The inaugural meeting of the Company Law & Regulatory Committee has been held and the Terms of Reference can be downloaded here.

Social media is still not being prioritised enough by boards, something which must change for progress.

Telling someone in a bar you are a company secretary is, unfortunately, not going to kick start the conversation – unless the bar is next to a venue hosting an ICSA event which has just finished...

The huge cyber attack on Talk Talk and theft of nearly 157,000 customers' data has raised questions about how much knowledge of their security vulnerability had filtered up to the board.

In the guidance, it is acknowledged that while there are certain core principles that should guide the way boards approach the issue of stakeholder engagement, each company's approach...

Although the Queen's Speech on 21 June did not contain as much as it might have had the Conservatives won a majority, it included a number of key employment law-related matters.

Every six months, ICSA's soundings of the mood in British boardrooms yields a range of interesting nuggets.

At the ICSA UKRIAT AGM on 8 February the theme of confidentiality was raised. Security breaches at TalkTalk and HSBC were mentioned, as well as Volkswagen's falsification of emissions tests...

The transition period for re-registering existing private companies to a LTD or a DAC expires on Wednesday 30 November 2016.

The Company Law Review Group work programme for 2016 – 2018 includes "a review of the enforcement of company law and, if appropriate, recommendations for change".

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators has published a consultation on a contents list for company annual reports.

The working world is being changed by young people, but being an entrepreneur is still misrepresented

In reality governance and compliance are essential cornerstones of every organisation − big and small − operating in all sectors of the economy.

There is a different feel to this month's cover interview.

This month's cover interview is with Giles Peel, Head of Governance Advisory Practice at DAC Beachcroft.

In April and May, ICSA's president John Heaton and I travelled to Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland to attend the regional ICSA conferences.

The Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation has launched a consultation on a review of the Industrial & Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2014 and a link to that consultation is below.

Volkswagen (VW) are to choose a replacement chief executive for Martin Winterkorn at a board meeting on Friday 25 September.

Volkswagen (VW) are to choose a replacement chief executive for Martin Winterkorn at a board meeting on Friday 25 September.

Japanese firm Hitachi has agreed to pay $19 million to the SEC to settle charges that it had made improper payments to South Africa's governing party, the African National Congress.