The company secretary's handbook
Subtitle: a guide to statutory duties and responsibilities
By: Helen Ashton
Contributors: Ebooks Corporation
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Kogan Page
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: und
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780749455637
Subjects: Business records; Corporation law; Corporation secretaries; Law and legislation; Handbooks, manuals
Description: All public companies are required by law to appoint a Company Secretary. Public and private companies have to ensure that they comply with a number of statutory requirements, otherwise they may be criminally liable for defaults and errors can lead to civil penalties. This fully revised new edition of The Company Secretary's Handbook is a comprehensive, jargon-free guide. Up-to-date with the latest legislation in the new Companies Act, it covers the formation of companies, corporate governance and day-to-day administration, keeping the statutory records, annual routines and dissolution. It also includes useful addresses and examples of all the necessary official documentation. This practical handbook will help all companies comply with Company Law.
Notes: Description based on print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173) and index.

Electronic reproduction. : EBL. Available via World Wide Web.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: 1. Duties of a company secretary; title: 2. Types of company; title: 3. Formation of companies; title: 4. Getting started; title: 5. Corporate governance and day-to-day administration; title: 6. Keeping the statutory records; title: 7. Annual routines; title: 8. Dealing with changes; title: 9. Dissolution; title: Appendix 1: Companies Act 2006. implementation timetable; title: Appendix 2: Copies of Companies House forms referred to in the text; title: Appendix 3: Useful addresses; title: Appendix 4: Deregulation of private companies; title: Bibliography; title: Index.