ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute has published new guidance about company AGMs and the impact of Covid-19, which reflects the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on companies’ ability to hold physical general meetings

Increasing use of company voluntary arrangements (CVA) have come under fire as a vehicle to avoid debt burdens. Tania Clench, legal director at Cripps Pemberton Greenish, considers these criticisms, the impact of recent developments in insolvency law and potential future reforms

The latest FRC Lab report, Virtual and Augmented Reality in corporate reporting, considers how virtual and augmented reality can be used to expand the scope and audience for corporate reporting

The government has given businesses much-needed breathing space with extension of insolvency measures under the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act to relieve pressure on businesses dealing with coronavirus

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has published a two-week consultation on a proposal to extend by one year the application period of the amendment to IFRS 16 Leases issued in 2020 to help lessees accounting for covid-19-related rent concessions

Leeds and London will be home to a new UK centre for global green finance and investment, energy minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan has announced

The Education and Skills Funding Agency has updated its guidance for academy trusts on submitting their budget forecast returns (BFR) this year

Jeroen Van Doorsselaere assesses the latest developments from the International Accounting Standards Board, including updates on how the banking sector has responded to the pandemic and the use of primary financial statements

Luckin Coffee, China’s homegrown rival to Starbucks, has filed for chapter 15 bankruptcy in the US following accusations of accounting misstatements

Sir James Wates CBE, chairman of the Coalition group which introduced the Wates Principles for large private companies assesses the level of compliance and quality of reporting two years since the principles were introduced

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has issued guidance on how to apply going concern judgments when finalising annual reports as covid-19 impacts revenue

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is consulting on proposed legislation requiring occupational pension schemes to improve their climate risk governance and reporting, which has come under fire from the sector’s regulator

CIPFA is consulting on proposals to strengthen the Prudential Code, following growing concerns over local government commercial property investments which have seen councils take on disproportionate levels of commercial debt to generate yield

In this month's legal updates, Joanna Belmonte, legal director at Gateley plc, considers the implications of the relaxation of wrongful trading rules, the latest guidance on use of e-signatures and the ramifications of the Pensions Bill, currently awaiting parliamentary approval

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is proposing a new accounting standard that would require companies subject to rate regulation to give investors better information about their financial performance