From our brains to yours.

After your first months as an SME finance leader, you will have the insight you need to define where you want to take the finance function and can start investing more time in strategic planning.

The FCA motor finance redress scheme final rules are live, covering high commissions, discretionary commission arrangements and tied relationships.

As a new CFO, you’ll need to assess the strength of current operations, from cyber security to tax planning, and identify any opportunities for increased efficiency and effectiveness to add value to the business.

We explore recent trends in pensions covenant assessment, reflecting on the generally improved levels of scheme funding and the implications of the funding code

Build an effective transaction monitoring framework: risk assessment, data, rules, validation, alert handling, oversight and calibration in one end‑to‑end guide.

Empower HR Business Partners to shift from reactive tasks to strategic leadership with practical tools, insights, and capability-building support.

This report gives you insight into the largest privately owned, fastest growing and most profitable businesses within Essex. Alongside this you will gain insight from local business owners.

Discover how organisations can boost productivity and growth with stronger workforce strategy, efficient operating models and smart AI in 2026.

The digital assets sector faces major regulatory and reporting changes from 2026. Learn what CARF, new FCA rules and rising financial‑crime risks mean for firms

Non‑financial misconduct becomes a regulatory risk from 2026. Learn what the FCA expects and how firms can strengthen governance, oversight and culture.

The recent case of NOAL SCSp v Novalpina Capital LLP [2025] EWHC 1392 (Ch) has brought into sharp focus the interpretation of the declaration of solvency.

Many leadership teams are having to balance difficult decisions - protecting people while ensuring business continuity - with limited clarity on how the situation will evolve.

David Morrey and Ben Farmer unpack the FCA’s new sector priority reports and what they really signal for financial services firms in 2026.

Preparing for the FCA’s motor finance redress scheme: why firms should conduct a business health check now.

For a new CFO, financial reporting is your first real test of whether the organisation you’ve inherited is capable of supporting decisive leadership.

In your first 100 days, relationships are not a “soft skill”, they’re a strategic enabler. Your ability to gain buy‑in, accelerate decision‑making, and lead change later depends on the depth of trust you establish now, across every level of the business.