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UK opens consultation on once-in-a-generation corporate reporting overhaul

The Houses of Parliament is reflected in a window on the HMRC building in Whitehall on February 07, 2023 in London, United Kingdom
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The changes are billed as common-sense measures designed to save businesses more than £450m ($609m) a year.

Describing the exercise as an opportunity to build “the most proportionate framework in the world,” the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) has launched a wide-ranging consultation on modernizing the UK’s corporate reporting framework. Published on September 7, 2026, the consultation runs for 12 weeks and closes on

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