THE INSTITUTE of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) chief executive Eric Anstee told a conversation in Poland on 29 April that EU accession countries must make secure strong corporate governance to attract inward investment.

THE INSTITUTE of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) chief executive Eric Anstee told a conversation in Poland on 29 April that EU accession countries must make secure strong corporate governance to attract inward investment. Anstee believes that accession countries should use UK corporate governance practices as a benchmark. He said that the ICAEW had an important part to play in helping to disseminate best practice within the accession countries.

On the brink of ten countries acceding to the EU forward 1 May, Anstee told the World Economic Forum's European Economic Summit in Warsaw: "In order for the ten accession