The Christmas break gave me a chance to have another look at an aspect of the Companies Act 2014 that I find intriguing as I'm finding it hard to understand the thinking behind it.

When it comes to the really big corporate scandals, sometimes one could be forgiven for asking the really obvious question…just what were they thinking?

Investors welcome digital reporting where it is helpful in meeting their needs for corporate information, finds the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

There is an expectation that boards are populated with experienced individuals and members come to the boardroom table with a range of skills and capabilities.

£600 million in hospital fines over missed patient targets have been criticised by NHS trust bosses.

The 2016 Budget delivered a few issues which governance professionals should be aware of.

The Working Group suggests that there is a need for a 'recent and relevant experience' test, as exists for audit committees.

Charity governance has received a lot of bad press recently. It is interesting to try and trace where this has come from.

Last week the Attorney General, Jeremy Wright, confirmed that the Government intends to introduce a new criminal offence for corporations that ‘fail to prevent' economic crimes, such as false accounting and fraud.

The NHS could face referral to regulators over concerns that newly-qualified nurses are being offered cash payments to give up their NHS pension.

The bank has been fined a record sum of £20.6 million for failings between May 2011 and July 2013 and is the largest ever fine imposed for failings relating to PPI.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) £126 million for failing to safeguard client money and assets.

nspired by World Mental Health day on 10 October, we decided to see what the Chartered Governance Institute...

The major challenge for sport both nationally and internationally is governance.

Governance has been widespread in headlines this year and is forcing the sector to set higher standards.

A clear mission can go to the heart of business operations

Every company is built on the premise that it solves a problem; the same goes for FemTechGlobal. But we're focused on better problem solving, not a single problem.

Google looks set to apply the ‘right to be forgotten' rule to its global website, if accessed from a European country. This comes as it attempts to pacify the stringent EU data protection authorities.

British American Tobacco has attempted to undermine the UN's global anti-smoking treaty by bribing government officials, an investigation by the BBC's Panorama programme alleges.

This is the first year ICSA has tried running an all-day conference, I hope it works for them, and that I last the pace, things are so busy at work.