Few of biggest UK firms follow governance code

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Only 9pc of the UK's biggest 350 companies are complying fully with the combined code on corporate governance, research from Grant Thornton reveals.

The accountancy firm’s 2007 annual corporate governance review said this was down from 10pc in 2006. But it said 110 FTSE 350 firms had provided “robust” explanations for their failures, as requir...

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