A study has found that financial decision makers believe governance is a fundamental factor in choosing and analysing investments.

Much has been written about and commented upon both on this website and at the ICSA conference about the profound changes brought on by the new Companies Act 2014 (the Act).

Last November, FIFA published a summary of its own report into allegations of corruption amongst the nine teams bidding to win the right to stage the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, voting for which took place in 2010.

In recent years an increased emphasis has been placed on transparency, especially with regard to financial statements.

For more than a year the charity sector has been subject to a number of less than positive media stories.

There is a dangerous temptation to lay all scandal at the door of poor governance

The Charity Commission has launched a consultation about changes to statements of recommended practice (SORP) as a result of changes made to UK accounting standards.

Anthony Jenkins, Chief Executive of Barclays, has been ousted by the board of the bank, stating that 'a new set of skills' was required.

The co-chief executives will be replaced by John Cryan, who has been a member of the bank's supervisory board.

This month we decided to see what The Chartered Governance Institute and Core communities think about how their organisations approach team building.

In late August 2019 HMRC issued several press releases providing a timely reminder to businesses in the private sector that they need to review the way they are paying freelancers and subcontractors.

Internal audit is driving significant changes in how the financial services sector deals with governance and risk, says the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).

After reading the report by the National Audit Office, what worries me the most is that government funding of Kids Company continued even though the first concerns were raised in 2002 (poor cost controls and financial management).

FTSE 100 firms met a voluntary target of 25% of women board members – up from 12.5% in 2011. Lord Davies says this should now be raised to a target of 33% of women board members at FTSE 350 firms by 2020.

The charity Age UK has been accused by the Sun newspaper of promoting unfavourable gas and electricity deals in return for cash.

Just as businesses in difficult times have turned to tools to assist them in addressing efficiency and to implement change, not-for-profit organisations are doing the same.

The new one member one vote governance system was used by its members at the Co-operative Group's AGM to vote in motions.

Paying trustees was seen as one way of holding them to account in a more formal and structured manner.

‘I'm determined that the UK must not become a safe haven for corrupt money from around the world', said Cameron.

The rail regulator has fined Network Rail £2 million after finding that delays and cancellations constituted a breach of its license.