Some of our readers may be aware that Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (”HMRC”) has recently been the subject of an external review by Kieran Poynter, senior partner of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, one of the UK’s leading accountancy firms. This was as a result of the fiasco surrounding HMRC’s loss of several data discs in October 2007 [...]
[click here read more]Posted: July 28th, 2008 under Corporate Finance.
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The Companies Act 2006 introduced some significant changes to the law relating to directors’ long term service contracts. The changes included the following:
Shareholder approval is now required for service contracts in excess of two years (as opposed to five years).
Shareholders have the [...]
Posted: June 25th, 2008 under Corporate Finance.
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The Companies Act 1985 required every company to have a company secretary.
The Companies Act 2006 (with effect from April 2008) provided that private companies were no longer required to have company secretaries.
The changes brought about by the 2006 Act do not prevent a private company from having a company secretary and it is [...]
Posted: June 23rd, 2008 under Corporate Finance.
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A new method of document execution was introduced by the Companies Act 2006 in April 2008. The new method allows a company to validly execute a deed or document where:
it is expressed to be executed by the company; and
it is signed on behalf of the company by a director in the presence [...]
Posted: June 23rd, 2008 under Corporate Finance.
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The Chancellor’s Budget 2008 makes changes to the UK’s regime for granting enterprise management incentives (known as EMI options) during 2008. These changes are welcome in certain respects but, as ever, the Chancellor’s sword is double-edged!
On the positive side, prior to 6 April 2008, the market value of the [...]
Posted: May 15th, 2008 under Corporate Finance.
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