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Cases under the Company Director Disqualification Act 1986, such as Re Barings plc (No 5) [11] show that directors will also be liable for failing to adequately supervise employees or have effective risk management systems, as where the London directors ignored a warning report about the derivatives business in Singapore, where a rogue trader ...
After extensive privatisation of the public sector during the Margaret Thatcher administration, there remain few statutory corporations in the UK. Privatisation began in the late 1970s, and notable privatisations include the Central Electricity Generating Board, British Rail, and more recently Royal Mail.
Director and Solicitor to the Advocate General [38] [39] Office of the Leader of the House of Commons [n 1] The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP [40] [41] Leader o f the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council: N/A [42] Office of the Leader of the House of Lords [n 1] The Rt Hon The Baroness Smith of Basildon PC [40] [43]
Companies House was a member of the Public Data Group, an advisory board which between 2011 and 2015 sought to improve public access to government data. [25] Companies House is also responsible for dissolving companies. [26] In 2020, there were approximately 4.3 million businesses on the Companies House register. [27]
This category is for "Companies Act companies", which are companies that are created under the 1985 or 2006 Companies Acts, and registered with Companies House as normal, but are fully or partly-owned by the UK Government. Other types of company should go into the relevant sub-category. Companies portal
Economic Research Council online database of all UK Quangos 1998-2006, archived in 2007; 2002 Government report into the agencies model entitled "Better Government Services – Executive agencies in the 21st century" published by The Prime Minister's Office of Public Services Reform. Contains a list of agencies.
The Government's Legislative Programme, chairing the Cabinet Committee; Managing and announcing the business of the House of Commons weekly and facilitating motions and debate in the Chamber, particularly on House business; Government's representative in the House (sitting on the House of Commons Commission, Public Accounts Commission, and the ...
The Government Property Agency (GPA) is an executive agency of the Cabinet Office, a department of the Government of the United Kingdom. [2] Formed in April 2018, it is responsible for managing government property and advising government departments in their management of property.