PRESS RELEASE - Accounting for Business Resilience

Accounting for Business Resilience

21st December 2011: Article for General Release

Being able to keep a business going in the midst of extreme weather and not be damaged by the consequences of climate change is all down to good planning.  Every business is different with different risks so understanding the priority actions to take is key. 

Groundwork East of England in partnership with the Environment Agency are planning to run a series of interactive workshops across the East of England region for the advisors that are often closest to the business- Accountants.  Ideally placed to offer business management advice, the aim is to give Accountants and financial advisors the understanding and tools to help keep small businesses safe, viable and potentially growing.

Each of the 7 workshops will take 22 delegates, who will be guided in the use of resilience tools, information, processes and templates so that they can prepare bespoke action plans to help their business clients.  The delegates and their business clients will also receive post workshop support from Groundwork East of England as they make changes to their business plans.

Supported by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and in Suffolk by the Suffolk Climate Change Partnership, we hope that forward thinking financial advisors will be keen to participate and that small businesses will also nominate their own advisors to take part in the programme.

The first workshop will be held in Suffolk in February 2012. To register early interest please contact Ann Hilsdon on .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Places are limited and a contribution to costs of £50+VAT will be levied for each delegate place booked.

Notes to Editors:

Groundwork East of England is an environmental regeneration charity that supports communities in need, working with partners to help improve the quality of people’s lives, their prospects and potential and the places where they live, work and play.  For more information: www.groundwork.org.uk/eastofengland

The Environment Agency is the leading organisation for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales.  It is responsible for making sure that air, land and water are looked after by today’s society, so that tomorrow’s generations inherit a cleaner, healthier world.

The Suffolk Climate Change Partnership is part of Creating the Greenest County, an aspiration that involves the whole county in responding to climate change and enhancing the natural and historic environment.  The initiative involves a huge range of committed individuals and organisations across the county in many different ways: www.greensuffolk.org

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, founded in 1919, is the world’s leading and largest professional body of Management Accountants, with 183,000 members and students operating in 168 countries, working at the heart of business. CIMA members and students work in industry, commerce, the public sector and not for profit organisations. CIMA works closely with employers and sponsors leading-edge research, constantly updating its qualification, professional experience requirements and continuing professional development to ensure it remains the employers’ choice when recruiting financially-trained business leaders.

Professionalism and ethics are at the core of CIMA’s activities with every member and student bound by rigorous standards so that integrity, expertise and vision are brought together.

CIMA is proud to be the first professional body to offer a truly global product in the fast moving area of Islamic finance.

For more information about CIMA, please visit www.cimaglobal.com