EMI tax relief extended Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) are tax-advantaged arrangements for granting share options to employees of smaller companies, with gross assets of no more than £30 million and fewer than 250 employees. European Union (EU) State Aid approval for EMI expired on 6 April 2018 and there was concern that income tax and…

May 15, 2018 Read more >

The Evolution of the Remuneration Committee: proposed changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code and recent changes to the QCA Corporate Governance Code The Impact of the FRC’s proposed changes to the UK Code was the theme for the recent Remuneration Dinner held by MM&K – the latest in its series of dinners for CEOs…

May 1, 2018 Read more >

Remuneration Dinner – 11th June We are hosting our next Remuneration Dinner for Non-executive Directors and CEO’s at the RAC club on 11th June 2018.  If you are interested in attending or receiving the discussion notes afterwards please contact joanne.fegan@mm-k.com for information.

April 25, 2018 Read more >

Grant of EMI Option: current status In the ERS Bulletin #27 published on 4 April 2018, HMRC had stated that following the expiration of the EU State Aid approval for Enterprise Management Incentives (“EMI”) on 6 April 2018, EMI options granted in the period from 7 April 2018 until EU State Aid approval is received…

April 25, 2018 Read more >

GDPR and Share Plans The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is due to come into effect on 25 May 2018. The Directive may potentially have consequences for how data about employees are handled by companies and their agents. One implication which has not so far been widely publicised is that amendments may be need…

March 21, 2018 Read more >

Remuneration Dinner event MM&K recently held one of its regular Remuneration Dinners for CEOs and Non-Executive directors. Please click here to read an overview of the evening in which the theme for discussion was: “The Evolution of the Remuneration Committee: the impact of proposed changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code”.

March 19, 2018 Read more >

UK Corporate Governance Code – FRC proposed changes MM&K’s response to the consultation on the changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code proposed by the Financial Reporting Council.  Click here for our submission.

February 28, 2018 Read more >

Global Governance and Executive Compensation Group Network

January 8, 2018 Read more >

Please click here to read an overview of the evening in which the theme for discussion was: “The direction of travel of remuneration governance in the UK and what the regulatory environment might look like in 5 years’ time”.

December 22, 2017 Read more >

The December 2017 edition of Board Walk is now available. In this issue we reflect on the Government’s stated intentions for corporate governance and director’s pay, and considers how things may evolve for UK companies. Download it here..

December 15, 2017 Read more >

Damien will be delivering a paper called Top pay – the facts. More details can be found here http://www.esopcentre.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2017/07/BI-symposium-2017-brochure-9.pdf

September 21, 2017 Read more >

Stuart James, Associate Director will be speaking on “The future of executive pay and corporate governance for listed and private companies” at the ProShare conference on Tuesday, 3 October 2017.  Click here to find out more and book a place http://proshare.libf.ac.uk/events/annual-conference-2017

September 20, 2017 Read more >