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Apprenticeships

First Intuition Think Tank (FITT) Forums 2026
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ACCA Courses

Bad habits made by accountancy students
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Accountancy

Understanding Funding Changes for Apprenticeships and Skills
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FI Updates

First Intuition LTD wins Feefo Gold Trusted Service award 2026
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Environmental changes

FI Applies for B Corp
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Employers

Room Hire at FI Ltd
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AAT

AAT – Summaries of Tax Changes – FA2025 Update
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Apprenticeships

Meet Lara, our Audit and Assurance ICAEW Prizewinner
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Apprenticeships

First Intuition Accountancy Academies
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FI Updates

Supporting ICAEW Professional Level students into 2026
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FI Stories

How to become an ICAEW Prizewinner
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ACCA Courses

ACCA or CIMA: Which is better?
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FI Updates

The New ICAEW Syllabus – Next Generation ACA
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ACCA Courses

ACCA SBL Exam Preparation Webinar Sessions
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Wellness

Stress – what is it and how can we manage it?
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FI Updates

ICAEW’s ACA Update: Qualification Overview
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ACCA Courses

Studying 2 ACCA papers at once – which ones should I choose?
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AAT

Which accountancy qualification is best for me?
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Accountancy

Skills & Talent Conference 2025: Key themes, insights and what they mean for the skills sector
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FI Stories

FI Gatwick Opens a New Permanent Classroom Centre
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AAT

How to tackle the statement of cashflow in Drafting and Interpreting Financial Statements
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Accountancy

A solution to cohort inconsistencies from age-based funding changes that threaten finance training
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FI Stories

Recognising leadership and impact: PRECIOUS Award
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Apprenticeships

First Intuition launches Apprentice of the Quarter Award!
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FI Stories

Meet Lauren, our ICAEW Prizewinner
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FI Updates

ICAEW’s Next Gen ACA: Transitional arrangements and exemption mapping
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Apprenticeships

Level 7 apprentice Annabelle’s journey with FI
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ACCA Courses

How To Study Webinar Sessions
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CIMA Courses

Planning your CIMA studies
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AAT

The impact of AAT mock exams
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Wellness

Top Tips for Working at Home
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Apprenticeships

First Intuition launches Exam Plus to tackle cohort inconsistencies caused by age-based funding cuts
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AAT

Hear from Prachi Parmar, our Apprentice of the Quarter
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CIMA Courses

What happens on a CIMA Case Study course?
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Apprenticeships

Level 7 Apprenticeship Funding Changes
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FI Stories

First Intuition achieves ISO certification
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ACCA Courses

Behind the Exam Room Door: Surprising Insights from an ACCA Marker
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AAT

Hear from Zhen Chen, our Apprentice of the Quarter
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ACCA Courses

10 Exam Preparation Mistakes To Avoid
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Environmental changes

First Intuition are carbon neutral!
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Apprenticeships

Unlock the power of habits to get more study time
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CIMA Courses

CIMA Dates & Deadlines
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Apprenticeships

Meet Krita our 2x ICAEW Prizewinner
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ACCA Courses

Meet Levi, our June Apprentice of the Quarter 2025!
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FI Updates

First Intuition Places 11th in the top 50 RateMyApprenticeship Awards 2024-25
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AAT

Isabella, The Youngest AAT Qualified Level 2 Bookkeeper
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ACCA Courses

ACCA new syllabus: What’s changing and how you can prepare
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FI Stories

Where LGBTQIA+ People Count
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FI Updates

5 great reasons to book your exam sooner
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AAT

AAT Distance Learning Demo Course for FREE!
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AAT

How to stay motivated as an accountancy student
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Learners

Has the penny dropped yet about alternatives to university?
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Careers

Key Findings from the National Accountancy Salary Guide
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Employers

First Intuition Reflects on Accountex 2025 Success
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Apprenticeships

Meet Charlotte, our 1st Apprentice of the Quarter 2025
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Learners

Mock Exams – why they are the key to exam success
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Apprenticeships

Unlocking Potential: Why Sales Club is My Secret Weapon
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Accountancy

Boardroom Banter with a Purpose: Essex Employers Talk Talent and Training.
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Apprenticeships

Meet Lea, our 4th Apprentice of the Quarter
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CIMA Courses

Behind the Exam Room Door: Surprising Insights from a CIMA Marker
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FI Updates

First Intuition’s new Exeter space
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AAT

Narrative tasks in the AAT level 4 qualification
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FI Stories

Women in Accountancy
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Accountancy

Sustainability in Accountancy
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Accountancy

Meet the Birmingham Team
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Apprenticeships

First Intuition Think Tank (FITT) Forums 2025
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FI Stories

ESG: Working with charities to lift spirits at FI
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AAT

First Intuition is Shortlisted for AAT Training Provider Awards 2025
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FI Updates

First Intuition LTD wins Feefo Gold Trusted Service award 2025
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Learners

What to expect after AAT
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Study Techniques

Dealing with exam nerves
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Learners

5 Steps on How to Become a Professional Accountant
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ICAEW

First Intuition ICAEW Revision Preparation Sessions
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Employers

How to start effectively adopting technological change
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AAT

AAT – Summaries of Tax Changes – FA2024 Update
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Careers

How to run a successful assessment centre for accountancy roles
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Accountancy Careers

Hannah’s journey to be the youngest person to pass her AAT Level 2
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Apprenticeships

Meet Alex, our 3rd Apprentice of the Quarter
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Careers

Mental Health in the Workplace: FI Inclusion Webinar Series
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AAT

Flexed Budgets
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Employers

How to utilise technology in the recruitment process
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Apprenticeships

FI expands school leaver programme with Grant Thornton to include Level 7 apprenticeship
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AAT

Debunking Accountancy Career Myths
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AAT

AAT Audit and Assurance – uplift removal
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Apprenticeships

First Intuition sponsor UCAS’s Accountancy and Finance Industry Guide
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ACCA Courses

FI Birmingham – Come and meet our team
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Careers

Struggling to Find the Right Apprentice? Let Us Do the Hard Work for You.
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Employers

Engaging with Gen Z in the recruitment process (Part 2)
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ACCA Courses

Success in the ACCA SBL exam
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AAT

Want to study accountancy? Not sure what to look for in an Online Live Course?
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FI Stories

First Intuition shortlisted for 6 PQ Magazine Awards!
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Apprenticeships

How to target Gen Z in the recruitment process using social media (Part 1)
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AAT

AAT Special Recognition Award Winners
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CIMA Courses

Study CIMA’s CGMA FLP with FI
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Employers

How to recruit the right apprentices for your business with UCAS
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Study Techniques

Free Masterclass Webinars
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ACCA Courses

ACCA Optional Papers – How do I choose?
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Careers

How to introduce a coaching culture
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AAT

AAT – Summaries of tax changes
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Apprenticeships

The key benefits of apprenticeships
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Learners

Cheating in Assessments
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ACCA Courses

Choosing ACCA paper variants – UK or International?
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FI Stories

How to become a CIMA Prizewinner
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AAT

AAT Personal Tax and Business Tax Assessments – Finance Act 2023
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Employers

First Intuition celebrates working with three-quarters of the UK’s top 50 Accountancy Firms
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Apprenticeships

Accountancy Apprenticeships: The Past, Present and Future
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Apprenticeships

Safeguarding Helplines
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AAT

Depreciation
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FI Updates

ACCA Platinum in Norwich!
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FI Updates

First Intuition Places 5th in the RateMyApprenticeship Awards 2023-2024
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AAT

Accruals and Prepayments – Cracking the code
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Employers

FI Live Events
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FI Updates

First Intuition Ltd has been accredited to the matrix Standard
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Study Techniques

Why should I mark my own mock?
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AAT

AAT Tax Processes for Businesses
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Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity in the work place
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AAT

How great we are and don’t just take our word for it!
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AAT

AQ2016 – Time is running out!
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AAT

AAT Level 4 Assessment Update – Q2022
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Apprenticeships

How to motivate and retain young adults
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Study Techniques

Master your accountancy exam: 7 proven techniques for achieving exam success
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FI Updates

First Intuition Ltd wins Most Engaging Learning Experience at the annual Totara Awards
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Careers

Want a career in accountancy? Life after school or university
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FI Updates

Management buyout of First Intuition Ltd secures an exciting future
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AAT

AAT Q2016 Professional Synoptic Syllabus
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AAT

Internal Accounting Systems and Controls – Downton Instruments Ltd
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AAT

AAT Synoptics
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CIMA Courses

What are the differences between the CGMA core papers?
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AAT

Careers in Finance: How to become a bookkeeper?
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AAT

AAT Level 2: Business Environment – Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
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Apprenticeships

Leadership and Management Programmes
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Employers

Engaging with and recruiting young adults and understanding their mindset
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FI Updates

First Intuition wins Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award 2023
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AAT

Internal Accounting Systems and Controls: The Fraud Triangle
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Careers

Meet the Skills Coach: Tracey Hornigold, Quality and Compliance Lead, FI London
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Careers

Meet the Skills Coach: Claire Tyler, FI London
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Employers

Do ALL accountants need data literacy skills?
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AAT

AAT Q2022 Level 3 Business Awareness – PESTLE analysis
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FI Updates

Meet the Tutor: Rosie Bennett, FI Birmingham & Online Centre
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FI Updates

Meet the Tutor: Hannah Campbell, FI Birmingham
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Apprenticeships

FI Reading receives Outstanding rating in Ofsted report
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AAT

Making The Most Out of Your AAT Mock Exams
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Apprenticeships

FI Cambridge receives Outstanding rating in Ofsted report
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Careers

What careers could your accountancy qualification lead to?
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Apprenticeships

Employer Forum: School leaver engagement and programmes – Gen Z
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AAT

AAT Q2022 – The Level 2 Apprenticeship
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FI Stories

ACCA Top Achiever – Meet Valerii Kostiuk
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Apprenticeships

2022 Employer report: How recruitment, development and retention has adapted
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Learners

AAT Q2022 – Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
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Learners

AAT Q2022 – Level 3 Diploma in Accounting
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Learners

AAT Q2022 – Level 4 Diploma in Professional Accounting
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FI Stories

First Intuition Win At The PQ Awards 2022
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FI Updates

PQ Magazine Awards 2022
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Employers

Digital Technologies & Data Analytics
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Apprenticeships

Recruiting and Training an Apprentice – Webinar
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Learners

AAT Professional Synoptic – Horizon Hot Tubs
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Learners

AAT Qualifications 2022
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Employers

How are digital technologies changing accountancy and finance?
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Apprenticeships

Safeguarding Support: Ukraine
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Employers

Fashion and Finance Forum
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Apprenticeships

Meet the AAT Apprentice – Millie-May Burton
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Apprenticeships

Meet the AAT Apprentice – Rebecca Fidgett
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Apprenticeships

Why start an apprenticeship programme?
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Apprenticeships

Meet the ACCA Apprentice – Rebecca Bloomfield
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Apprenticeships

Meet the Accountancy Apprentice – Rikki Viskin
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FI Updates

First Intuition wins Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2022
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Apprenticeships

National Apprenticeship Week 2022 Itinerary
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Technical Articles

Overview of Double Entry
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Study Techniques

What is the best suggested order to study AAT?
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Courses

How to get a Culture-first Organisation
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ACCA Courses

FI Online Demo: Try Before You Buy
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Technical Articles

Accrued and deferred income
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Employers

How to Engage with Schools and Colleges – FITT Forum
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Wellness

Turning stress into a positive force
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Apprenticeships

FI Chelmsford is OUTSTANDING – Ofsted’s official verdict
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FI Updates

New Centre: FI Birmingham
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FI Updates

First Intuition Ltd. extends its reach to Manchester with iCount merger
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Learners

Private Pensions vs Occupational Pensions
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Apprenticeships

The accountancy career path: A winding country lane, not a motorway.
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Technical Articles

How to identify errors that do not require a suspense account
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Employers

Retaining and Attracting Qualified Staff – FITT Forum
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FI Updates

Coronavirus: Guidance and Information
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FI Updates

The importance of classroom courses
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Learners

How to Prepare for a Job Interview
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Learners

Online Live Classes – A Student’s Review
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FI Updates

New MSc Programme in Professional Accountancy
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Employers

Leadership Lunch and Learn
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Employers

How to Transition to Hybrid Working
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Employers

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Workplace – FITT Forum
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Wellness

The power of running during lockdown.
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Wellness

Practising Mindfulness
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Technical Articles

Four Reasons students struggle to pass ACCA AFM – and what to do about it.
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Industry News

ICAEW study materials go paperless
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FI Stories

First Intuition shortlisted for 9 PQ Magazine Awards!
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FI Stories

How to become an ACCA Gold Medal Prizewinner
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Employers

The Role of Data Analytics in Accountancy – FITT Forum
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Employers

Recruitment of the ‘COVID generation’ – FITT Forum
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Employers

Adapting to change: How FI has navigated the COVID-19 pandemic
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Apprenticeships

How to make a success of your first three months as an apprentice
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Apprenticeships

Meet the accounting apprentice: Abbie Hartley
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FI Updates

First Intuition wins Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2021
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Employers

New AAT Syllabus Change 2022 – Why does it matter now?
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Employers

First Intuition Think Tank (FITT) Forums 2021
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FI Stories

How to Become a CIMA Prizewinner
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FI Stories

How to Become a Global Prizewinner Studying ACCA
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Learners

Practical Experience Requirements – Your Guide
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Learners

Looking for your first job in accountancy and don’t know where to go?
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Employers

Remote recruitment, attraction and selection of candidates- FITT Forum
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Study Techniques

Studying For ACCA Exams During a Pandemic – Your Questions Answered
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Learners

First Intuition’s AATitude Festival Roundup
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Learners

Careers in Accountancy & Finance
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Employers

Online Delivery – First Intuition Think Tank Friday
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Employers

Returning to the Workplace – First Intuition Think Tank Friday
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FI Stories

AAT Tutor and Distance Learning Provider of the Year!
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Employers

Remote Management of Junior Staff – First Intuition Think Tank Friday
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Employers

Remote Onboarding – First Intuition Think Tank Friday
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Personal Development

Gap Year…Gap Career
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FI Updates

How do students feel about moving to virtual classrooms?
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Learners

Current position of accountancy qualifications
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Industry News

New ACCA Syllabus Changes 2020
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Learners

How to study for more than one accountancy paper?
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Leadership and Management

L&M – Why does a good manager matter?
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Employers

School Leaver Awards 2020: We’re Finalists!
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FI Learning Solutions: International

The Education Sector Rallies in the Face of COVID-19
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FI Updates

Study ACCA Tuition Courses with Confidence. Study with FI.
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FI Updates

Virtual CIMA Summer School
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Industry News

How Online Proctoring is Changing the Face of Education
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Learners

Advice Following ACCA June 2020 Exam Cancellation
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FI Stories

Online College of the Year Winners!
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Wellness

The Power to Laugh: Why is laughter good for us?
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FI Updates

FI Wins Feefo Trusted Service Award 2020
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Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships: Looking ahead to 2020
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Apprenticeships

Workshops for Potential School Leavers
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Apprenticeships

School Leavers: The Benefits For Employers and Students
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Apprenticeships

Accountancy Apprenticeships: Review of 2019
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Apprenticeships

Accountancy apprenticeships – an employer’s view
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Learners

Swapping to FI changed Louise’s AAT study around!
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FI Stories

How to become an ACCA Gold Medal prize-winner?
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FI Stories

Meet the apprentice: Skye Van-Witten
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Technical Articles

What is Goodwill in accounting?
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Apprenticeships

What’s it like to be a level 7 apprentice?
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FI Stories

CIMA High Achiever Award: Tom Palmer
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FI Updates

New CIMA syllabus is here
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Personal Development

Presenting at work – top tips for an awesome presentation
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FI Stories

From waiter to CFO
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Personal Development

Helping you to prepare for difficult interview questions
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Technical Articles

Basis Period
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Learners

Who do you think you’re talking to?
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FI Updates

CIMA new syllabus – take your first step with FI
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Learners

AAT Calculators
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Apprenticeships

FI to welcome major professional firm from Sept 2019
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FI Stories

A remarkable accomplishment from one of our CIMA students
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Learners

Take your career to another level with CIMA
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Apprenticeships

NEW: Leadership and Management Programmes
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Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships Skills Days: Teaching the skills employers are actively searching for
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Personal Development

Can I be a leader when I’m not in a management role?
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Personal Development

Chasing Butterflies
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Technical Articles

Time-series analysis- calculating the seasonality and trend
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Technical Articles

Are you ready to sit Level 2 AAT Bookkeeping Transactions?
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Technical Articles

Professional Synoptic – tips to pass first time
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Technical Articles

Cost classification
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FI Stories

Congratulations to Denitsa Gavrilova for achieving 100% in her Advanced Synoptic assessment! 
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Technical Articles

Help! My Trial Balance doesn’t balance!
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FI Updates

International Women’s Day #balanceforbetter
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Industry News

CIMA launch 2019 syllabus at “Festival of Finance”
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FI Updates

What does it take to become an ACCA Global Prize Winner?
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Technical Articles

Accruals and Prepayments webinar and questions
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Technical Articles

Index Numbers – Predicting the future!
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Technical Articles

Study tips for levels 2 and 3 on inventory valuation
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Technical Articles

How to account for bad debts
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Technical Articles

Trial Balance
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Technical Articles

Incomplete records – how to identify the missing figure
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Technical Articles

Why do we need Accruals and Prepayments?
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FI Stories

Why have we launched a new website?
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Employers

Managing a graduate programme
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Employers

Benefits of a school leaver programme
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Personal Development

Take a trip down memory skills lane
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Wellness

Under Pressure – coping with student life
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Personal Development

The Martian: Problem solving in space
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Study Techniques

Sitting your first AAT exam
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Employers

Why we changed to apprenticeships
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Employers

Setting up a new programme with FI
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Employers

How does it feel to switch to FI?
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Learners

4 Top tips for personalising your learning
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Industry News

The multi-modal student
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Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships: Employer insights
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FI Stories

Meet the apprentice: Becca Fay
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Apprenticeships

Meet the apprentice: Jodie Taylor
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Employers

Graduates: Safe bet or bold investment?
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Employers

School leavers: Not to be missed?
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FI Stories

Meet Lisa: Flying high in her career
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FI Stories

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