Northern Chartered Accountant Students' Society

BusinessFutures: what will the world be like in 2034? 20 April 2015

It is estimated that half the FTSE 250 in 2025 will be made up of firms that were not even born in 2014. So what will the business world look like in 25 years’ time?

We can’t predict the future but we can look at the most likely scenarios. The ICAEW is developing its BusinessFutures project to consider the issues which will affect the future of business.

Last year ICAEW launched the BusinessFutures project in Liverpool, at the International Festival for Business, which explored the issues that will affect businesses over the next 20 years. Four key issues including changing education needs, demand for water, ageing population and changes in tax regimes were discussed in the 2014 report.

This year we have establishes three new groups which we will look at the impact in how we access energy, new developments in urbanisation and changes in public spending.

Join us on 12 May for breakfast

We are holding a roundtable breakfast event in Newcastle on 12 May to discuss these new themes and we are looking for ICAEW younger members to join us to share their views – as well as meet other members of Northern Society, NEYCAG and NCASS.

For more details on the breakfast event at St James’ Park, together with details on how to reserve your place for breakfast see the details on our events pages: BusinessFutures breakfast seminar.

About ICAEW Business Futures

View the key issues and recommendations on changing education needs, demand for water, ageing population and changes in tax regimes in the BusinessFutures 2014 report. Three new groups have now been established by ICAEW which will look at the impact in how we access energy, new developments in urbanisation and changes in public spending

• What would happen if the lights went out?

• What is the impact of mega cities?

• Is government debt bad for business?

Find out more about BusinessFutures on icaew.com

About Northern Society

Northern Society of Chartered Accountants (NorSCA) represents ICAEW members working in business and the finance profession across the North East of England, Teesside, Northern Yorkshire and Cumbria. We have been assisting businesses in the north of England and producing chartered accountants for over 130 years.