- Lack of strategic focus on technology at board level, poll finds
20 December 2018
A poll out today by ICSA: The Governance Institute and recruitment specialist The Core Partnership reveals that just 51% of boards understand the challenges and opportunities that data and technology present to their organisations. Some 29% of the company secretaries who took part in the survey think that their boards do not fully understand and a further 20% could only attest to ‘maybe’. Read more
- Competition and Markets Authority’s attempt to improve UK audit market risks putting the cart before the horse
19 December 2018
ICSA: The Governance Institute has today expressed concerns that the UK audit market will not improve unless issues of education, training and trust are first addressed. It also believes that the statutory audit services update paper published yesterday by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) presents a missed opportunity to rectify the situation. Read more
- ICSA welcomes idea of new statutory body for governance, but Kingman Review misses a trick by failing to align FRC work with FCA powers of sanction for listing rule breaches
18 December 2018
ICSA: The Governance Institute has welcomed the publication today of Sir John Kingman’s Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), but believes certain opportunities have been missed. Read more
- UK companies lauded for contribution to employee share ownership
11 December 2018
Several long-established UK organisations, along with many younger companies, were among the big winners at the 2018 Annual ProShare Awards. Held each year to recognise and celebrate the best companies and individuals involved in employee share ownership, the awards receive entries from organisations large and small, representing almost every sector of the business world, from retail and banking to telecommunications and the media. Read more
- ICSA welcomes publication of Wates principles to improve corporate governance standards among private companies
10 December 2018
London, 10 December 2018 – ICSA: The Governance Institute has welcomed the publication today by the Financial Reporting Council of a new code for the corporate governance of large private companies. Read more
- UK charities triumph at ICSA Awards 2018
28 November 2018
Alison Chan of the Alexandra Rose Charity and Anna Machin of education charity Ark have been bestowed with awards at the ICSA Awards 2018. Alison, a trustee of the Alexandra Rose Charity, which gives families access to fruit and vegetables in their local communities, has won the coveted Governance Professional of the Year award. Anna triumphed in The One to Watch category, which recognises the rising stars of the governance profession. Read more
- NHS merger named Governance Project of the Year at ICSA Awards 2018
28 November 2018
The NHS merger of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust was named Governance Project of the Year at the ICSA Awards 2018 in London last night. The award, which recognises transformational governance projects that are significant in terms of their size, nature or the value they create for the organisation, saw the hospitals triumph against organisations from the corporate and sporting sectors. Read more
- Gender pay gap reporting feted at ICSA Awards 2018
28 November 2018
Centrica plc became the first company to win the new Best Gender Pay Gap Report category introduced by ICSA: The Governance Institute at the ICSA Awards 2018 in London last night. The Awards, which were hosted by comedian Jo Caulfield at the Park Lane Hilton, saw Centrica applauded for the way in which the company had combined clarity of reporting, executive sponsorship and action planning. Read more
- ICSA Guernsey Awards 2018 winners
23 November 2018
Winners of ICSA: The Governance Institute’s 2018 ICSA Guernsey Awards, which recognise the achievements of the island’s governance professionals and businesses in terms of good governance, celebrated their successes at a glittering awards dinner at The Old Government House Hotel on Friday, 9 November 2018. Read more
- Board level action on employee wellbeing and mental health inadequate, poll finds
20 November 2018
Fewer than half of the organisations polled by ICSA: The Governance Institute and governance recruitment specialist The Core Partnership have considered employee wellbeing and mental health at board level. Just 45% of boards have considered these issues, 34% have not and the remaining 21% of respondents were unsure if their board had or not. Furthermore, when questioned as to whether or not their organisation does enough to support employees’ mental wellbeing, fewer than half (49%) said ‘yes’ and just under a third (31%) said ‘no’. Read more