Despite an appeal by Ryanair, an inquiry by the CMA has decided it must sell the majority of its shares in rival company Aer Lingus.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a programme of measures to help smaller quoted companies improve the quality of their corporate reports.

Fifa has announced that it will go ahead with its presidential elections on Friday, despite the arrest of seven officials on charges of bribery.

Associate Director, Ava Gallagher has been at Ocorian since finishing her A-Levels and became an ICSA Chartered Secretary and Administrator (company secretary) in 2018.

It is a great honour to be appointed President of ICSA's Irish Region and I hope I can continue the excellent work of Past Presidents.

I believe there are four pillars to governance: accountability, transparency, integrity and stewardship.

In the introduction to its ‘Corporate Culture and the Role of Boards' report, the Financial Reporting Council states that in its view ‘the UK governance model remains efficient and effective'.

There is a correlation between successful companies and good governance. However, shareholders are focused on less successful companies' governance.

The Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 gained Royal Assent in March this year, bringing with it significant changes to charity law and regulation which affects all charities in England and Wales.

What struck me most about this most recent boardroom bellwether was how gloomy British boards are about prospects for the UK economy.

On 25 May 2016, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (the "ICSA") initiated a consultation on the practice of minuting board meetings.

Recruiting should not be confined to the familiar and uniform, but use flexible working to attract the best candidates

On 3 July 2016, the existing Irish laws and regulations governing "market abuse" (consisting of insider dealing, market manipulation and the unlawful disclosure of inside information) will be replaced with a new regime...

Companies House has released a new service that will allow all public digital data held on the UK register of companies to be accessed free of charge.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is investigating KPMG in connection with BNY Mellon's client asset practices.

The Financial Reporting Council is to look at the quality of explanations provided by companies that choose not to comply with UK Corporate Governance Code in the ‘comply and explain’ section.

The Royal Bank of Scotland came under fire from shareholders at its annual general meeting held on 23 June.

Sainsbury’s is appealing a jail sentence handed out by an Egyptian Court to its chief executive Mike Coupe in absentia.

My interest in researching into subsidiary governance from a risk management perspective began while looking for a book I couldn't find.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking comment on current audit committee disclosure requirements.