For 22 years, Grant Thornton’s global Women in Business research has tracked progress on female representation in senior leadership across the mid‑market. This year’s findings reveal a world moving forward, and a UK in danger of losing ground. As last year’s report warned, without decisive action, the mid‑market risks creating a missed generation of female leaders. The 2026 data suggests that moment may already be here.
Discover how leaders can break free from crisis thinking, embrace smart risk‑taking, and drive growth with insights from business psychology and financial services experts.
Upcoming employment tax compliance changes to be aware of and annual filing requirements for 2025/26 with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
What do the major reforms to Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) mean for mid‑market and scale‑up businesses?
Discover how leaders can break free from crisis thinking, embrace smart risk‑taking, and drive growth with insights from business psychology and financial services experts.
Securitisation and synthetic risk transfers face increased PRA, FCA and BCBS scrutiny as regulators push to improve transparency and reduce systemic risk.
The special administration regime for payment and e-money institutions must adapt to remain fit for purpose. We look at proposed changes.
Discover how clear purpose, strong design and culture enable coaching to drive capability, engagement and real behavioural change in organisations
With the UK special educational needs system under immense pressure, private providers can offer innovation, specialism, and capacity. Where should investors focus to make the most impact?
Buy now, pay later lenders will fall under FCA regulation from July. We look at the final rules and how firms can prepare for authorisation.”
Explore key compliance risks for business visitors and guidance to avoid costly pitfalls.
From Oct 2027, cryptoassets will enter a new FCA regulatory regime, signalling a major shift for UK crypto compliance, investor protection and market oversight.
Our first CFO Forum of 2026 brought together a panel of senior finance leaders to decode the tensions for 2026 and what's CFOs top priorities this year.
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Explore the key updates to the 2026 IPEV Guidelines, which clarifies guidance on complex capital structures, debt valuation, convertible instruments and more.
The FCA is consulting on plans to roll out new UK SRS1 and SRS2 sustainability reporting standards across UK listed companies to enhance transparency.
TPR has sharpened expectations for pension scheme administration, highlighting key risks around governance, data integrity and oversight that trustees must act on.
In this complex digitalasset fraud case, forensic specialists, civil litigators and US law enforcement partnered to trace, freeze and recover stablecoins by burn-and-remint mechanism. This was the first UK-instructed case of its kind and demonstrated how coordinated public‑private action can outpace increasingly sophisticated scam techniques.
The FCA’s premium finance final report confirms no sector-wide interventions but highlights the need for stronger, more robust fair value assessments.
