Johnathan Korchak, Author at Inform Direct

What are shareholder pre-emption rights?

Published in Shares and shareholders on November 15, 2013 by Johnathan Korchak

Shareholders in a company will often benefit from ‘pre-emption rights’. These give existing shareholders first refusal when a company is issuing new shares. If pre-emption rights exist, new shares in a company cannot be…

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Tags: pre-emption rights, share issue, shares

Why company records needn’t be a nightmare

Published in Company records on October 31, 2013 by Johnathan Korchak

We know many people find managing their company records a spine-chilling business. As it’s Hallowe’en, sit down with us next to the camp fire and we’ll share some scary tales about what can happen if things go wrong – but…

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Tags: Company Formation, company records, penalties

Companies House statistics highlight UK recovery

Published in News and opinion on July 26, 2013 by Johnathan Korchak

As the Office of National Statistics reports that UK economy grew an estimated 0.6% in the three months to June, there’s more good news for UK businesses tucked away in the newly published Companies House summary of company…

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Tags: Companies House, incorporation, news

How to transfer shares the easy way

Published in Shares and shareholders on June 13, 2013 by Johnathan Korchak

In other articles we’ve looked in depth at the procedure for transferring shares, including how to complete a stock transfer form and what a company needs to do to process share transfers effectively.…

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Tags: share transfers, shares, stock transfer forms

How to appoint a director in Inform Direct

Published in Company officers on June 7, 2013 by Johnathan Korchak

In other articles we’ve looked at some of the technical aspects involved in appointing a director to a company. The company will want first to consider who can and can’t be appointed as a director, while the person becoming a…

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Tags: appointments, company officers, directors

How to transfer shares – what a company must do

Published in Shares and shareholders on May 21, 2013 by Johnathan Korchak

In our last article we looked at the first half of the share transfer procedure, including how to complete the stock transfer form and the payment of any stamp duty to HMRC. Today we look at the rest of the procedure for share…

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Tags: company records, share transfers, shares

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