Business consultations and responses

2024

• Guidance on the Going Concern Basis of Accounting – ICAS response to the FRC October 2024

2023

• 13 September 2023 - ICAS response FRC Corporate Governance Code
• 8 February 2023 -  ICAS response to the FRC Minimum Stadard for Audit Committees

2021

3 February 2021 - BEIS: Improving the quality and value of financial information on the UK companies register

2 February 2021 - BEIS: Powers of the Registrar

2 February 2021 - BEIS: Implementing the ban on corporate directors

18 November 2021 - FRC’s: Proposed Revisions to the Audit Firm Governance Code

2020

• 5 August 2020 - Evidence to Scottish Parliament Finance & Constitution Committee Inquiry - pre budget scrutiny 2021/22 PDF [238 KB]
• 29 May 2020 - Advisory Group on Economic Recovery: knowledge and insights PDF [208 KB]
• 18 May 2020 - Evidence to House of Commons Treasury Committee - Economic impact of coronavirus PDF [434 KB]
• 6 May 2020 - CJRS - CEO Letter to Secretary of State for Scotland PDF [113 KB]
• 24 April 2020 - Covid 19 - CEO Letter to Secretary or State for Scotland PDF [208 KB]
• 1 April 2020 - Covid 19 - CEO Letter to SG Cabinet Secretary for Economy PDF [146 KB]

2019

• BEIS Corporate transparency and register reform PDF [131 KB]

2018

• UK Government (BEIS) Insolvency and Corporate Governance Consultation June 2018 - ICAS response PDF [155 KB]
• HM Treasury consultation- Financing Growth in Innovative Firms - EIS knowledge-intensive fund - ICAS response PDF [179 KB]
• UK Treasury Committee - SME Finance inquiry March 2018 - ICAS response
  PDF [98 KB]
• Financial reporting Council Consultation Paper on Revisions to the Corporate Governance Code February 2018 - ICAS response
  PDF [195 KB]

2017

• HM Treasury Patient Capital Consultation Sept 2017 - ICAS response
• ICAS response to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Green Paper on Corporate Governance Reform PDF [245 KB]

2016

• ICAS response to Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BIS) Committee inquiry on corporate governance PDF [203 KB]
• ICAS response to FRC consultation 'Board Culture' PDF [167 KB]
• ICAS response to BIS consultation 'Access To Finance Inquiry' PDF [113 KB]

2015

• ICAS response to proposed changes to the requirements on audit committees
• ICAS response to Large Business Tax Compliance
• ICAS response to audit firm governance code
• ICAS comments on the EC Green Paper - Building a Capital Markets Union PDF [105 KB]
• ICAS comments on the Lending Code PDF [158 KB]

2014

• SME lending inquiry – Written evidence from ICAS PDF [196 KB]
• HMT HMRC Tax-advantaged venture capital schemes - PDF [151 KB]
• BIS/HMT - SME finance: help to match SMEs rejected for finance with alternative lenders - PDF [195 KB]
• BIS - Review of UK and EU balance of competences: call for evidence on the single market - free movement of services - PDF [205 KB]
• FRC - Risk Management, Internal Control and the Going Concern Basis of Accounting - PDF [78 KB]

2013

• Directors Pay - ICAS response to FRC - PDF [139 KB]
• BIS Company Filing Requirements - PDF [143 KB]
• BIS Corporate Responsibility - PDF [204 KB]
• BIS Transparency and Trust discussion paper - PDF [204 KB]
• EC Green Paper long term finance - ICAS submissions - PDF [159 KB]
• Implementing the Recommendations of the Sharman Panel (FRC) - PDF [424 KB]
• FRC: Implementing the Recommendations of the Sharman Panel - PDF [424 KB]
• Competition Commission FTSE 350 Audit Market Potential Remedies - PDF [339 KB]
• Competition Commission FTSE 350 Provisional Findings Report - %asset_summary_24

2012

• The Takeover Panel - PDF [64 KB]
• BIS Directors Pay - PDF [371 KB]
• EC Smart Regulation - PDF [554 KB]
• FRC UK Corporate Governance Code response - PDF [125 KB]
• FRC UK Stewardship Code response - PDF [70 KB]
• Gender imbalance in corporate boards in the EU - PDF [107 KB]
• Exec Remuneration SV Consultation BIS - PDF [233 KB]

2011

• Simpler Reporting for the Smallest Businesses - PDF [270 KB]
• HMT on tax advantaged venture capital schemes - PDF [290 KB]