BDO Manchester - Tax Automation Hackathon

Event
August 12, 2025 - CUT

Eden Building, Irwell Street, SalfordM3 5EN, Manchester, United Kingdom

With the rapid advances in AI (we now have tools like NotebookLM that can convert research papers into podcasts) and the ever-evolving digital transformation of the tax landscape, we are excited to introduce our latest offering: Finance and Tax Automation Training. This training provides significant value from both a business and personal growth perspective - helping businesses to save time and reduce risk through using automation tools and data analytics, while also enhancing your own and the wider teams’ digital skills.

To promote the launch of our new offering, we are hosting an external Hackathon event. This exclusive event is designed for a select group of businesses to get a ‘glimpse’ of the vast array of opportunities automation can bring to their processes.

What is a Hackathon?

If you’re unfamiliar with the term, a Hackathon is an engaging and collaborative workshop that helps participants quickly learn about a specific technology and utilise it to solve pre-set problems. So, it is very ‘hands-on’, interactive and fun!

For our first Hackathon, we have chosen the Knime platform.

Why Knime?

Knime is a powerful, user-friendly platform that allows you to automate manual tax processes and benefits from embedded AI. Its base license is free, with no hidden costs and many established businesses, including BDO UK and BDO Ireland, have successfully integrated Knime into their workflows.

Why attend?

At BDO, we aim to create a Tax Technology 'community' of professionals passionate about learning and exploring technology's role in the Tax landscape. For this event, our high-level agenda includes:

  • Introduction to Knime
  • How BDO has used Knime to support businesses with their tax processes
  • Guided session to build your first flow
  • Engaging group challenges to apply your learning

We hope you can join us for this engaging event. Lunch and refreshments will also be provided. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.