What is a corporate director?

Published in Company officers on October 27, 2026 by Johnathan Korchak

A UK company can appoint another company as a director. This appointee is known a corporate director: a company, or another body corporate with its own legal personality, appointed to sit on the board of a UK company and act as a…

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Corporate director reforms under ECCTA

Published in Company officers on October 27, 2026 by Johnathan Korchak

The advent of identity verification for directors and persons with significant control (PSCs) has dominated the Companies House reform agenda in the last year. That does not, however, mean the end of implementation of the Economic…

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Your company formation checklist for UK Businesses

Published in Company formation on August 20, 2024 by Jayne Challinor

Forming a company is no longer a time consuming or complicated task. At Inform Direct, we’ve streamlined company formation, creating a simple step by step online process that allows you to enter all your company details very…

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Tags: addresses, company officers, company records, incorporation

What is a non-executive director?

Published in Company officers on June 1, 2023 by Johnathan Korchak

In recent years the number and importance of non-executive directors (or ‘NEDs’) in UK companies has grown significantly. While the focus for discussion of non-executive directors is often on listed companies, their value…

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Who can and cannot be a company director?

Published in Company officers on November 15, 2022 by Johnathan Korchak

In the UK, almost anyone can incorporate a limited company and become one of its directors. But for a multitude of reasons it is best to first establish that the person is capable of fully carrying out the director’s duties that…

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Tags: appointments, company officers, directors

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