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10 Reasons to be a Sole Trader

Published in Business management on November 21, 2023 by Johnathan Korchak

Setting up as a sole trader is the most popular way of starting up a new business in the UK. It’s especially common amongst those going into business on their own for the first time. Starting your business as a sole trader has…

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Tags: business types, limited company, sole trader

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Navigating the ECCT Act 2: the Registrar’s new powers

Published in News and opinion on November 20, 2023 by David Hill

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency (ECCT) Act has given Companies House sweeping new powers of enforcement in the fight against money laundering, fraud and other economic crime. These powers are aimed at improving the…

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Tags: ECCTA, Companies House, company names, registered office address

Navigating the ECCT Act 1: Changes to accounts filing at Companies House

Published in News and opinion on November 14, 2023 by David Hill

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) has introduced a set of changes to how companies file their accounts with Companies House. Here we lay out what we currently know about the coming changes and how they will…

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Tags: ECCTA, accounts, micro-entity accounts, statutory accounts

(Another) Inform Direct product update – November 2023

Published in Inform Direct news on November 7, 2023 by Ben Robinson

Our recent updates to:…

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Tags: addresses, news, registered office address, residential address, sail address, service address

How will the ECCT Act impact companies?

Published in News and opinion on November 3, 2023 by David Hill

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) is now law and will have significant impact on how companies interact with Companies House. Here we give a summary of how it will most directly affect the running of…

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Tags: ECCTA, accounts, Companies House, corporate directors, PSCs, register of members, registered office address

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Inform Direct product update – November 2023

Published in Inform Direct news on November 1, 2023 by Philip Newman

In line with requests from users we have made changes to allow you to import companies into Inform Direct without sending submissions to Companies House arising on differences in the personal details of individuals.…

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Tags: news, officers, PSCs, shareholders

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