The Chartered Governance Institute has today welcomed the Government’s proposals to reform the UK audit market and strengthen the country’s corporate governance regime, but stressed that the proposed legislation around audit has to be evaluated on how well it addresses core concerns on the role of audit, the degree of professional scepticism exercised by auditors and the lack of trust in the ability of auditors outside the Big Four.

In this article we discuss COP26, climate change and the actions and commitments we have made.

Today’s King’s speech has set the legislative priorities for the first parliamentary session of this new Labour Government. As expected, it will be a busy session with 38 bills announced and a focus on delivery and growth.

A look ahead to the governance, risk and compliance issues that boards and governance professionals should be aware of now.

The new UK register of overseas entities adds another layer of compliance for corporate entities owning or acquiring UK property.

Many UK organisations’ compliance programmes have been resilient during the pandemic – the best take a values-based approach.

Lauren MacIntyre spoke to Governance and Compliance about her award win, as well as her entry into the profession.

The board will soon need a degree of understanding on how artificial intelligence will do what it does (whatever that is...)

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