What to Expect from the Data (Use and Access) Bill: A Friendly Guide Data protection and compliance are here to stay—and they’re constantly evolving. With new legislation coming into play, it’s important to stay ahead of the curve. Enter the
Using Heads of Terms to smooth the company sale process You have an ideal buyer for your business and a potential deal on the table, so what’s next? How can you make sure that the principles of the deal are
Are Company Registers Really That Important? A Court of Appeal case has recently highlighted how important your company’s register of members can be, even if they are incorrect due to fraudulent activity. How did the register of members get to
Your responsibilities as a director if your company is facing insolvency If you are a company director, you will know you have a ‘fiduciary duty’ to act in best interests of the company and its shareholders – this is your
Why you need a shareholder agreement (even if you think you don’t). At the beginning of an agreement between founder shareholders, it can be common for opinions to be divided as to how best spend the often meagre amount of
What are ESGs and how do they affect me? Sustainability and environmental issues have been hot topics for a while now and, if you’ve been wondering if these affect your business at all, you might be aware of the ESG
It’s your company…but who owns it? Most businesses that have been trading for more than a few years will have a bit of a history of share transactions. This might mean that shares in your company have been issued, transferred
There’s no doubt that running a company can be stressful, often involving juggling many balls at the same time and a seemingly never-ending list of tasks. So it’s common for CEOs and company directors to delegate the corporate admin to their
When assessing a contract for risk, we naturally focus on areas such as limits of liability, warranties and intellectual property. Whilst these are important, you should not disregard clauses that may appear to be innocuous based on their heading alone.
Who’s in control of your business? You may have had the frustrating experience of chasing payment from a delinquent client, only to be fobbed off by everyone you speak to. Nobody, it seems, wants to admit to being in control