There is another peril lurking in wait for an unsuspecting, ham-fisted accountant. Following the financial crisis, we have seen massive growth in, er, the public sector. See, I can type. But many of my colleagues can't. Here, for your pleasure, are three accountancy bodies who might wish they were more careful:

In third place, it's the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. Don't you think they would get their own name right?

In second place, it's the ACCA. The ACCA have a pretty poor record when it comes to misspelling 'public' as this google search should demonstrate. But here's my particular favourite: smack bang in the middle of the title.

But leading the way it's the ICAEW. In a piece explaining how their disciplinary hearings work, they say the following:

[Because] details of the hearing will already have been published on this website, members of the pubic may be there

The icing on the cake is the next sentence:

and your oral application may be refused

So childish, I know, but when your strapline is Inspiring confidence, making sure you can avoid the two killer accounting typos ought to be a higher priority.

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