New Legal Requirements Being Introduced From 18th November 2025 Companies House will be introducing new legal requirements from 18th November 2025 to verify the identities of company directors and people with significant control (PSCs). These changes form part of...
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Who Needs a Shareholders’ Agreement?
A shareholders’ agreement is a legal document that governs the relationship between shareholders of a company, outlining their respective rights, responsibilities, and obligations. While it is not a legal requirement for a company to have a shareholders’ agreement,...
Guide to Corporate Financial Distress in England and Wales
Insolvency experts have witnessed a record jump in the number of UK businesses in critical financial distress in recent months, according to the BBC. A company experiences financial distress when it has, or anticipates having, difficulty paying its debts as they fall...
How to Incorporate a Company in Italy
The next in our series of company incorporation guides looks at how to set up a business in Italy. Read the full step-by-step guide on company incorporation in Italy, written by Concerto group member Avens Milan, by following the link below. How to incorporate a...
Update on Recent Changes at Companies House
After receiving royal assent at the end of last year, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) promised to introduce over the next few years “the biggest changes to Companies House since corporate registrations were established in 1844”. The first...
What Does the Economic Crime Act Mean for Businesses?
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. The Act is part of the government’s push to improve corporate transparency by imposing new requirements on companies, limited partnerships, and other corporate entities in a...
Company Directors: Be aware of ‘Reviewable Transactions’
What do 'Reviewable Transactions' mean for me? The business news is awash with dire predictions from experts about an expected wave of corporate insolvencies with companies of all sizes fighting to survive amid this pandemic. Directors will be facing extremely...