Listed companies will have to justify their chief executives’ salaries and reveal the gap to their average UK worker, under new laws to be laid in Parliament, as part of the government’s bid to improve business transparency and accountability

The number of British company directors to be disqualified increased for the third year running to 1,231 in 2017/18, according to analysis from Moore Stephens which also shows that bans for disqualified directors are getting longer

Deloitte UK and law firm Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP (BAL) have set up an alliance to offer an immigration service for global employers

ICAEW is warning businesses not to get tackled by employees’ World Cup fever, with the tournament set to kick off next week and an audience of billions expected

PwC says it has identified a stream of benefits flowing from a one month trial of introducing metal reusable bottles into the office for drinking water, and suggests ditching plastic bottles could mean an annual fall of around 23 tonnes of plastic purchased by the firm’s staff, as well as improvements in well-being

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has finalised rules creating a new category within its premium listing regime to cater for companies controlled by a shareholder that is a sovereign country, opening the way for government owned businesses to list in the UK

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The UK has set out details for a backstop agreement between Northern Ireland and Ireland to protect customs arrangements during the transition period after the UK leaves Brexit

House of Fraser has filed for a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), with Will Wright and Rob Croxen of KPMG appointed as nominees, which will mean the closure of half of its stores, affecting 6,000 jobs

Mazars is one of 45 new signatories added to the government’s women in finance charter, taking the total number of financial services firms which have committed to four key industry actions on gender diversity targets over the 200 mark

The liquidation of Carillion is to cost UK taxpayers £148m according to an estimate from the National Audit Office (NAO), while MPs have accused the company of ‘hoodwinking’ the government with its published accounts and challenged the Big Four over potential conflicts of interest

Broadcasting deals have pushed the European football market to a record €25.5bn (£21.9bn), with growth driven by the ‘big five’ European leagues who saw combined revenues increase by 9% in 2016/17, according research from Deloitte