On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Podcast Network, welcome to "UK Matters in Accounting" show, going live every Friday to 150 countries and 30,000 accounting practitioners, fintech specialists and influencers in the accountancy, CPA and bookkeeping space. In today's episode 15, "The Big UK Players in Accounting and Fintech Events" with special guest Martin Bissett founder of the Bissett Group and co-founder of Accounting Influencers. https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinbissett Key takeaways from this episode include: ☑ an overview of the accounting and fintech events space in many countries - what's usually on offer ☑ the three big showcases or accounting/fintech event brands in the UK ☑ why accountants, CPAs, bookkeepers, vendors and professionals should attend accounting and fintech events ☑ the importance for accountancy and fintech professionals to stay current and relevant in a fast moving world ☑ review of Diversified who run the Accountex brand as an agnostic, whole of market mega event in multiple countries ☑ the growth of the technology-focused Digital Accountancy Show and how it fills a particular niche in the event landscape ☑ how Sift and Accounting Web Live have shifted their focus from North America to the UK and why it's different from other shows ☑ the role of the International Accountancy Forum event via Arena and the International Accounting Bulletin at the higher end of the market ◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢ A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Podcast Network: ❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show features panels, live interviews and replays of our most popular shows. ❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations. ❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world. ❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them. ❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews. Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening! └╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: We'd love to get to know you! ➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast ➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers ➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers ➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers ━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━