Of interest to all involved in the arrangement of meetings.

On 16 October, the UK government announced it had withdrawn the draft Companies (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid in Parliament on 19 July.

As mentioned in previous Technical Briefings, on 24 May, the Financial Reporting Council published its long anticipated consultation on the UK Corporate Governance Code, the intention of which is to focus on the legislative and governance reforms that the Government proposed in its May 2022 white paper “Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance”. These are designed, amongst other things, to “support the FRC’s transition into the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA).”

On 24 May, the Financial Reporting Council has published its long anticipated consultation on the UK Corporate Governance Code, the intention of which is to focus on the legislative and governance reforms that the Government proposed in its May 2022 white paper “Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance”.

Companies House published two stakeholder newsletters in December.

Reforms of the National Security and Investment Act promise a lighter touch to policing deals. But will they work?

The CMA intends to use its new powers to conduct Strategic Market Status investigations under the DMCCA

The raft of new rules and realities at the start of 2025 reminds us that good governance should serve the people – whether that’s company secretaries or society at large.

Late last year an EU ruling – and €798m fine – set a precedent for digital platform accountability with far-reaching implications for ad providers and business users reliant on Meta’s ecosystem.