
Best of 2025
17/12/2025 | 17 mins.
With Christmas round the corner, we’ve put together a special best of episode of Behind the Numbers, featuring some of the most memorable conversations from throughout the year.

How to avoid the five biggest software adoption pitfalls
02/12/2025 | 6 mins.
At best, landing in one of these pitfalls will trigger teeth-gnashing frustration. At worst, it will lead you into regulatory hot water. From any angle, they are best avoided. Adopting new software exposes businesses to a variety of pitfalls. Before we take a look at some of the worst, it is important to highlight the dangers of stumbling into them. For more information, consult ICAEW’s checklist for implementing software solutions and check out our guide to cloud computing - both available at icaew.com .

Budget 25: Do the tax changes meet the tenets?
01/12/2025 | 27 mins.
In this episode, we rate the Budget against ICAEW’s ten tenets for a better tax system, focusing on the government’s decision to freeze the personal allowance and tax thresholds for an additional three years, the new tax on electric vehicles and changes to the NIC treatment of salary sacrificed pension contributions.

Budget 25: where’s the growth?
28/11/2025 | 28 mins.
This episode is all about the Budget. What was in it? What are the implications? Was there anything positive to glean from it?

Budget: are capital markets-boosting measures effective?
28/11/2025 | 3 mins.
The Chancellor included two measures designed to encourage more UK listings and investment in UK public markets.



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