As the government considers allowing online-only AGMs, the ICGN warns of the risk to shareholder relations.

Regulator to examine four audits conducted by EY of Post Office accounts from 2015 to 2018 following Horizon scandal

Internal audit body calls for government to push ahead with audit reform bill and resurrect resilience reporting.

Impact of trade wars, slow progress on audit reform, EY fined over Thomas Cook audit; using AI in the boardroom; UK launches code of practice on cyber governance.

Better Business Act campaign grows; sustainability warning to US; EY’s female leadership success; FRC reminder over ‘capital restructuring’.

FRC support for Labour’s growth plan; executive pay steers away from ESG; EU’s non-financial reporting debate continues.

He says the ICAEW’s call to exclude ‘ESG audits’ from the cap will not serve the cause of ‘independent and effective audits’.

Clients’ preference for a Big Four firm may restrict the market and disadvantage challenger firms, finds the FRC.

When large firms go bust, ‘the British public pays the price’ in bailouts, job losses and disruption, warns professor.

CEO activism and DEI policies; FRC backs ‘proportionality’ in corporate governance; concern over changes to US AGMs.