A representative of Companies House will be in attendance at each of the presentations of this seminar. The person will provide information and spend time answering any questions that you may have with regard to the changes to the procedures at Companies House brought about by the new Act.

All the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 that have not yet come into force will do so later this year.  There are many important changes and they affect all companies, all company secretaries and all company directors.  The measures include:

• Changes concerning the memorandum and articles of all companies.
• New model articles will replace the existing Table A and other model articles.
• The replacement of all Companies House forms.
• Directors and company secretaries will not be compelled to disclose their residential address.
• Changes affecting the statutory registers.
• Changes affecting shares and share capital.

The seminar will deal exclusively and in depth with the changes that will take effect this year.  It is important for company secretaries, directors and others responsible for ensuring that companies comply with the Companies Act.  It will tell you exactly what you must do, the advance preparations that you should make and how to avoid the unpleasant penalties.

Each person attending this seminar will receive a free copy of the brand new book, The Companies Act 2006 - the changes taking place in October 2009, worth £60, written by Roger Mason who is a foremost expert in Company Law.  Roger, along with Peter Hughes and Kevin Guy, presents the seminar.  They will also receive a free one-year subscription to The Company Law Resource Centre worth £99.

The Company Law Resource Centre is the most comprehensive and reliable source of information available.  We have just completed a major update so it fully reflects the law as of 1st October 2009.  The subscription is company wide allowing everyone in your company unlimited online access. For details click here

The price to attend the seminar is £125 + VAT

The course answers the following questions.

• Exactly which sections of the Act will take effect on 1st October 2009?
• What is the new definition of a company’s constitution and what is included apart from the memorandum and articles?
• Can a new company be registered in Northern Ireland?
• Is it true that the memorandum of a new company will only contain a few dozen words?
• What changes affect the objects clause in the memorandum?
• Is it the end for authorised share capital?
• Can my company’s articles be entrenched?
• What changes affect company names?
• What are the two compulsory new statutory registers?
• What are the new requirements concerning where the statutory registers may be kept?
• What is the new minimum period for which details of a former member must be kept on the register of members?
• What are the changes in the information that directors must give to Companies House?
• Can directors and company secretaries avoid putting their residential addresses on the public record?
• What measure affecting the display of company names helps buildings that act as registered office for many companies?
• What change affects how a share premium may be applied?
• What is the change concerning the power of directors to allot shares?
• What is the new requirement for directors when there is a change in the share capital?
• What are the changes concerning restoration to the register of a struck off company?
• Will electronic filing at Companies House become compulsory?
  What is the new general false statement offence?
• Has the new numbering system for Companies House forms yet been decided?
• Why will the annual return be 23 pages long?
• Will the new model articles automatically affect all companies?
• Do the new model articles allow for partly paid shares?
• Do the new model articles allow for alternate directors?
• Do the new model articles permit e-mail board meetings?
• Do the new model articles permit e-mail general meetings?