Ben Richardson
Bio
Ben Richardson is the Director of Acuity Training, and has been leading the company for more than 10 years. He is a Natural Sciences graduate from the University of Cambridge and a qualified accountant with the ICAEW, bringing a strong analytical and technical background to his writing. He previously worked as a venture capitalist and banker, gaining extensive experience with Excel from building financial models and later expanded into SQL, Power BI and other data technologies. His writing is centred around real-world examples, helping readers understand not just how tools work, but how they can be applied to day-to-day work.
How To Think With Copilot
We’ve been teaching Copilot ever since it first released to the public, and this is the most important thing we […]
Excel’s GROUPBY Function: What It Does & When to Use It
If you’ve ever built a summary table in Excel by writing five separate SUMIFS formulas – one for each region, […]
Excel’s IMAGE Function: Put Pictures Directly Into Your Cells
Managing a spreadsheet with product images, staff photos, or visual data has always been awkward. You insert a picture, it […]
Power BI Statistics You Need To See (2026)
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SUMIFS for Budget Reporting: Build A Summary Dashboard Without Pivot Tables
We run Excel workshops in London every month, so we get to spot a lot of trends on how users […]
Power Query in Excel for the Web: What’s Changed
For years, Power Query was one of the main reasons Excel users couldn’t fully move their work to their browsers. […]
Input Slicer in Power BI – Filter Long Lists Fast!
Filtering large lists in Power BI should not feel like scrolling endlessly through hundreds of dropdown values. The Power BI […]
Power BI Filter Context – How Measures Really Evaluate
Filter context is one of the most important and most misunderstood concepts in Power BI. It is also the reason […]
Copilot vs ChatGPT – Which Should You Use at Work?
AI is an incredibly competitive market, with every tool trying to get your attention and business. Copilot vs ChatGPT, which […]
How Copilot Is Actually Used at Work: Finance
When you look at AI in the workplace, you often just get a list of impressive sounding features. Google Copilot […]
Acuity Training Wins the Feefo Platinum Award – 4 Years in a Row
We are extremely proud to share that the team at Acuity Training has once again been awarded the Feefo Platinum […]
The Hidden Cost of Measures in Power BI
When you first start using Power BI, measures feel like magic. You type a quick SUM or CALCULATE, and your […]
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