Companies House published a policy paper on 16 October 2024 setting out an indicative timetable for the changes at Companies House which are still to be introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...
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Suzanne Gado
Corporate Transparency and Companies House – 2024 changes
We’ve written this article on the changes to the role of Companies House in improving corporate transparency under the EECTA from March.
Corporate transparency and Companies House reforms
Read our article on the BEIS White Paper on the plans to enhance Companies House’s role and increase transparency of UK corporate entities.
Covid-19 accelerates the use of electronic signatures in the legal sector – WBD case study and our top implementation tips
Covid-19 has accelerated the use of e-signatures in the legal sector. We have been using DocuSign for a number of years and have produced a joint case study with DocuSign on our e-signature roll-out and how we ramped...
COVID-19: the Future Fund – bridge funding for UK start-ups
The Government is setting up a co-investment fund, known as the “Future Fund”, to provide convertible loans of between £125,000 and £5 million to UK high growth companies. The Future Fund should provide...
Check out our recently updated timeline of the key developments in corporate and company law to keep an eye out for in 2020
The latest addition to our suite of online, interactive timelines is now available. Our Corporate timeline has recently been updated and provides an “at a glance” summary of the key legal developments in...
No more ink? Law Commission confirms validity of electronic signatures
A Law Commission report confirms that electronic signatures can be used to execute documents as an alternative to wet ink signatures in most circumstances. There are some important exceptions and the report only relates...
New Corporate Governance Principles published
The Financial Reporting Council has published the final version of new Corporate Governance Principles for large private companies.
We have published an article that summarises and discusses these Principles.
Corporate governance reporting and the impact on large private companies
We have written an article on the new corporate governance reporting requirements for certain large private companies. The requirements will come into force on 1 January 2019 applying to financial years beginning on or...
ESMA clarifies application of MAR to trading in closed periods in updated MAR Questions and Answers
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published 2 new questions relating to the prohibition on dealings by persons discharging managerial responsibilities during a closed period in its updated MAR Questions...