The Boardroom Blog
Thursday, September 23, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: business,
governance,
recession,
report,
survey,
risk,
data,
business models,
Simon Lowe,
risk management,
questionnaire,
tools,
Business Risk Services,
Strategy

Our recent business risk report shows widespread complacency in company risk management processes. Check the risk maturity of your organisation with our quick online assessment tool.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: business,
governance,
recession,
report,
survey,
risk,
strategy,
data,
business models,
Simon Lowe,
risk management,
questionnaire,
tools,
Business Risk Services

Why did so many risk processes fail to protect companies from the worst of the global downturn? And how can senior managers approach risk management afresh to help protect their business in future? Our latest research report has the answers. Plus, check out our tool to assess your own company’s risk maturity.
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Friday, September 17, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Corruption
| Tags: emerging markets,
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business,,
statistics,,
corruption,,
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perception,

Bribes, backhanders, suspiciously lavish corporate hospitality, corrupt officials or local operators on the make… corruption oils the wheels of industry in markets across the world. But the stakes of being associated with these got markedly higher this year with the new UK Bribery Act. Is your company aware of the risks?
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
links,
media,
Ros Simmons,
business models,
CEO,
diary,
retail,
chief exec

Chief executives Alex Connock and Ros Simmons were both facing tough challenges in their business last summer. One was fighting a shifting media battlefield seeking new business models; the other was taking her retail company international. Every week, they blogged their thoughts and agendas here on the
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