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BERR publishes FAQs relating to Trading Disclosures (26/06/08) The Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has made available, on the Companies Act 2006 section of its website, a series of Frequently Asked Questions on what trading information is required to be disclosed by companies.   More... Business tax changes that came into effect April 2008. (26/06/08) A number of business tax changes came into effect April 2008.  More... New efficient rules for expert determination (16/06/08) The Academy of Experts has recently developed a new set of rules for use in expert determination.   More... Aim Website Guide (13/11/07) A guide has been released by the Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) to help AIM companies conform to the new obligation to have a website providing Investor Relation (IR) information. The guide is published in time for AIM companies to have their website up-and-running and in line with the AIM Rule 26 by 20th August.   More... ICSA Registrars Group Issues Boiler Room Warning (13/11/07) The Institute of Company Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) Registrars Group recently gave advice to listed firms after a flurry of boiler room scams. They produced this advice to raise awareness of the scam after it was reported by the FSA following a survey of 100 victims that average losses were ?20,000 and some even rose to over ?100,000.  More... Unfair Terms Update (03/05/07) The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published a consultation on revisions to its guidance on the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (Regulations).  More... Companies Act 2006 (16/04/07) The Companies Act 2006 (the Act) (originally introduced in November 2005 as the Company Law Reform Bill) received royal assent on 8 November 2006 and comprises a colossal 1300 sections...  More... Pension Reforms (23/01/07) Employers and deal makers will need to be on top of two new pieces of pensions legislation that will have a major impact on occupational pension schemes: the Pensions Act 2004 and Finance Act 2004, both of which came into force in April 2006.  More... Director's Liability (23/01/07) Since 6 April 2005, companies have been able to provide their directors and other company officers with greater protection from liability and the cost of defending proceedings brought against them under the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (2004 Act). The changes were brought about to address two principal concerns:   More...

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