The Boardroom Blog
Thursday, September 01, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Research,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
statistics,
Board,
report,
survey,
UK,
CEO,
data,
CFO,
FD,
women,
infographic,
finance director,
IBR,
women in business,
gender,
diversity,
International Business Report
Find out which senior management positions UK businesswomen are getting with our visualisation of data from the 2011 Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), which reveals the distribution of roles across UK boardrooms.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: business,
entrepreneur,
risk,
CEO,
interview,
Luke Johnson,
food
We’ve posted a lot about risk management recently with our report A new risk equation? Safeguarding the business model. But, of course, it’s important to remember that risk is also a vital part of what makes a business grow. No one knows this more than Luke Johnson, the man who turned Pizza Express into a household name. Here he talks about measured risk – and why we should embrace it more as we get older.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Governance,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: India,
business,
governance,
investment,
risk,
M&A,
FRC,
bribery,
Stewardship Code,
anti-corruption,
banking crisis,
scandals
Corporate scandals involving companies like the Maxwell Group, Enron, WorldCom and Satyam, and the recent banking crisis, have influenced the corporate governance norms in the US, the UK and India. Our recent India Watch article examines the key differences between the corporate governance regimes in both the UK and India.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: business,
governance,
recession,
report,
survey,
UK,
strategy,
risk,
data,
business models,
risk management,
Ireland,
appetite,
attitudes
Risk appetite statements are a growing trend in the UK, while 84% of surveyed companies in Ireland are changing how they view risk, according to our recent report. Here, two experts from Grant Thornton, review the changing approaches to risk in the UK and Ireland post-recession.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
governance,
recession,
strategy,
risk,
tips,
risk management,
questionnaire,
tools,
questions
This set of expert questions, asked by Grant Thornton’s risk services team, is designed to trigger a full and in-depth boardroom discussion on the quality of your risk management processes.
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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,
strategy,
risk,
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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Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
links,
media,
Ros Simmons,
CEO,
business models,
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 Grant Thornton Thinking Blogs. Here’s how they did…
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