Nearly a third of companies in the FTSE 350 have introduced or increased shareholding requirements for CEOs, and half have done so for director long term incentive plans (LTIPs), but the number of significant votes against annual remuneration reports and policy reports continues to grow according to research by KPMG

Toys R Us has struck a last minute deal with the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to put more than £9m into its pension scheme, meaning thousands of jobs have been saved at the UK arm of the retailer, which is now able to proceed with its company voluntary agreement (CVA) plan

The Treasury has admitted that it has a problem with its bonus payments to staff, as it publishes an annual report on its gender pay gap for the first time, while HMRC has performed well with only a 10% differential rates for staff

With ever increasing demand, Santa has had to take on huge numbers of extra helpers over recent years meaning he has to take into account national minimum wage legislation, IR35 rules and employment law, says Lee Hamilton, partner at Blick Rothenberg

The Brexit Committee has published redacted industry sector reports providing a snapshot of industry sectors and the implications of current EU legislation, for example on accountants and auditors and possible approaches to trade agreements which could offer continued access to EU markets, but no financial impact details

Grant Thornton has published its gender pay gap figures with the results showing a sharp difference in male and female bonus rates and an average pay gap of 26.56%

The Treasury, Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have issued statements outlining the plans to ensure the UK’s financial services industry remains able to operate during and after the remaining negotiations on Brexit

The newly appointed small business commissioner (SBC) has been given formal permission to start handling complaints about late payments, as part of the government’s bid to achieve a culture change over payment issues facing small companies, with research showing a third of payments are late

In a highly critical report on financial management at the government company overseeing completion of a new rail link, the public accounts committee (PAC) has branded High Speed 2 Ltd’s actions in making unauthorised redundancy payments as ‘a shocking waste of taxpayers' money’, and called for its former chief executive to be brought to account

In the final stage of an investigation into Tech Data Ltd, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued ICAEW member Kevin Silverwood, the former financial management controller of the company formerly known as Computer 2000 Distribution Ltd, with a fine of £50,000

HMRC is warning the public about a high profile phone scam that is conning vulnerable and elderly people out of thousands of pounds into paying non-existent tax bills using iTunes gift cards 

The government is to legislate to make high speed broadband a legal right, introducing a regulatory universal service obligation (USO), giving everyone in the UK access to speeds of at least 10 Mbps by 2020, in a move which will ease the introduction of HMRC’s Making Tax Digital online updating initiative