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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

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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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AAT

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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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FI Stories

Supporting Charity and Community: FI’s 2025 Impact
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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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AAT

AAT optional units – how to decide which ones to study?
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ACCA Courses

How to Get Started with ACCA
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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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AAT

Meet Sinead, our September Apprentice of the Quarter 2025!
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ACCA Courses

How to use ACCA examiners’ reports
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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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FI Updates

Meet the Tutor: Vaneesha Girdharee, FI London
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CIMA Courses

CIMA Revision Webinars
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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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ACCA Courses

How to book an ACCA exam
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CIMA Courses

How to book a CIMA exam
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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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Learners

Top 5 Revision Tips!
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CIMA Courses

CIMA Case Study Exam: What’s the examiner looking for?
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Apprenticeships

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CIMA Courses

CIMA Dates & Deadlines
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AAT

How I Achieved Exam Success: Reece’s Study Strategy for First Intuition
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FI Stories

Sustainability at FI: Building a Greener Future
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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 exam technique: 5 top tips students should master now
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AAT

First Intuition launches classroom AAT courses in Exeter
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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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CIMA Courses

Meet Izzy Savage, our CIMA Operational Case Study prize winner
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AAT

AAT Bookkeeping Courses from First Intuition
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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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CIMA Courses

Getting Started with CIMA
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ACCA Courses

Mock Exam Marking – Everything You Need To Know
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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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Accountancy

What to expect from First Intuition’s Talent Theatre at Accountex
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ACCA Courses

ACCA Dates & Deadlines
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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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Study Techniques

Help! I’m not ready to take my ACCA exam
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Apprenticeships

An Apprentices Guide to Finance Apprenticeships
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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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Apprenticeships

National Apprenticeship Week
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Apprenticeships

Student and Employer Testimonials
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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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Accountancy Exam

What to do if you’ve failed an accountancy exam: Next steps and strategies
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Apprenticeships

How to make the most of National Apprenticeship Week 2025
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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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Apprenticeships

FI launches new partnership with LTSB to support education and social mobility
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CIMA Courses

CIMA Journey: My Learning Success with First Intuition
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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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Apprenticeships

Next Gen ACA FAQ’s
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ACCA Courses

5 essential things you’ll miss by skipping revision
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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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ACCA Courses

Scaling the ACCA mountain
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FI Stories

First Intuition opens second London training centre
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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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AAT

Looking for a profession in Finance? Audit? Taxes?
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Employers

How to run successful work experience
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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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AAT

AAT Pass Assurance!
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FI Updates

ACCA Question Based Days
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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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Apprenticeships

First Intuition Think Tank (FITT) Forums 2024
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AAT

AAT Principles of Costing Update
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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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FI Stories

Meet Alison Gamble our ICAEW Quilter prize winner
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Apprenticeships

What change is still needed to apprenticeship funding?
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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 Updates

First Intuition LTD wins Feefo Trusted Service Award 2024
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FI Stories

Meet our ACCA Global Prize Winner – Mark Griffin
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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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AAT

AAT Mock Bank!
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Employers

Adapting to AI: Charting Success in Your Accounting Career
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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

Double Entry Bookkeeping – DEADCLIC
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AAT

AAT – Tax Points
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ACCA Courses

Will ACCA get me a job?
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AAT

Key AAT Revision
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Employers

Where technologies in accountancy are now and where they are heading next
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AAT

Free Access to AAT AQ16 Online
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AAT

AAT Tax Processes for Businesses
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Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity in the work place
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Neurodiversity

ADHD- A personal story
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Apprenticeships

Updates to the Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
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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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Wellness

Wellbeing support for Accountancy Students
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AAT

A review of Qualifications 2022 so far
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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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FI Updates

First Intuition wins PQ Magazine’s Private College of the Year 2023!
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FI Stories

PQ Shortlist – A huge achievement
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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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Courses

The Advantages of Classroom Courses
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FI Updates

New First Intuition Centre Opening in Liverpool
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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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Apprenticeships

Why are apprenticeships the future of the accountancy industry?
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Personal Development

CPD Requirements – Your Guide
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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

First Intuition Wins Skills Provider of the Year
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Employers

How to Cultivate an Outstanding Culture
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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

The benefits of the Impact Skills Programme to finance apprentices
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ACCA Courses

Meet Noah – celebrating ACCA success
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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

Why we use apprenticeships: AstraZeneca
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FI Updates

Free Online Live Demo
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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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Employers

Keeping your People and Talent Strategy Relevant
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Employers

Food and Finance Forum
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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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Courses

Claire’s journey to becoming an FI Tutor
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FI Updates

Why are we opening a new centre in Southend?
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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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FI Updates

Life After AAT
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Apprenticeships

Meet the ACCA Apprentice – Rob Harris
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Apprenticeships

Safeguarding Support: Ukraine
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Employers

Fashion and Finance Forum
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Apprenticeships

International Women’s Day 2022
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Apprenticeships

Meet the Graduated Accounting Apprentice: Sam Backhouse
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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

FI Limited Ofsted report is published
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Apprenticeships

Meet the ICAEW Apprentice – Ella Stone
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Apprenticeships

National Apprenticeship Week 2022 Itinerary
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Technical Articles

Overview of Double Entry
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Apprenticeships

Accountancy careers – where do I start?
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Apprenticeships

Exam Day Nerves
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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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Technical Articles

Don’t let ratios catch you out!
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FI Updates

First Intuition wins CIMA Excellence Award 2021
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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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Apprenticeships

Life as a school leaver trainee – 8 years on…
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Apprenticeships

How out-of-date connotations associated with apprenticeships is impacting the accountancy industry
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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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Technical Articles

Accounting errors which require a suspense account
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FI Stories

An amazing achievement from one of our AAT Distance Learning students – Andy G
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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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Apprenticeships

Accountancy Academy 2021
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Learners

The new AAT Advanced Synoptic (ADSY) assessment
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Employers

Leadership Lunch and Learn
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Employers

How to Transition to Hybrid Working
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Careers

Finding a Job – Employability Skills
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Learners

Mark Up and Margin AAT
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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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FI Updates

The New FI Canterbury Centre… Offering AAT Level 3!
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Employers

Building Team and Personal Resilience in a K-shaped Economy
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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

Leadership Lunch and Learn – Managing Remote Teams
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Apprenticeships

Skills for jobs: FI comment on UK Government lifelong learning white paper
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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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Apprenticeships

NAW 2021: Why start an apprenticeship programme?
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FI Updates

What to expect from ICAEW remote invigilation
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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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Industry News

CIMA Exams Update: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Learners

Xero Advisor Certification
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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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Employers

First Intuition Think Tank (FITT) Forums 2020
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Employers

Maintaining a Team Ethos – First Intuition Think Tank
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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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FI Stories

From school leaver to Managing Partner!
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Employers

Providing internal training remotely to your teams
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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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Learners

What do I do if I’ve failed an accountancy exam?
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FI Stories

AAT Online Student Review: I rather regret not using FI
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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

Am I ready to sit my exam?
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Learners

How to study an accountancy course at home.
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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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Wellness

How to work from home with kids around
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FI Updates

ACCA Bridging Programme for September 2020
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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 Updates

What to expect from a Virtual Classroom
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Industry News

The Future of the ACA
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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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FI Stories

Accountancy Academy Success!
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Employers

Building Successful Talent Programmes
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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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Wellness

Sleep well, study better
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FI Stories

First Intuition shortlisted for 4 PQ Magazine Awards!
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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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Study Techniques

How to study for difficult exams!
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Employers

CIMA and ACCA training: how to cut your budget in 2020
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FI Updates

New CIMA syllabus is here
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FI Stories

Exam success: A fresh start with FI
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Personal Development

Presenting at work – top tips for an awesome presentation
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Employers

Key Skills gained in Apprenticeships
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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 Stories

From cooking for the Royal Family to training as an accountant
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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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FI Stories

Meet our new ACCA Global Prize Winner – Emily Haines
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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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Technical Articles

Cashflow Forecasts
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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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FI Stories

From AAT Apprentice to Managing Partner
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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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Study Techniques

The 4 Exam preparation mistakes you really don’t want to make.
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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

Variances
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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

Disposals
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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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Learners

Monika loves the support we offer AAT students
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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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Technical Articles

Ratios – marmite in the world of accountancy
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Employers

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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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Employers

Managing a school leaver programme
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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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FI Updates

Why FI was awarded Best Training Provider
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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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