Reading Time: 2 minutes People find minute writing difficult. That’s because it is. Producing “good” minutes is hard and time consuming. It’s a skill and must be learned and honed through practice. There is no substitute for this. Most company secretaries will at some point in their career be required to attend a meeting and take the minutes. This is […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes You planted your acorn years ago, you’ve spent years caring for it and watching it grow and now your business is the mighty oak you always wanted it to be, so the question is, what’s next? No-one really wants to see their life’s work vanish. Realistically, what are the different ways to step back: Pass
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Today marks International Women’s Day 2021 and its #choosetochallenge campaign that calls out gender bias and inequality. In celebration of this, we look back to the recent Hampton-Alexander publication where they reported the progress made by the FTSE 350 Women on Boards. As of January 2021, women represented 34.3% of the FTSE 350 Board make
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Reading Time: 2 minutes “The first rule of succession planning is that we don\’t talk about succession planning.” An outdated view you might think, but a phrase I’ve heard as recently as the past few months amongst directors. Thankfully, this phrase is not as common amongst boards as it used to be however succession discussions are still not as
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Reading Time: 2 minutes If given the choice between doing a positive action for the environment or one which is hugely detrimental, most of us would choose the former. Why then, is it so difficult for us to do the right thing? I was reminded of this when doing my weekly shop. So many products are now being branded
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Back in July, we wrote an article on the changes introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act which provided temporary relief for Annual General Meetings (AGM), General Meetings (GM) and Companies House filing requirements in the wake of COVID-19. On 25 November 2020, the temporary measures were extended again so they now end on
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Reading Time: 2 minutes When preparing for an upcoming Board meeting and having a pack of papers waiting to be read, I can understand why most directors will zip straight to the sexier, big ticket items like financial performance and strategic initiatives. A quick skim of the minutes to check they ‘sound about right’ is all that is needed,
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Reading Time: 2 minutes How do you provide oversight while not being in a business full time? This is a constant challenge many Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) face in role. NEDs are equally as accountable as Executives under the Companies Act 2006 so it can be difficult to know how to draw the line. Even more so for those where
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Now more than ever, non-executive board members can help executive directors cope with providing clear leadership at a time of crisis. It is their role to provide guidance, perspective and oversight and resist the urge to jump in and blur the lines between the board and operational management. Non-executives are now operating at a different
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