MM&K is inviting Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) and Board Chairs to take part in the 2025/26 edition of Life in the Boardroom, a unique biennial survey that gathers insights directly from NEDs and Board Chairs, rather than from company staff or annual reports. Since 1990, this survey has provided a detailed and accurate picture from the…

July 22, 2025 Read more >

Earlier this year, we highlighted some thoughts around changes to remuneration reporting bought in by changes in the QCA Corporate Governance Code “the Code” (read the article here). To help support this, the QCA recently issued three new boardroom guides, QCA new series of boardroom guides , (which we are pleased to say that MM&K provided…

July 21, 2025 Read more >

Now in its 30th year, MM&K’s Private Equity and Venture Capital Compensation Survey is recognised across the industry as a leading source of reliable, in-depth insight into remuneration trends. As the private capital landscape continues to evolve, staying informed and competitive is more critical than ever. We invite you to participate in the 2025 Survey…

July 20, 2025 Read more >

Last month, MM&K launched its 30th annual Private Equity and Venture Capital Compensation Survey, the leading and highly respected benchmarking resource tailored specifically for the UK and European PE/VC market. We invite all private equity and venture capital firms—regardless of size or strategy—to participate in this comprehensive survey and gain valuable insights into how compensation…

June 12, 2025 Read more >

MM&K has officially launched the 2025/26 edition of Life in the Boardroom, a unique biennial survey that gathers insights directly from Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) and Board Chairs, rather than from company staff or annual reports. Since 1990, this survey has provided a detailed and accurate picture from the people who experience life in the boardroom…

June 10, 2025 Read more >

After a consultation process, to which MM&K contributed as did many other interested parties, the FRC published the 2026 UK Stewardship Code on 3 June. In addition, the FRC has published draft reporting guidance on which comments and suggestions are requested before 31 August 2025 with a view to being finalised in the autumn. The…

June 9, 2025 Read more >

On 5 June, the Government issued an update regarding its proposed reforms around Carried Interest. As a firm, we were pleased to see that the potential requirement around mandatory Co-investment has been scrapped.  Our article earlier this year Co-investment requirements in the proposed new PE/VC tax regime highlighted the potential consequences – particularly for younger…

June 6, 2025 Read more >

On 15 May 2025, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System Sandbox) Regulations 2025 was published which comes into force on 5 June 2025. This establishes the new Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES), a new regulated securities trading platform for private companies, wherever incorporated, as…

June 5, 2025 Read more >

We are preparing to launch the 2025/26 edition of Life in the Boardroom, our survey of NEDs, including Board Chairs. This survey has been running since 1990 and is unique insofar as we collect data direct from individual directors. Participants include directors of UK and overseas listed and private companies, private equity portfolio companies, public…

May 2, 2025 Read more >

MM&K is about to launch its 30th annual Private Equity & Venture Capital Compensation Survey of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital industry. The survey provides a comprehensive review of both short-term and long-term remuneration practices across the private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure fund management sectors, including the fund-of-funds and secondaries spaces. Short-term…

May 1, 2025 Read more >

On 31 January 2025, the House of Lords Select Committee on Home-Based Working was set up and their call for evidence recently closed (25 April 2025).  As has been seen in the news, the Committee have recently interviewed a number of executives of large corporations to understand their views. One of the interesting aspects was…

April 30, 2025 Read more >

An annual return needs to be submitted by all companies which have an active employee share plan registered with HMRC. This includes tax-advantaged share plans such as EMI, CSOP, SAYE and SIP as well as any non-tax advantaged plans or arrangements such as unapproved options, conditional share awards (or restricted stock units), growth share plans…

April 29, 2025 Read more >