Sharing our expert views and analysis on the private equity market in the first half of 2025.
FCA’s Section 165 request marks a shift to data-led supervision. Learn what firms must do to align with Consumer Duty and stay compliant.
Our latest report analyses key issues facing higher education institutions, including financial sustainability, government policy, and the draft education SORP.
What are the key risk areas for UK companies to be aware of when appointing a non-UK resident director?
Investigations are often viewed as a way to uncover a single, definitive truth. But in practice, they are rarely black and white.
Stay up to date with our latest round up of financial regulation.
UK fire and security sector M&A review 2025
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.
Local Authorities enter 2026 still facing sustained financial strain. Despite uplifts in core spending power across the sector as a whole, pressures from social care demand, contract inflation and higher borrowing costs continue to erode resilience across the sector. Recent parliamentary evidence confirms that, whilst rare, the number of Section 114 notices issued since 2018 is at an all-time high, underlining the systemic nature of the challenge and the scrutiny on historic corporate investments and subsidiary performance.
NMW Compliance is not as straight forward as employers often think, there is much more to consider than just an hourly rate of pay.
Looking for indirect tax updates? Our experts share the latest updates each month.
Get your STBV reporting right – the compliance landscape for short-term business visitors explained.
The Aerospace and Defence (A&D) market entered 2026 with more momentum than at any point in the past decade. Geopolitical instability, rising defence budgets and a recovering commercial aviation cycle have not only lifted performance – they’ve reshaped portfolio priorities and accelerated consolidation across the sector.
Decarbonising the UK’s energy system and wider economy will require rapid electrification of heat, transport and industry, leading to a sharp rise in electricity demand. The National Energy System Operator’s (NESO) analysis suggests electricity demand could increase by 25-40% by the early 2030s and almost triple by 2050, reaching up to 700-785 TWh per year, compared with around 290 TWh today
Regulatory update on FCA AI live testing, Consumer Duty, stablecoins and mortgages. Experts unpack regulatory change shaping UK financial services.
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.
