Leaders reflect on the success of GDPR and the future of data protection in the UK.

Dr. Sam De Silva, Partner at CMS, won the 2021 CGIUKI Award for Governance Champion of the Year in recognition of his work representing the British Standards Institute as the ISO Working Group Co-Convenor for ISO 31022.

Accommodating employee and employer needs through more flexible approaches can help to retain talent and expand opportunities.

Recent events highlight the potential for multi-billion-pound claims for holiday pay, liability for horseplay and considerations regarding pay gap reporting.

Claims for furlough payments should be proactively reviewed to ensure accuracy and alignment with the spirit of the scheme.

With healthcare services experiencing an uptick in cyber attacks, security information and event management systems can help to detect, analyse and respond to security threats before they harm business operations.

Calculating a value for Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) can seem impractical. But it ought to be possible to figure out ‘return on governance investment’ using a well-defined framework. The returns from good cyber governance show how it might be done.

A change in market sentiment on ESG has seen fund inflows fall. But new legislation and regulation of ESG rating agencies could arrest the current backlash by firming up ESG criteria and helping companies demonstrate compliance with good, objective, ESG criteria.

How we lobby to raise awareness of governance issues and the value of the profession – and influence legislation