All entries for Monday 30 November 2009
November 30, 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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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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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.
But then the neighbours heard me shout something similar toWhat 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.
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