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    Legal rights of disclosure of information

    Hi, To follow up on my previous thread I wanted a bit more specific advice in terms of the legal rights our business has in relation to forcing disclosure of information that has a material impact on the business. The scenario is below: A leaving director / shareholder has made an accusation...
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    Complicated issue involving directors who are also shareholders

    Thanks Graham We've not spoken as yet, but I'll reach out for advice and go from there. Appreciate the comment.
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    Complicated issue involving directors who are also shareholders

    Yeah... Unfortunately so. It's gotten complicated over time, not that it begun that way. We've tried, but everyones pig headed-ly stuck in their positions, and moreso it's the nature of everyone playing the right tune up front but then acting behind closed doors.
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    Complicated issue involving directors who are also shareholders

    Apologies @Newchodge Yes we set up a ltd company structured 25% for each Shareholder (done in naivety but with good intentions of keeping a flat matrix structure). As we were all basically IT contractors (working as independent freelancers) directly with clients we decided the easiest method...
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    Complicated issue involving directors who are also shareholders

    Our growing and semi successful IT consultancy is going through a difficult situation. In brief: -- 4 contracting consultants came together to pool funds for the purpose of building a consultancy - during this time the ltd company billed clients, while contracts were in name of director...
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    Taking on our first PAYE employee

    Hi all, Can anyone recommend an outsourced HR company that is cost effective they've used before that can help us with tightening up our employment contract, reviewing an employee handbook, and providing support on a general basis? We're taking on our first PAYE employee and want to cover our...
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    New Company - PSC vs Directors vs Shareholders

    Thanks - makes sense, but to comply with the below we might just keep him on as director and list the other director as Company A That is not what I'm seeing here... Is this not correct...
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    New Company - PSC vs Directors vs Shareholders

    Thanks guys. So to clarify. Company B has been made, with the current director being Shareholder of 10%. The truth should be that the entity Company A should be the sole directorship of Company B, with the shareholders being 90% Company A and 10% Shareholder
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    New Company - PSC vs Directors vs Shareholders

    Hi guys, Just want to make sure we register a UK ltd co in the right way. Company A has 4 UK directors who also are equal shareholders and are all registered as PSC. Company B is proposed to be formed with 90% shareholding owned by Company A, with 10% shareholding owned by a single director...
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    Anyone who regularly imports from the USA can you help?

    Hey guys, I'm looking to import a product from the USA for personal consumption, mainly driven by the fact my wife and son have severe nut allergies, but the US has a product that would be great but we don't have it here in the UK and I can't seem to source it, nor anything like what I'm after...
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    Need a lawyer for commercial contract between two businesses - one UK the other in UAE

    Hi all. As per title, I'm looking for a legal expert who can help us put together a commercial contract with a UAE based counterparty. Effectively, we're a UK based services business, but we've partnered with an offshore firm based in Dubai for the purpose of expanding our pool of resources...
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    Looking for merchandising suppliers

    Hi, Can anyone recommend a supplier of quality promotional items? I'm looking for items like embroidered hoodies, mugs, water bottles; general promotional items. I need a relatively small quantity to start off with, circa 50 sets of items in total. Also any ideas on what I should reasonably...
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    Easiest country to set up an investment bank?

    Panama has always been a renown tax haven and isn't as strictly regulated as somewhere like the US. There's a decentralised finance project I'm following closely that's recently set up shop in Panama. Can help with the name of their registration partner if it helps by PM.
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    Will the 'Affordable Uniforms' Law bite back?

    The difference being one a choice, and the other a legal requirement. I hear you about using money raised in one aspect used to fund the true underlying issue, but personally the issue is at the heart of government pissing taxpayer funds up the wall (there's an abhorrent amount of government...
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    Will the 'Affordable Uniforms' Law bite back?

    So you're saying the school uniform supplier is handing over most or all of the profits to the school? Doubt it