On 24 May, the Financial Reporting Council has published its long anticipated consultation on the UK Corporate Governance Code, the intention of which is to focus on the legislative and governance reforms that the Government proposed in its May 2022 white paper “Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance”.

Companies House published two stakeholder newsletters in December.

ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute has today welcomed the Government’s response to last years’ consultation on Corporate Transparency and Register Reform, in which the Government looked at options to enhance the role of Companies House and increase the transparency of UK corporate entities.

According to a poll by ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute and governance recruitment specialist The Core Partnership, the majority of companies are prepared for the UK to leave Europe with no trade deal in place. Some 71% of respondents, the majority of which hail from finance, commerce and industry, said that they are very prepared for a no trade deal scenario. Just 9% are not at all prepared and an additional 20% were unsure of how prepared their organisation was at the time the poll was carried out.

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.

Reforms of the National Security and Investment Act promise a lighter touch to policing deals. But will they work?

The CMA intends to use its new powers to conduct Strategic Market Status investigations under the DMCCA

The raft of new rules and realities at the start of 2025 reminds us that good governance should serve the people – whether that’s company secretaries or society at large.

Late last year an EU ruling – and €798m fine – set a precedent for digital platform accountability with far-reaching implications for ad providers and business users reliant on Meta’s ecosystem.