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Grant Thornton recommends Murray Audit Firm Governance Code to investment community

Thursday, January 28, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Governance | Tags: governance, FRC, FTSE 350, ICAEW, Murray, Audit Firm Governance Code

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FTSE 350 governance - job done?

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Governance | Tags: Grant Thornton, governance, compliance, Corporate Governance, Simon Lowe, FTSE 350, Corporate Governance Review, Walker

The results are in for the 2009 Corporate Governance Review - is it job done for the FTSE 350?

- Companies comply with, on average, 91% of the Code’s provisions
- 68% of those who choose ‘explain’ now give more informed disclosure to support their non-compliance
- Of those who ‘explain’, 75% are compliant with all but one or two Code provisions
- 66% of the FTSE 350 produce a separate corporate responsibility report

Perhaps not….

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Grant Thornton QCA shortlist announced

Monday, January 04, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Governance, Non-executive director | Tags: Grant Thornton, awards, Quoted Company Awards, shortlist, QCA

As the proud headline sponsor of the Quoted Company Awards awards since 2005, Grant Thornton is pleased to announce that the 2010 awards have been re-titled as the Grant Thornton Quoted Company Awards.

The ceremony will be held in London on 29 January and here are details of the shortlist…

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