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Advantages and disadvantages of a partnership business

Published in Business management on May 9, 2024 by Johnathan Korchak

A partnership business is one of the most common forms to run a business in the UK. There are several hundred partnerships currently in existence. The most common alternatives are the sole trader and limited company.…

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Tags: business types, general partnership, partnership

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What you need to know about joint shareholdings

Published in Shares and shareholders on May 6, 2024 by Johnathan Korchak

When one person holds shares jointly with one or more others, they are joint shareholders. That’s different from the situation where more than one shareholder each owns shares in a company in their own right. A joint…

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Tags: joint shareholders, share transfers, shares

How many shares should a new company issue?

Published in Shares and shareholders on May 1, 2024 by Johnathan Korchak

How many shares should a new company issue? It’s a frequently asked question. There are several common patterns of share ownership in newly formed companies. However, there is also a great amount of flexibility and no absolute…

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Tags: share allotment, share issue, shares

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(Another) Inform Direct product update – April 2024

Published in Inform Direct news on April 29, 2024 by Andy Ellis

The latest update this month enables users to effortlessly access and search a company’s filing history directly within Inform Direct. This integration streamlines company secretarial tasks, eliminating the need to switch…

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Tags: Companies House, filing, Inform Direct, news

Inform Direct now supporting over 400,000 companies

Published in Inform Direct news on April 28, 2024 by Johnathan Korchak

We’re delighted to be celebrating a milestone, with 400,000 UK companies now managed on the Inform Direct platform.…

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What are Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) schemes?

Published in Shares and shareholders on April 28, 2024 by Philip Newman

The Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) allows smaller companies to set up tax-advantaged employee share schemes. Under an EMI scheme the company grants share options to employees to buy shares in the company at some time in the…

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Tags: employee share schemes, option certificates, Option holders, Options, Share options, share schemes