As the qualification celebrates its 20th birthday this month, we look at how it has blazed a trail for effective governance

Kitty Liao has invented a cooling system to preserve vaccines in transit to remote parts of the world. Her venture needs more finance, but how to attract it when maximising returns is secondary to her goal of saving millions of lives? She consults our experienced panel of IoD members
It’s estimated that preventable diseases will kill […]

IT experts and business leaders discuss how best to protect corporate systems and data

The president and group CEO of Aston Martin Lagonda discusses a Japanese approach to decision-making and the importance of succession planning

The IoD 99 member is approaching organisations to partner his business, but how can he persuade them to get involved?

Only a quarter of UK employers would hire someone with a conviction, yet 92 per cent of these believe that doing so has benefited their business

The IoD’s Information and Advisory Service offers the following party checklist, designed to keep employers clear of legal trouble

Tax expert Helen Brown highlights key compliance points UK firms seeking a foothold in Norway must bear in mind

The CEO of social enterprise Street Soccer Scotland went from living on the street to running his own firm

Many experts recommend that you should start out in a voluntary capacity, rather than trying to make the leap from executive director to corporate Ned. Schools, academies and charities, for instance, are always on the lookout for directors with strong commercial skills to serve them as governors and trustees.

Directors are at high risk, but there are new ways to protect your data at Companies House

Should firms adopt a less casual approach to using freelance workers and contractors? Industry experts debate