What's going on?
Find out about regional activities in the South East.
Forthcoming events
- West Sussex Hub Group Meeting – 27 February 2019, Chichester
- Speed Mentoring Evening – 27 February 2019, central London
- East of England FSD Conference – February 2019, Newmarket (date to be confirmed)
- Public Finance in Wessex Conference – 6 March 2019, Winchester
- London Division Seminar: A commercial risk too far? – 8 March 2019, central London
- CIPFA South East Spring Conference and AGM – 27 March 2019, central London
- Thames Valley Hub Group Meeting – April 2019 (date and venue to be confirmed)
- Retired Members’ Group Meeting – May 2019, central London (date to be confirmed)
Events Plan 2019 (updated December 2018) (PDF, 25 KB)
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CIPFA South East members are invited to attend AAT London branch events.
Speed Mentoring Evening – 27 February 2019
CIPFA South East is again pleased to announce a Mentoring Evening – celebrating the importance of developing senior finance professionals across the sector, and putting them in contact with mentors to support them with this. Join us for drinks, food and an opportunity to meet and form mentor and mentee relationships through the exciting format of short speed mentoring meetings.
This February's event aims to bring together senior finance professionals from Local Government.
Mentors can expect to meet talented, focused individuals with the ambition and drive to step into a Section 151 role in the next few years, who will then be in a position to help guide their organisations in the challenging times ahead.
Mentees can expect to meet accomplished senior finance professionals, with experience in the Section 151 role, who are offering their time and guidance to help you develop into this position in the future.
To book a place, please email Thomas England
Time: 18.00 – 20.30. Formal sessions from 18.30 sharp.
Venue: The Phoenix Victoria, 14 Palace Street, Victoria, London, SW1E 5JA. (Four minutes from Victoria Station.)
Sponsor: Allen Lane
Recent events
Photos from recent events can be viewed on CIPFA South East's Flickr page.
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)