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08 August 2018

UK: revised corporate governance code

The FRC has published a new version of the UK Corporate Governance Code applicable to accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. The …

07 December 2017

UK: board diversity report and updated executive search code

The Parker Review Committee has published its final report into the ethnic diversity of UK boards. The final recommendations are substantively the same …

01 September 2017

UK: Government sets out corporate governance reforms

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published its response paper on UK corporate governance reform. The response paper …

20 January 2017

UK: Employees in the boardroom – learning the lessons of Bullock

The last half of 2016 saw a number of developments in the corporate governance field, kicked off by Theresa May's leadership campaign speech and followed …

12 October 2016

UK: Government announcements - workers' rights post Brexit, employee representation on boards, employment of foreign workers, and review of modern employment practices

At the Conservative Party conference, Theresa May announced plans to repeal the 1972 European Communities Act, which gives direct effect to EU law in the …

05 October 2016

UK: BIS Select Committee launches Corporate Governance Inquiry

The Business, Innovation and Skills ("BIS") Select Committee announced on Friday that it is launching an inquiry into corporate governance, focussing on …

18 August 2016

UK: Updates to the GC100 and investor group guidance on remuneration reporting

The GC100 and Investor Group has published a revised version of its guidance on directors’ remuneration reports and policies, which all UK incorporated …

29 September 2014

UK: Senior Managers, Certification and Conduct Rules - a new regulatory regime for individuals in banking

The final report of the Parliamentary Committee on Banking Standards criticised not just the "firewall of accountability" around senior individuals …

06 March 2014

UK: Women on Boards: Voluntary Code for Executive Search Firms – March 2014 Review

In a review of the Voluntary Code of Conduct for Executive Search firms, published on 4 March 2014, Charlotte Sweeney considers whether the Code …

15 November 2013

UK: Board diversity – Cranfield board diversity progress report published

Cranfield School of Management has published its latest report on Women on Boards. As well as setting out the most recent figures for the percentage of …

27 September 2013

UK: Directors' Remuneration Reports – comprehensive overview of the new regime

Paul Ellerman, Mark Ife and Jemima Coleman explain the new regime for disclosure and shareholder approval of directors' remuneration for listed companies …

25 September 2013

EU: Gender Balance on Company Boards - draft EU Directive "does not go far enough" argues the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

As previously reported, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a gender Directive which plans to introduce a 40% “minimum objective” for the …