It's the "UK Matters in Accounting" show, every Thursday to 150 countries and 30,000 accounting practitioners, fintech specialists and influencers in the accountancy, CPA and bookkeeping space. In today's episode 18, "Review: Accountex North's Accounting Fintech Event" with special guest Will Farnell, founder of innovative UK accountancy firm Farnell Clark and author of The Digital Firm. https://www.linkedin.com/in/willfarnell You can also watch this on youtube here: https://youtu.be/IxSHi_K4YRw In this episode, Will reviews the big UK Accountex Manchester event with thoughts on the crowd, the exhibitors, the seminars, the hot topics and well attended sessions, the vibe, the differences with Accountex London and the traffic! Vendors were happy with footfall and interest on the stands. Refreshments were well placed, as were the theatres. There is power in regional accounting and fintech shows. There is life up north in the UK. Newer topics like talent attraction and retention, plus mental health and wellbeing were popular. MTD is still a hot topic. There are reasons why it has been deferred in the UK. ◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢ 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. All on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening! Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast 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 For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://bit.ly/AI-youtube https://www.instagram.com/accinfluencers https://twitter.com/accinfluencers https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencer