The UK Government has introduced the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the ‘Bill’) in Parliament, which will put in place a series of measures to amend insolvency and company law to support business to address the challenges resulting from the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (‘ICAEW’) has launched a new Board Director's e-learning Programme in collaboration with NEDA. The Programme provides board directors with an engaging online learning programme that helps you build presence and influence at board level, and supports individuals through a series of exercises to identify both strengths and development needs.

The Risk Coalition launched its Risk Guidance Initiative in 2018 to meet the need for coherent, principles-based good practice guidance for board risk committees and risk functions within the UK financial services sector. The outcome of this work was ‘Raising The Bar’ published in December 2019.

One of NEDAs co-founders and current NED, Guy Rigby, will be taking part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge next year – the Challenge is a fundraising event which sees teams row non-stop across the 3,000-mile stretch of ocean between La Gomera (just off Tenerife) and Antigua. 

It is essential for board members to understand how Cyber Security impacts the organisation but also, how it should be embedded within the strategy to protect the business.

The Quoted Companies Alliance (‘QCA’), together with Downing LLP,  has commissioned the Henley Business School to conduct research on ESG and board evaluation. 

It is essential for board members to understand how Cyber Security impacts the organisation but also, how it should be embedded within the strategy to protect the business.

COVID-19 Taskforce

The outbreak of COVID-19 is an unprecedented and rapidly evolving challenge that has prompted many concerns that businesses might exploit the situation to take advantage of people, for example by charging excessive prices or making misleading claims about their products.

Two key objectives of any auditor are to obtain sufficient, appropriate audit evidence to support their audit opinion, and to then report their opinion on the financial statements based on the evidence obtained.

McKinzey & Co conducted a virtual roundtable discussion with China-based executives at leading consumer-facing companies about their experience managing operations under lockdown.