The Small Practice Accountant has been contacted by Gracechurch Consulting with a view to getting its views on the ‘attitudes and requirements’ of professionals in practice as part of a piece of research it is undertaking on ICAEW’s behalf. Damian Wild comments:
Credit where credit’s due though, chief executive Michael Izza pledged to listen when he took office and this is tangible evidence of that.
Damian is way too kind. Too often, this kind of thing happens behind closed doors. IMO – the results should be made public and members should also receive assurances the Institute will act upon the things it finds. If it does that THEN members and the public will be impressed.
If you’re a small practitioner and have been included in the survey cadre then I would urge you to give Gracechurch full and complete answers. If you’ve not been included not then I see no reason why you should not volunteer to be included.
My own anecdotal research indicates there is a great deal of unhappiness within the membership at many levels. And I’m not just thinking of Ken Frost.
