Following the announcement in the Spring Budget statement, on 5 May 2023, the Government published its call for evidence on non-discretionary tax-advantaged employee share schemes, Save As You Earn (SAYE) and the Share Incentive Plan (SIP), which can be found here. The Government also published its final report on Share Scheme Evaluation – CSOP, SAYE…

June 21, 2023 Read more >

Last month MM&K launched its 28th annual Private Equity & Venture Capital Compensation Survey of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry. The survey covers both short-term and long-term aspects of pay and incentive practice in the private equity, venture capital and infrastructure fund management space, including in the fund-of-funds and secondaries space. Short-term…

June 21, 2023 Read more >

The most recent ONS figures cite over one million job vacancies in the UK. These are amongst the highest since records began 22 years ago, following a peak in April 2023, still 200,000 more than the pre-pandemic peak. This is alongside an unemployment rate of 3.9%, amongst the lowest figures since the ‘70s. It seems…

June 20, 2023 Read more >

Risk management is an important part of corporate governance because it helps organisations identify, assess and mitigate risks that can impact their ability to achieve their objectives and goals. It helps protect stakeholder interests, encourages better decision-making, preserve value and compliance and identify any emerging risks. When considering risk management in executive remuneration, boards should…

June 20, 2023 Read more >

One of the issues with employee benefits is that, over time, their existence can be taken for granted and their ability to be changed or used strategically is overlooked.  In addition, many businesses fail to plan for holiday time being taken later in the year than the popular spring and summer periods. Accordingly, here are…

June 20, 2023 Read more >

MM&K’s Life in the Boardroom report, a “must have” publication for all Non-Executives, is based on a unique survey sent out to Non-Executive Directors themselves in order to gather insights into their individual thoughts on boardroom policies and practice. MM&K has conducted this valued survey for over 30 years. It is unique as data is…

June 20, 2023 Read more >

London Stock Exchange CEO, Julia Hoggett’s recent suggestion that UK CEO pay should be increased to place London as the listing venue of choice, has grabbed many headlines and attracted some strong reaction. This comes hard on the FCA’s proposal to relax the Listing Rules, to simplify the process of bringing a company to market,…

May 17, 2023 Read more >

On 10 May, in its policy paper Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy, the Government has made some announcements that impact employment law. The changes are intended to create a more competitive and productive economy by reducing unnecessary and burdensome existing regulation which impedes competition or acts as a block on innovation. Significantly, the sunset…

May 17, 2023 Read more >

MM&K Private Equity & Venture Capital Compensation Survey is a Compensation Survey for the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry that MM&K has run for 27 years. This month we have launched the 28th round of this survey. MM&K PE / VC Compensation Survey provides participating firms with market leading, detailed information on both…

May 17, 2023 Read more >

The past 3 years has seen huge levels of economic uncertainty with the COVID pandemic, high inflation and cost of living crisis being a few of the main causes of this. Our 2022 Private Equity report has now been released, so in this article I will be taking a closer look at how staffing levels…

May 16, 2023 Read more >

We are preparing for the launch of our biennial Chair and Non-Executive Directors Survey  ‘Life in the Boardroom 2023-2024’.  As part of our preparations, we reached out to past participants for their opinions on current issues facing boardrooms. The pandemic thrust many companies into remote working, and for most companies it is here to stay,…

May 16, 2023 Read more >

The digital landscape is rapidly evolving and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has become critical in many different industries and areas. It has transformed the way things are done, enabling automation, providing data and insights which in turn helps businesses with effective decision making. In April 2023, the UK Government published an AI White…

May 15, 2023 Read more >