October has been another busy month for the regulators. Having been dubbed by the Chancellor as “the boot on the neck of business” the government continues to seek to relax the burden of regulation on companies. Its message is that the government is on the side of business. Its priority is to enhance the attractiveness…

October 28, 2025 Read more >

Amid rumours that Astrazeneca, which generates c.40% of its revenues in the USA, is considering switching its listing from London to New York and media comment on the collapse of the Government’s industrial policy, there is plenty to suggest that the London Stock Exchange is in for an uphill battle to attract new listings. Whilst…

July 24, 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 >

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 >

Reports of AIM’s demise are premature. That said, for some time London’s junior market has not been fulfilling the purpose for which it had been designed, i.e. a nursery for high risk early-stage businesses with growth potential but which do not meet main market entry requirements, to access the growth capital they need – a…

April 2, 2025 Read more >

On 18 March, the Government launched a consultation on a series of wide-ranging reforms to modernise the country’s audit and corporate governance regime.  It is a beast of a document – some 230 pages in length.  And every individual involved in governance within an organisation, whether large or small, should take a look at it. …

March 30, 2021 Read more >