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The next CPR update includes an important change to the way in which costs of under £25,000 will be assessed in the future.

The UK Government has introduced various provisions in order to help viable companies survive the COVID-19 pandemic. These provisions are contained within the Corporate Insolvency and...

On 18 December the Minister for Industry and the Regions, Margaret Hodge, made a statement in Parliament setting out when certain provisions of the Companies Act 2006 will be brought into force. As expected, those that relate to the implementation of the Transparency Directive, including provisions to facilitate electronic communications between companies and their shareholders, will be brought into force on 20 January 2007.

Companies should be aware that, from 30 June 2016, there are some small changes to the fees payable to Companies House and to the information required on any statement of capital filed at Companies House.

Companies House has released a new service that will allow all public digital data held on the UK register of companies to be accessed free of charge.

On 19 April 2017, Companies House published its business plan for 2017-2018 and its strategic plan for 2017-2020.

Companies House has confirmed that it recently identified a security vulnerability affecting its WebFiling service. The service was suspended as a precaution but has since been secured and restored.

Companies proposing a virtual element to their AGM will need to build in shareholder safeguards and a three-yearly (re)approval vote, or risk an IVIS “red top”, under new IA guidance.

The High Court has ruled (in Aviva plc v Litani LLC ([2025] EWHC 3134)) on whether a request for access to a listed company's register of members was for a proper purpose.

The Digitisation Taskforce, chaired by Sir Douglas Flint, has delivered its final recommendations for modernising how shares in UK listed companies are held.

The chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, has announced in the Growth Plan 2022 that the government is supporting companies to attract talent by increasing the generosity and availability...

The Companies Act has codified the duties directors owe to a company, one of which is to avoid situations where the director has or can have a direct or indirect interest which conflicts or may conflict with the company's interest.

On 15 October 2015, the London Stock Exchange published a consultation paper proposing certain changes to the AIM Rules for Companies relating to the admission criteria for investing companies...

On 29 August 2017, the Government published a response to the green paper on corporate governance reform that it had issued in November 2016.

Statutory conversion routes provide a streamlined way to change legal structure.

For any sale transaction, you will need legal and tax support, with many deals involving corporate finance.

The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the "Act") introduced screening powers for the UK government to scrutinise and potentially block acquisitions of UK business...

Pensions UK (formerly the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association or PLSA) has published its Stewardship & Voting Guidelines 2026,...