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In July 2021 UKSA and ShareSoc and made a joint submission to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) on their consultation document “Restoring trust in audit and corporate Governance.” (6/7 of the authorship came from UKSA!). BEIS is now known as the Department of Business and Trade (DBT).
We were deeply…
On 6th February 2025, UK Shareholders responded to FRC’s consultation on its new three-year strategy and says it should better reflect the recommendations of the Kingman Review
A recent article in the Cambridge Law Journal by Eva Micheler (Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science) and Elena Christine Zaccaria (Senior Lecturer at Brunel University London) looked at the Government’s plans to force digitisation of the remaining certificated shares in Britain.
UKSA writes to Treasury and Department for Business and Trade on key concerns about Digitisation Taskforce
The Digitisation Taskforce has still not produced a final report and recommendations to the Government (See Digitisation Taskforce - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk))
In anticipation of the final report coming out, UKSA sent this letter to the Treasury…
Ian Brindley to become new Head of Policy Team from 1 January 2025
UKSA, ShareSoc and Share Action have sent their final comments to the Digitisation Taskforce.
Being vigilant is key. A bit of research identified three red flagsThe flags are:The firm has no licence to operate in the UK. From the FCA website DEAN-BARON CORPORATE GROUP LLP | FCA:
Prompted by our recent discussions with Euroclear, Registrars and ShareAction, we are seeking through ShareAction a follow up meeting before the Taskforce publishes its final report, expected by the end of September.
This submission presents a potential transformation of the consumer protection landscape.
Beware of an increasing number of scammers contacting Northern Rock shareholders.The firms state they are financial services, consultancy services and legal organisations. They require their targets to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Some are saying that they are doing this on behalf of Virgin Money UK.
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