01 Jul, 2024 The IoD’s Voluntary Code of Conduct for Directors: will it help UK business win back trust? By Katie Philipson Last month the Institute of Directors (IoD) launched a public consultation on a Voluntary Code of Conduct for Directors. The Code is...
12 Apr, 2024 Out with the new, in with the old – FPO 2024 reverses changes to thresholds for financial promotion exemptions By Daniel Keleghan The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 sets out exemptions from the restriction on communicating...
28 Nov, 2023 Investment community gives the UK a vote of confidence By Dean Outten Yesterday, the government announced that the UK has secured commitment from the world’s leading investors of nearly £30bn. The...
31 Jul, 2023 Co-founder prenups: the importance of having a shareholders' agreement By Rebecca Hunt With research suggesting that nearly two-thirds of startups fail as a result of co-founders "breaking up", it has never been more...
10 Mar, 2023 Reached an agreement? Put it in writing or risk not being able to prove it. By Stevens & Bolton LLP Reached an agreement? Don’t forget to put it in writing or risk not being able to prove it later. Contracts don’t necessarily have to be...
14 Nov, 2022 Private companies and the low carbon economy By Jessica Gregson Private small or medium-sized companies within the UK are currently not required by law to produce any environmental reports or...
18 Nov, 2021 HMRC debtors: Teasing out the can't pay from the won't pay... By Katie Philipson With 2.4m more taxpayers in debt to HMRC since early 2020, the challenge of working out the 'can't pay' from the 'won't pay' tax debtors...
10 Nov, 2021 Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) - a damp squib or a slow burn? By Katie Philipson The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) was a long time coming and was intended to help rebuild trust between business and banks....
01 Nov, 2021 A greener way to do business for SMEs By Kath Saunders The eyes of the world are on Glasgow for the next two weeks, as COP 26 takes centre stage and nations and global leaders grapple with the...
01 Nov, 2021 Come on over and join our global business hub – government proposes new re-domiciliation regime By Stevens & Bolton LLP As part of last week's budget, the government announced plans to introduce a UK re-domiciliation regime. A joint BEIS, HMRC and HM...
22 Oct, 2021 The £6.5bn summer - record venture capital investment in UK scaleups By Stevens & Bolton LLP It is encouraging to see that a record high of over £6.5bn was invested by venture capital firms in UK scaleups over the summer, taking...
19 Oct, 2021 Quick Raj! Change your name to Maria, back date some filings at Companies House, and HMRC will never suspect a thing...... By Stevens & Bolton LLP HMRC has secured forfeiture orders over five building society accounts which were under the control of Rajanish Garibe. Garibe is...