All entries for Monday 30 November 2009

Can you Celebrate St. Andrews Day in England?

Happy St Andrew’s Day

Am I allowed to celebrate St Andrew’s Day in Englandshire? Well I am half Scottish and part of the Melrose clan. So I will. Where’s that single malt?

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: 30 Nov 2009 13:25 |  Tags: Andrews Saltire Scottish |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

My Model Answer for Prescribed Particulars, Annual Return

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After my search around the forums and having a look at my Company’s Articles, I came up with this:

http://business2dot0.com/about/42-annual-return-prescribed-particulars-rights-shares

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: 30 Nov 2009 09:46 |  Tags: Business |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Companies Act 2006 has Simplified Managing a Small Business. Discuss

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1 October 2009 saw the change over to the new Companies Act 2006 forms for filing at Companies House. I recently tried the secure electronic WebFiling service to submit my Annual Return.

Everything seemed to be straight forward. New names for a start – AR01 rather than the more cryptic “363a”, not to mention the saving of £15 on the filing fee.

What the heck does Prescribed Particulars (of rights attached to shares) mean?

Companies House don’t provide many clues, and a search through accounting forums to find a model answer that actually means something in English was a quite a challenge! So one for the Warwick Business School perhaps?

I suspect there is still some distance to go to really simplify small business.

Grant’s Rant © 2009

: 30 Nov 2009 09:25 |  Tags: Business |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem