One in 10 of Britain’s biggest firms falling short on boardroom gender targets Oil giant BP is among 35 companies being taken to task for failing to meet gender targets (Nick Ansell/PA) 0 comments Oil giant BP and retailer Sports Direct are among 35 of the UK’s biggest companies being taken to task for failing to meet targets to increase the number of women in the boardroom...

MSPs have passed a law to ensure women make up at least half the board members for all public authorities. The Scottish Parliament voted by 88 to 28 in favour of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill, with opposition from the Conservatives...

GlaxoSmithKline falls to bottom of good governance survey GlaxoSmithKline has been ranked the worst governed company on the FTSE 100 (PA) A recent bribery scandal and excessive pay policies have sent pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline to the bottom of the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) corporate governance survey...

Business has responded with concern to Government proposals which could require them to make public the ratio between the pay of chief executives and ordinary workers. And unions have voiced anger over the failure of a new package of corporate governance reforms to provide seats for workers on company boards ...

Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline has named Emma Walmsley as its new chief executive in a move that will make her the most powerful woman in the FTSE 100. Ms Walmsley has been promoted from heading Glaxo's consumer healthcare arm to chief executive designate and will replace Sir Andrew Witty when he retires next March...