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- A guide to the appointment of directors
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- Dividend taxation: higher rate and additional rate taxpayers
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- Share buyback explained
- How to issue shares – step by step
- Redemption of shares explained
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- Share issue: what is it and why issue shares?
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- Employee share schemes and options
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- How to transfer shares – a step by step guide
- What are treasury shares?
- Preparing your private company for the death of a shareholder
- How to replace a lost share certificate
- What types of share can a company have?
- What are preference shares?
- When should you file form SH01?
- How to complete a stock transfer form in 10 Steps
- Taxation issues on share buybacks
- What should be included in a shareholders’ agreement?
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- Share certificates – what you need to know
- A share capital reduction explained
- Using capital for a redemption or purchase of own shares
- Dividend waiver: what you need to know
- 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
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- Things to consider before issuing new shares in a UK limited company
- What are prescribed particulars?
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- 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
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- 5 simple steps to perfect share certificates
- How many shares should a new company issue?
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- 10 advantages of setting up a limited company
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- Changes to company incorporations from 30 June 2016
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- Review of 2021 UK company formations
- 5 million companies in the UK
- Review of UK company formations in 2020
- Changes to Companies House submissions as a result of Brexit
- Corporate transparency and registry reform
- The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act – effect on filing deadlines
- Coronavirus and Company Secretarial Responsibilities
- How to record the furlough of a director
- Review of UK company formations in 2018
- Election 2017 – Company Growth by Constituency
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- Members’ voluntary liquidation – MVL
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- Health and safety at work- a company’s responsibilities
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- What is a limited partnership?
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- What is a company limited by guarantee?
- How to strike off a limited company
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- Why buy directors’ and officers liability insurance?
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- Category: Business finance
- What is an ERN (PAYE Reference Number) and why do I need it?
- What is a dormant company?
- When do you have to register for VAT?
- How to make your trading company dormant
- What does a template business invoice need to include?
- How to register for VAT
- What is a company’s UTR (unique taxpayer reference)?
- Why have a dormant company?
- What exemptions exist for dormant subsidiaries?
- How do I get ready for Real Time Information (RTI)?
- A simple guide to RTI – reporting PAYE in real time
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