FRC puts digital reporting skills back on the agenda
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced a series of digital reporting education events and hackathons taking place across the UK this spring. Running in March and May, the programme combines half-day outreach sessions with hands-on hackathons, aimed at preparers, auditors, regulators, analysts and data users who want a clearer view of how digital reporting works in practice.
The outreach sessions, hosted in Birmingham, Glasgow and London, focus on the practical application of UK digital reporting requirements, including the use of XBRL and the UK taxonomies. Alongside introductions to the mechanics of digital reporting, participants will have the chance to engage directly with structured datasets and hear perspectives from across the reporting ecosystem. The accompanying hackathons go a step further, inviting participants to work directly with digital filings and explore how reported data can be analysed, reused and stress-tested.
What makes this programme noteworthy is its emphasis on experience rather than theory. Digital reporting only really clicks when people see what structured data enables once it leaves the filing system and starts being used. By combining education with experimentation, the FRC is nudging the conversation away from compliance alone and towards capability, a move that feels timely and quietly sensible.
Registration details and further information are available on the FRC’s website.
