The Boardroom Blog
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 | Posted by: Simon Lowe
Categories:
Governance,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: governance,
risk,
Corporate Governance,
Simon Lowe,
FTSE 350,
Corporate Governance Review,
annual report,
risk management,
diversity,
chairman,
principal risks,
comply or explain,
annual reports,
FTSE 100,
FTSE 250
Our 10th annual Corporate Governance Review highlights the current trends and challenges that face the FTSE 350. While the UK’s top performing companies have made considerable achievements over the last decade, the review shows where the new focus areas lie.
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011 | Posted by: Paul Mewett
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: Board,
report,
risk,
advice,
risk management,
guide,
Twitter,
social media,
crisis,
Facebook,
Strategy,
reputation,
PR,
Alan Joyce,
Qantas,
monitoring,
Internet Intelligence
Social media – what’s the worst that can happen? Quite a lot, as Qantas found out, when a social media crisis hit both its share price and its world-famous reputation for safety. Grant Thornton’s Internet Intelligence team reviews the story and suggests ways in which companies can implement a social media risk management strategy.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Corruption,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: risk,
due diligence,
Bribery Act,
legislation,
bribery,
anti-corruption,
corruption,
anti-corruption legislation,
assessment
The UK Bribery Act comes into force on 1 July 2011 and in our experience companies underestimate the time required to implement an anti-corruption strategy. So for those who have yet to act, and have less than two months to do so, what do you need to know?
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
FRC,
Governance,
Risk
| Tags: governance,
risk,
FRC,
compliance,
financial,
annual report,
disclosure,
FRRP,
principal risks,
business review,
reporting,
directors' report
Many companies are not being clear enough when reporting the principal risks and uncertainties facing their business, said a concerned Financial Reporting Review Panel last week. What steps can businesses take to improve compliance?
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: statistics,
investment,
report,
survey,
risk,
data,
advice,
CFO,
FD,
talent,
Directorbank,
finance director,
analysis,
skills
If you could ask a fellow finance director for their advice in the current economy, what do you think they would say? A number of outstanding finance directors shared their views in Grant Thornton’s FD survey, researched in conjunction with Directorbank.
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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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Thursday, August 26, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
FRC,
Governance,
Risk
| Tags: governance,
risk,
FRC,
Simon Lowe,
financial reporting,
audit,
FRRP,
accounts,
internal,
external
Inconsistencies in annual reports between the corporate narrative and the external audit figures are becoming more of a focus for the Financial Reporting Review Panel (FRRP). The problem was highlighted in its annual report, out last week: of the 308 companies reviewed, 146 had been approached by the FRRP for further information or explanation.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance,
Non-executive director,
Stewardship Code
| Tags: risk,
FT,
FTSE 350,
non-executive director,
Stewardship Code,
Peter Butler,
corporate governance review
Part 2 of our interview with Peter Butler, Chief Executive and Founding Partner, Governance for Owners at the recent Financial Times Non Executive Directors’ Club on The FTSE 350 Corporate Governance Review Highlights.
Peter gave us his thoughts on the impact of the proposed Stewardship Code and the role of the Chairman.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance,
Non-executive director,
Stewardship Code
| Tags: risk,
FT,
FTSE 350,
non-executive director,
Stewardship Code,
Peter Butler,
corporate governance review
Part 1 of our interview with Peter Butler, Chief Executive and Founding Partner, Governance for Owners at the recent Financial Times Non Executive Directors’ Club on The FTSE 350 Corporate Governance Review Highlights.
Peter gave us his thoughts on the impact of the proposed Stewardship Code and the role of the Chairman.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009 | Posted by: Simon Lowe
Categories:
Governance,
Non-executive director
| Tags: risk,
FRC,
Simon Lowe,
FTSE 350,
Non-executive director,
Walker review,
Governance,
Corporate Governance review
The recent release of the Walker Review and the proposed reforms to the Combined Code set out by the FRC see further challenges set for NEDs and increased engagement by institutional investors.
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Thursday, November 26, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance,
Non-executive director
| Tags: governance,
risk,
FT,
FRC,
Simon Lowe,
FTSE 350,
non-executive director,
listed,
NEDs,
Business Risk Services
FTSE 350 non-executive directors (NEDs) now have greater levels of direct sector experience and are more numerous than in 2003, a new study undertaken by business and financial advisers Grant Thornton for the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has revealed.
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