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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.

Tax strategy is no longer a box ticking exercise; it can shape the value of your business and make or break an exit.

Analysis of 2025 UK consumer sector failures across retail, hospitality, and travel. Explore the cost pressures, working capital challenges and structural issues driving business distress.

Whistleblowing is entering a new phase. Recent legislative changes, including updates under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act and the Employment Rights Act, are reshaping what effective reporting and response look like for large organisations.

How new CFOs can build trust in their first 100 days, create stability, strengthen team culture, and attract and retain high‑performing finance talent.

If you’re new to the business, getting under the skin of the organisation’s mission, strategy and operating reality is one of the most valuable things you can do. It sounds obvious, but the challenge is protecting time to do it amid inbox avalanche

Your early grip on reporting, risk and compliance shapes everything — the quality of decisions, the speed the business can move, and the trust the Board places in your judgement. Get this right, and the rest of your agenda moves faster.

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.

Upcoming employment tax compliance changes to be aware of and annual filing requirements for 2025/26 with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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.