- IOM students celebrate exam success with ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute
29 October 2020
ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute is delighted to announce the names of those students who have achieved the highest marks in the Institute’s Isle of Man examinations since the June 2018 exam sitting. The students received their awards at a celebratory event at Tanners Loft on 22 October. Read more
- Charity SORP convenor launches probe of trustees’ understanding of the charity accounting framework
23 October 2020
The Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) convenor responsible for gathering the views of trustees on the charity accounting framework has today begun work with trustees to gain an insight into their understanding of the framework. Trustees in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are being asked to complete a questionnaire which will help to clarify their position. Read more
- Majority of organisations are ready for a no trade deal scenario, poll finds
22 October 2020
According to a poll by ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute and governance recruitment specialist The Core Partnership, the majority of companies are prepared for the UK to leave Europe with no trade deal in place. Some 71% of respondents, the majority of which hail from finance, commerce and industry, said that they are very prepared for a no trade deal scenario. Just 9% are not at all prepared and an additional 20% were unsure of how prepared their organisation was at the time the poll was carried out. Read more
- Student achievements to be celebrated in person by ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute’s IOM branch
21 October 2020
ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute is holding an a Networking and Social Evening for members and students on Thursday 22 October, which will recognise the exam successes of its students. Read more
- Governance Guernsey: Creating a sustainable future
13 October 2020
ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute has today announced the full line-up of speakers for its 2020 Governance Guernsey conference, which is taking place on 21 October, one of the few live conferences taking place in the British Isles, thanks to strong management of COVID by Guernsey’s government. Read more
- ‘Effective school governance is more than minuting meetings,’ says ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute
09 October 2020
The Department for Education’s recognition of academy trust clerks as the board’s ‘governance professional’ is a start in terms of acknowledging the importance of the role, according to ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute. Recognising the broader responsibilities as “…about helping the board understand its role, functions and legal duties and supporting the chair to enable and facilitate strategic debate and decision making” in the DfE’s revised Governance Handbook, the Institute believes that this continued emphasis shows the important advisory and support role that governance professionals play in helping academy boards to achieve success. Read more
- Latest DfE report shows clerks are undervalued. More support needs to be given to this important role, ICSA states
07 October 2020
The clerking role is not given the weight it deserves because the term ‘clerk’ does not reflect the important governance work that they do, according to ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute. The term ‘governance professional’ better reflects the important advisory and supporting role that they play and the DfE should introduce the mandatory requirement in law for academy trusts above a certain threshold to employ a qualified governance professional. Furthermore, the DfE should provide guidance to ensure the remuneration of a governance professional reflects the level of responsibility required to support the board with its many legal, regulatory, educational and ethical requirements. Read more
- The virtuous circle of good charity governance
28 September 2020
ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute has today published a white paper looking at ‘The virtuous circle of good charity governance’. Compiled by Louise Thomson, Head of Policy (Not for Profit) at the Institute, the paper considers what governance is and how it works in relation to the charity sector, including linking good governance to organisational performance. Read more
- ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute welcomes Companies House reform
25 September 2020
ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute has today welcomed the Government’s response to last years’ consultation on Corporate Transparency and Register Reform, in which the Government looked at options to enhance the role of Companies House and increase the transparency of UK corporate entities. Read more
- ‘Extending AGM flexibility will help companies to prepare properly,’ ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute advises
24 September 2020
ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute is delighted that the government has extended the flexibilities around the arrangement of company meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic included in the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the Act) to 30 December 2020. Read more
