What's going on?
Find out about regional activities in the South East.
Forthcoming events
- London Division Seminar: Financial Planning in Uncertain Times – 18 July 2019, central London
- East Anglia Conference – 5 September 2019, Newmarket
- 62nd Residential Course – 12–14 September 2019, Reading
- CPD and networking evening – 18 September 2019, central London
- Kent Conference – October 2019 (date and location to be confirmed)
- Speed Mentoring Evening – 10 October 2019, central London
- London Division Autumn Seminar – October 2019, central London (date to be confirmed)
- Annual Regional Dinner – November 2019, central London (date to be confirmed)
Events Plan 2019 (updated May 2019) (PDF, 15 KB)
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CIPFA South East members are invited to attend AAT London branch events.
Recent events
Photos from recent events can be viewed on CIPFA South East's Flickr page.
Spring Conference 2019 – 27 March 2019
- The UK’s political and economic horizon – Tony Travers, LSE (PDF, 2.14 MB)
- Managing cost risk in Children’s Services – Alex Khaldi, Barbara Peacock and Claire Hampson, Grant Thornton UK LLP (PDF, 1.17 MB)
- Building financial resilience – Joanne Pitt, CIPFA (PDF, 1.04 MB)
- Brexit legal update – Paul McDermott, Trowers and Hamlins LLP (PDF, 777 KB)
- The future of outsourcing – Mark Williams, PA Consulting Group (PDF, 806 KB)
- The changing role of finance – Mark Williams, PA Consulting Group (PDF, 575 KB)
- Finance Business Partnering – Brendan McCarron, CIPFA (PDF, 425 KB)
- Ethics and you – under pressure? – Rick Tazzini, CIPFA Ethics Working Group (PDF, 2.37 MB)
- Spring Conference 2019 CPD certificate (PDF, 260 KB)
Public Finance in Wessex 2019 Conference – 6 March 2019
- Building financial resilience – Joanne Pitt, CIPFA (PDF, 1.04 MB)
- An introduction to Financial Foresight – Tom Foster, Grant Thornton (PDF, 1.40 MB)
- The UK’s political and economic horizon – Tony Travers, LSE (PDF, 2.29 MB)
- Carbon Reduction and the public sector – Roy Nolan and Andrew Hinds, RP Martin (PDF, 1.06 MB)
- Financial governance and the impact of austerity – Laura Hardie (PDF, 1.33 MB)
- Auditing post austerity – a changing focus? – Neil Hunter, LGSS (PDF, 912 KB)
- Accounts closedown issues and future Code changes – David Ellis, CIPFA (PDF, 530 KB)
- Ethical investment – environmental, social and governance factors – Laura Hobbs, CCLA (PDF, 1.27 MB)
Annual Dinner 2018 – 9 November 2018
Flickr photos from the CIPFA South East Annual Dinner 2018
CPD and networking evening – 19 September 2018
Public Finance in East Anglia Conference – 14 September 2018
- Financial resilience in local government – Joanne Pitt, CIPFA (PDF, 974 KB)
- Vibrant Economy Index – Rob Turner, Grant Thornton (PDF, 1.32 MB)
- Transformation in localities toolkit – Martin Ellender, Grant Thornton (PDF, 952 KB)
- Ethics under pressure – Rick Tazzini, CIPFA ethics working group (PDF, 2.41 MB)
- Ethical investing and Brexit – Roy Nolan, RP Martin (PDF, 846 KB)
- Brexit: no-deal and other outcomes – Paul McDermott, Trowers and Hamlins LLP (PDF, 1.08 MB)
- Public procurement challenges and opportunities – Deborah Pattison, Obillex (PDF, 274 KB)
- Public Finance in East Anglia Conference CPD certificate (PDF, 263 KB)
Summer Conference – 6-8 September 2018
Spring Conference 2018 – 19 March 2018
- The UK’s political and economic horizons – Tony Travers, LSE (PDF, 962 KB)
- Using the Vibrant Economy Index as a decision making tool in local government – Guy Clifton and Rob Turner, Grant Thornton (PDF, 2.21 MB)
- Sweating your assets: helping your property portfolio work harder for you – Tim Reade, CIPFA (PDF, 775 KB)
- Sweating your assets: delivery approaches – Andy Pack, 31ten Consulting (PDF, 974 KB)
- Business rates retention and Fair Funding Review – Sophie Broadfield, MHCLG (PDF, 230 KB)
- CIPFA Prudential Code and Treasury Management Code – Roy Nolan, RP Martin (PDF, 1.88 MB)
- Ethical standards – Rick Tazzini, CIPFA Ethics Working Group (PDF, 1.64 MB)
- CFO Insights – Alex Ward, Grant Thornton (PDF, 141 KB)
- CFO Insights – Grant Thornton (PDF, 1.02 MB)
- Spring Conference 2018 CPD certificate (Word, 346 KB)
Public Finance in Wessex 2018 Conference – 8 March 2018
- Hampshire shared services: building the partnership – Gary Westbrook, Hampshire County Council (PDF, 2.77 MB)
- Financial resilience – Jerry Fox, Zurich Municipal (PDF, 1.29 MB)
- CIPFA Prudential Code and Treasury Management Code – Roy Nolan, RP Martin (PDF, 99 KB)
- Sweating your assets – David Bentley, CIPFA (PDF, 785 KB)
- Robotic process automation – Sarah Snowdon, Michael Burton and Gary Westbrook, Hampshire County Council (PDF, 1.06 MB)
- Ethics and you – Christina Earls, CIPFA Ethics Working Group (PDF, 815 KB)
Wessex Hub Group Meeting – 14 November 2017
Annual Dinner 2017 – 10 November 2017
Flickr photos from the CIPFA South East Annual Dinner 2017
60th Summer Conference – 7-9 September 2017
- Local government: where are we? – Aileen Murphie, National Audit Office (PDF, 1.34 MB)
- State of the nation – Andrew Burns, CIPFA President (PDF, 641 KB)
- The impact of Brexit on place – Paul Dossett and Ivana Dimitrova, Grant Thornton (PDF, 1.49 MB)
- Did Jeremy lose? – Alan Finch (PDF, 3.07 MB)
- Public services that pack a punch – Chris Naylor, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (PDF, 1.61 MB)
- Women’s equality – Sophie Walker, Women’s Equality Party (PDF, 1.87 MB)
Public Finance in East Anglia Conference – 29 June 2017
- The revenge of geography: Facing the macro challenges of today – Dr Bob Swarup, Camdor Global Advisors (PDF, 2.47 MB)
- Social care & integration: Reality, resilience, myths and manifestos – Jane Payling, CIPFA (PDF, 2.82 MB)
- Health and social care integration – Ciaran McLaughlin, Grant Thornton (PDF, 1.02 MB)
- The impact of Brexit on public services – Ciaran McLaughlin and Ivana Dimitrova, Grant Thornton (PDF, 1.33 MB)
- Brexit insight: local government focus – Grant Thornton (PDF, 539 KB)
New members' ceremony – 17 May 2017
Flickr photos of new members receiving their certificates on 17 May 2017
Spring Conference 2017 – 23 March 2017
- The UK’s political and economic horizons – Tony Travers, LSE (PDF, 548 KB)
- The impact of Brexit on public services – Guy Clifton and Ivana Dimitrova, Grant Thornton (PDF, 1.62 MB)
- CIPFA and the World Bank Initiatives in East Africa – Mark Williams, PA Consulting Group (PDF, 336 KB)
- CIPFA domestic and international developments – Alison Sweeting, CIPFA (PDF, 346 KB)
- Sustainability and Transformation Plans: Closer working between Health & Social Care – Jane Payling, CIPFA (PDF, 2.54 MB)
- Counter Fraud Centre update – Rachel Tiffen, CIPFA (PDF, 3.19 MB)
- Spring Conference 2016 CPD certificate (Word, 346 KB)
Autumn Conference – 19–20 October 2016
- Health update – Jayne Payling, CIPFA (PDF, 1.91 MB)
- CIPFA strategic direction – Brian Roberts and Giles Orr, CIPFA (PDF, 543 KB)
- The power of being understood – Sarita Adams, RSM (PDF, 509 KB)
- Dorset Councils’ Partnership – Jason Vaughan, Dorset Councils’ Partnership (PDF, 1.23 MB)
- Worlds apart – David Forster, Zurich Municipal (PDF, 1.55 MB)
Annual Dinner 2016 – 11 November 2016
Flickr photos from the CIPFA South East Annual Dinner 2016
Devolution – What's in it for London? – 26 May 2016
New members' ceremony – 18 May 2016
Flickr photos of new members receiving their certificates on 18 May 2016
Welfare Reform and Implications for Social Housing Market – 4 May 2016
Spring Conference 2016 – 5 April 2016
- A review of the economic and political landscape – Tony Travers, LSE (PDF, 605 KB)
- Financial resilience and efficiency plans – Alan Finch, LGA (PDF, 382 KB)
- Reforging local government – Paul Dossett, Grant Thornton (PDF, 1.60 MB)
- CIPFA’s agenda over the coming years – John Matheson, CIPFA President 2015/16 (PDF, 1.85 MB)
- Resourcing social care – Richard Humphries, The King’s Fund (PDF, 1.09 MB)
- Troubled waters ahead or steady as she goes? – Nick Keeling, Arlingclose (PDF, 1.07 MB)
- Spring Conference 2016 CPD certificate (Word, 930 KB)
Public Finance in Wessex 2016 Conference – 14 March 2016
- The Corporate Services Partnership Model – Carolyn Williamson, Hampshire County Council, and Deborah Gregg, Deloitte (PDF, 1.82 MB)
- Hampshire and the Isle of Wight devolution deal – James Strachan, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Devolution Prospectus (PDF, 2.08 MB)
- CIPFA’s agenda over the coming years – John Matheson, CIPFA President 2015/16 (PDF, 1.79 MB)
- CIPFA accounting and service reporting codes of practice 2015/16 and beyond – David Ellis, CIPFA (PDF, 432 KB)
- Practical steps in setting up a trading company – Paul McDermott, Trowers & Hamlins (PDF, 1.31 MB)
- Health and social care integration – Paul Carey-Kent, CIPFA (PDF, 652 KB)
- The art of convincing – Jonathan Nulty, JNMC (PDF, 683 KB)
- Digital danger and cyber security – John Thornton, e-ssential resources (PDF, 1.11 MB)
- The financial resilience of local government – Alan Finch, LGA, and Iain Murray and Amit Patel, Grant Thornton (PDF, 2.16 MB)
- Risks in transformation – David Forster, Zurich Municipal (PDF, 641 KB)
- Public Finance in Wessex 2016 Conference CPD certificate (Word, 930 KB)