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  600+ Business Solutions - Companies being struck off again

  Companies House is resuming its striking off procedures, after putting them on hold in March because of coronavirus. When might striking off be right for your company, and what does the process involve?

  Published 07.10.2020 Click here
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  600+ Business Solutions - Dealing with a tricky shareholder request

  What if a shareholder tries to call a meeting to remove the board? The directors know that he’s a troublemaker, but how should you respond to such a request?

  Published 23.09.2020 Click here
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  600+ Business Solutions - Benefit from a compensation order?

  A disqualified director was ordered to pay over £500,000 to his company’s creditors, in the first compensation order case brought to court since the regime was introduced in 2015. When can compensation orders be made, and why has it taken so long for the power to be exercised?

  Published 10.09.2020 Click here
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  600+ Business Solutions - Could your business be wound up?

  A business published educational booklets for schools on topics such as bullying, knife crime and online safety. It was wound up in the public interest in June 2020. Why, and what lessons can you take from this case?

  Published 08.07.2020 Click here
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  600+ Business Solutions - Holding a meeting without meeting

  To keep your company going through the coronavirus lockdown, you’ll need to hold board meetings and maybe even the occasional shareholder meeting. How can you hold socially distanced meetings that are valid under company law?

  Published 15.05.2020 Click here
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  600+ Business Solutions - Board meetings during the crisis

  Board meetings are not a legal requirement for most small businesses but in the current climate the directors will need to talk frequently. How do you get the best out of these meetings?

  Published 17.04.2020 Click here
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  600+ Business Solutions - Do you have a conflict of interest?

  Directors can be allowed to act even if they have a conflict of interest, but the correct procedures must be followed. It’s important to get this right, as transactions can be overturned and directors held personally liable. So what do you need to know about conflicts of interest?

  Published 05.02.2020 Click here
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  600+ Business Solutions - Late filing penalties

  The requirement to file annual accounts can be a real headache for directors, especially as it comes with the threat of a penalty for missing the deadline. Companies House (CH) has made some changes to its policy on late filing penalties, effective from 1 October 2019. What do you need to know?

  Published 11.12.2019 Click here
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  600+ Business Solutions - Can phoenix companies ever be legit?

  A director spent 15 years on the run before being extradited from Spain to serve time in the UK for theft and breach of a confiscation order. He had used so-called phoenix companies to escape debts and create a web of fake invoices and loans. But are phoenix companies always a sign of illegality?

  Published 13.11.2019 Click here
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  600+ Business Solutions - The unhappy lot of an unsecured creditor

  It’s the employees and owners who are hardest hit when a business goes under, but in the current economic climate it can be a real blow to creditors and customers too. If you’re owed money by an insolvent business, what are your options?

  Published 30.10.2019 Click here