What can you simplify?
What could technology do for you?

                What genuinely needs your expertise?
And if you could get some of those hidden hours back… What would you do with the time?