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Tax avoidance and transparency

‘Greater tax transparency will help re-build trust in UK PLC,’ according to a report recently published by Ernst & Young LLP.

Sustainability Disclosure Listing Standard

Going public

The effective board

John Heaps shares valuable insights from a new report which highlights how leaders in organisations across the globe are reacting to drive better performance and discusses how its findings can help fuel the debate on what makes a successful board in the 21st Century.

Governance trends in Spain

Paola Gutierrez Velandía and David Sherzer Gea consider the impact the increase in foreign share ownership has had on governance trends in Spanish listed companies.

New thinking on executive pay

Simon Patterson sets out some thoughts on what companies can do to ensure that executive pay genuinely reflects improved performance.