Reducing business reporting regulations; gender pay gap reporting; the politics of woke; ESG’s long-term value; site visits and audit fees.

Under pressure to be good corporate citizens, politically endorsed firms in emerging markets often choose philanthropy over adopting greener practices.

The European Commission has a new president and is working on its strategic agenda. What should be the new administration’s priorities?

Small and mid-cap companies need a better regulatory framework, which recognises that their needs differ distinctly from SMEs, and which will enable them to compete and thrive on a fairer playing field.

Rules to strengthen the UK government’s powers to scrutinise takeovers, which could raise national security concerns in specific areas of the economy, have been updated.

Long-awaited 2016 report into the actions of RBS’s distressed business unit finds that governance failings and a lack of oversight contributed to the inappropriate treatment of struggling SMEs.

Parliamentary banking group heavily criticises RBS chief executive Ross McEwan for what it describes as “offensive comments” relating to owners of distressed businesses.

Failure to prevent the facilitation of UK and foreign tax evasion have been implemented as new corporate offences under the Criminal Finances Act.

Three-quarters of business owners think the rules of doing business have altered dramatically in the past year, according to new research – and with that unprecedented challenges lie ahead.

Readying the UK border for Brexit is an enormous task with a hard deadline, says new research, which estimates the cost to traders of post-Brexit customs barriers to be £4bn annually.