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Our insights section brings together a summary of key news articles, publications and thought leadership for our members produced and compiled by NEDA and our key Sponsors and Partners.

The Annual Review of the Corporate Governance Code

13 January 2020

This year’s ‘Annual Review of the Corporate Governance Code’ published by the Financial Reporting Council shows that many large listed companies are still just ‘ticking boxes’ to comply while failing to improve corporate culture, embed diversity effectively and also consider the impact and views of shareholders and the wider community.

The Non-Executive Directors' Handbook

08 August 2015

The NED Handbook has been fully updated for this 5th edition, taking into account all new regulatory changes including the 2018 Corporate Governance Code, The 2018 Wates Principles and The 2018 QCA Code for for AIM Listed Companies.

Publication18/03/2019
Dream Bigger: The Scale-Up Moment

Read Dream Bigger: The scale-up moment report, the largest ever study into the sentiment and mindset of the UK scale-up community, to find out what drives scale-up founders.

News13/03/2019
Audit regime in the UK to be replaced by new Regulator

Financial Reporting Council to be replaced with a new regulator following review by Sir John Kingman

News12/03/2019
NED Awards 2019 Shortlist Announced

The Non-Executive Director Awards, now in their thirteenth year, recognise the achievements of Non-Executive Directors within the business and not-for-profit community. NEDA worked with Peel Hunt to establish the Awards and has been a lead sponsor of the event for each of the 13 years since 2006.

News08/03/2019
Women on Boards Launches Bursary Programme to mark International Women's Day

This International Women’s Day Women on Boards has launched a bursary programme to support more women into the boardroom.

News06/03/2019
IBE Blog - Changing Attitudes to Business Why Millennials Matter

Millennials have been a recurring theme in recent surveys on business ethics issues and they continue to have an impact on the business ethics agenda.

News05/03/2019
FRC Consults on Stronger Going Concern Standard for Auditors

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) proposes to increase the work required of auditors when assessing whether an entity is a going concern.

Publication26/02/2019
Attitudes of the British Public to Business Ethics 2018

The Hampton-Alexander Review is an independent review body which builds on the excellent work of the Davies Review to increase the number of women on FTSE 350 boards. The review has a joint focus to improve women’s representation at board level and in senior leadership positions two layers below the board and continues to adopt a voluntary business-led approach.

News26/02/2019
CMA proposes reforms to put consumers at the heart of UK competition regime

The CMA has unveiled a major package of proposals to reform the UK competition regime by putting consumers even more directly at the heart of the CMA’s work.

News15/02/2019
CMA welcomes court ruling to uphold fine in steel tanks case

The Comptetition and Markets Authority has welcomed a judgment from the Court of Appeal today upholding its fine on Balmoral Tanks for illegally exchanging price information. 

News12/02/2019
Quality Through The Years: The Chartered Quality Institute celebrates its 100th Anniversary

The Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) has led in advancing the quality of products and services across industry since its inception in 1919. The CQI is proudly celebrating this heritage and the evolution of the quality management discipline in the last 100 years.

Publication29/01/2019
Ethical Concerns and Lapses 2018

The IBE has published its annual analysis of business ethics news stories from last year – which were the sectors and issues most in the news in 2018?

Publication29/01/2019
New QCA Corporate Governance Code for Small and Mid Size Companies

The QCA Corporate Governance Code is tailored to meet the needs of small and mid-size quoted firms.  First produced in 2013, a revised version of the Code is now available from The QCA.

News11/12/2018
Wates Principles to improve corporate governance standards among private companies

Louis Cooper discusses what NEDs need to know in order to communicate effectively to investors, including five key questions for NEDs to ask themselves.

Publication11/12/2018
Wates Corporate Governance Principles for Large Private Companies

The Hampton-Alexander Review is an independent review body which builds on the excellent work of the Davies Review to increase the number of women on FTSE 350 boards. The review has a joint focus to improve women’s representation at board level and in senior leadership positions two layers below the board and continues to adopt a voluntary business-led approach.

News05/12/2018
"What NEDs need to be able to communicate to Investors" A blog post by Louis Cooper, NEDA CEO

Louis Cooper discusses what NEDs need to know in order to communicate effectively to investors, including five key questions for NEDs to ask themselves.

Publication05/12/2018
Corporate Governance Behaviour Review 2018

The QCA and UHY Hacker Young have analysed the corporate governance disclosures of 50 AIM companies to identify patterns and to examine the impact of the AIM Rule 26 change this year.

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