Risk And Internal Control

Audit and Corporate Governance Reform

Reading Time: 3 minutes In May 2022, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published their response to 2021 White Paper on audit and corporate governance reform. The changes will not be introduced fully for as long as two years with amendments required to the UK Corporate Governance Code and primary and secondary legislation. Have the measures

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How Risk And Governance Work Together

Reading Time: 2 minutes Every business is exposed to risk, whether its reputational, health and safety, financial as well as the many you cannot see or are not in your control, but it’s impossible to avoid. However, businesses can identify, assess and respond to potential risks, and take mitigating action. Although risk taking is a fundamental driving force in

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Four Reasons To Address Your Subsidiary Company Skeletons

Reading Time: 3 minutes Many organisations with an international presence struggle to oversee and manage risk in their corporate entities (companies, partnerships etc). While many organisations manage these areas well in the parent company or ‘top co.’ few manage those entities below, and even fewer manage those based overseas. Four Reasons To Address Your Subsidiary Company Skeletons 1) Permanently

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The impact of Ransomware on your organisation

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ransomware is malicious software which blocks access to a computer system, sometimes with a threat to publish data, until a ransom is paid. Written by María Isidro, Chief Community Officer, 1600 Cyber Cyber criminals always take advantage during crises, and it hasn’t been different with the Covid-19 pandemic. They’ve used companies’ transition to working remotely to find

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The silent assassin; misconduct

Reading Time: 2 minutes Employees are your greatest asset and your biggest threat. You rely on them to grow the business and achieve your goals but, on occasion, some of their actions and reactions at work can lead to misconduct. Leaders spend a lot of time focused on building a great culture and promoting the right behaviours but less

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Preventing misconduct through diversity

Reading Time: 3 minutes Inclusion, Culture and Governance Diversity and inclusion are widely debated subjects, and rightly so. Many of us know, intuitively, that varied and fresh thinking from a range of experiences will positively support businesses and there’s substantial research showing it yields substantially improved performance. Recent events have shone a spotlight on the lack of diversity and

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Is accountability holding you back?

Reading Time: < 1 minute Accountability is vital for your company’s success, after all “it’s the glue that ties commitment to the result” as Bob Proctor, author and speaker on prosperity said, but with many of us still working remotely how do you build accountability? Now more than ever, as we teeter on the edge of another financial crisis, companies

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Want to be better prepared for another crisis like COVID-19? Review your risk register now!

Reading Time: 2 minutes When did you last review your risk register? Crises are inevitable, some are preventable, and many can be mitigated through good governance. In the current crisis, companies that adapted quickest were those with clear, well thought through business continuity plans, a mitigation that should form part of your risk register. That said, the current situation

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