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- 10 Reasons to use Inform Direct instead of just Companies House
- Inform Direct product update – July 2018
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- Inform Direct & GDPR
- Review of UK company formations in 2017
- (Another) Inform Direct product update – January 2018
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- Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award Winners – Inform Direct
- Inform Direct product update – March 2017
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- Inform Direct product update – November 2016
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- Business Finance Award winners
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- Manage company records the FREE and easy way
- Welcome to Inform Direct!
- Category: Company records
- Set SAIL for somewhere to keep statutory records
- Micro-entity accounts: your questions answered
- A Guide to Your Company Authentication Code
- How to calculate company size for year end accounts preparation
- Types of limited company accounts and the details they should include
- Guide to registering a charge at Companies House
- What are the filing requirements for a limited company?
- What is a company’s register of directors?
- Companies House PSC changes from 26 June 2017
- Memorandum and articles of association explained
- When might you want enhanced articles of association?
- What is a company seal?
- SIC of looking for your trade classification code?
- What changes are Companies House making from 30 June 2016?
- How does a company apply restrictions to a PSC’s shares?
- What must a company do to create its PSC register?
- What is a Relevant Legal Entity (RLE)?
- Who is a person with significant control?
- What is the Register of People with Significant Control?
- What is a company’s register of members?
- What is a company registration number?
- How to change the registered office address of a company
- Filing company accounts: your questions answered
- When are my annual accounts due?
- What is a company’s registered office address?
- How to change a company’s Articles of Association
- What a Certificate of Good Standing is and how to get one
- How to change your company name
- 7 things a prudent investor should always look for in a company’s Articles of Association
- What is a special resolution?
- Why company records needn’t be a nightmare
- Five small steps to healthy company records
- Category: Company officers
- Does my company need a company secretary?
- What is a director’s service address?
- Who are the members of a limited liability partnership (LLP)?
- What is a non-executive director?
- How does a director or secretary Consent to Act?
- Who can act as a company secretary?
- Should corporate directors be banned?
- How to appoint a director in Inform Direct
- Resignation of a director: what to do
- Director changes – what needs to be notified
- What to do if a company director or secretary dies
- Director appointments – checklist of things to remember
- Who to appoint as a director of your company
- Understanding your responsibilities as a director
- Category: Shares and shareholders
- What should be included in a shareholders’ agreement?
- What is a shareholders’ agreement?
- Share certificates – what you need to know
- A share capital reduction explained
- Redemption of shares explained
- Using capital for a redemption or purchase of own shares
- Share buyback explained
- Dividend waiver: what you need to know
- Dividend taxation: higher rate and additional rate taxpayers
- How are dividends taxed?
- How can a company use multiple share classes?
- What is a statement of capital?
- Can a child own shares?
- Taxation of dividends received before 6 April 2016
- How to create a new share class
- How to forfeit shares
- Admitting a new member of a company limited by guarantee
- Should a company limited by guarantee issue a membership certificate?
- What is a company subscriber?
- Share consolidation explained
- What is a shareholder?
- Share split and subdivision explained
- How to replace a lost share certificate
- What types of share can a company have?
- What are dividend vouchers?
- Things to consider before issuing new shares in a UK limited company
- How to issue shares – step by step
- What are prescribed particulars?
- When should you file form SH01?
- How to process calls on partly paid shares
- What rights do shareholders have?
- How to handle pension scheme share ownership
- How to fill in form J10 to transfer unpaid shares
- What are unpaid shares?
- What you need to know about joint shareholdings
- What are shareholder pre-emption rights?
- 5 simple steps to perfect share certificates
- How many shares should a new company issue?
- Share issue: what is it and why issue shares?
- How to transfer shares the easy way
- How to transfer shares – what a company must do
- How to transfer shares – a step by step guide
- How to complete a stock transfer form in 10 Steps
- How to produce share certificates
- Share certificates – dealing with common scenarios
- Category: Confirmation Statements
- Category: Company formation
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Checks
- What checks must be done to set up a company?
- Should I purchase a business address service for my UK company?
- How to choose a great business name
- Advantages and disadvantages of a community interest company (CIC)
- How do I tell HMRC my new company is dormant?
- What is a limited company?
- What is an unlimited company?
- What is a public limited company?
- Advantages and disadvantages of a public limited company
- What is an LLP agreement?
- Changes to company incorporations from 30 June 2016
- What is a certificate of incorporation?
- Set up a company in 6 steps in Inform Direct
- How to register a new company in 10 simple steps
- What to include in a company’s first board minutes
- Company formation: addresses you must provide
- Your company incorporation documents
- Your company formation checklist
- Company formation: a guide to company officers
- 10 advantages of setting up a limited company
- Category: News and opinion
- Category: Business management
- Company stationery – what must be included
- Closing a limited company
- Advantages and disadvantages of a partnership business
- What is a general partnership?
- What is a limited liability partnership (LLP)?
- What is a sole trader?
- What is a limited partnership?
- How to apply for administrative restoration
- What is a company limited by guarantee?
- How to strike off a limited company
- Disadvantages of a Sole Trader
- 10 Reasons to be a Sole Trader
- What is professional indemnity insurance?
- What insurance cover does my business need?
- Do I need business interruption insurance?
- What is public liability insurance?
- What is product liability insurance?
- Health and safety at work- a company’s responsibilities
- Why buy directors’ and officers liability insurance?
- Do I need employers’ liability insurance?
- Category: Business finance
- When do you have to register for VAT?
- How to register for VAT
- What is an employer reference number?
- What is a company’s unique taxpayer reference?
- How to make your trading company dormant
- Why have a dormant company?
- What is a dormant company?
- What is an invoice and what does it need to include?
- What exemptions exist for dormant subsidiaries?
- Is your subsidiary company exempt from audit?
- How do I get ready for Real Time Information (RTI)?
- A simple guide to RTI – reporting PAYE in real time
- Category: Annual Returns