Legal services for business
Legal Services
Jones & Partners extends it practice services by offering legal services for business owners and managers, including compliance and HR advice.
Legal services for business - Compliance and HR advice
Legal and Company Secretarial
If you are trading already as a Sole Trader and looking to incorporate or start a new business through a Limited Company, we can help you make sure your business formation gets off to a perfect start.
We will help file documents with Companies House, etc., and outline your lawful responsibilities.
We can assist you by advising about the correct legal company structure, and advise about the ownership structure of your company, i.e. how many shareholders and what their shareholding will be.
Get in touch with us today, we are here to offer advice and legal business services that can help you begin your business journey.
You must provide a registered office address when you set up a limited company. This is the address to which HMRC sends all written communications.
As a director of a company, you need to supply 2 addresses, one where correspondence is sent (a correspondence address) and the second, your home address (or usual residential address). You must have permission to use the address, and the company must be contactable at the address given.
Even if you have fixed business premises or work from home, a Register Office Address makes perfect sense.
Many residential mortgage lenders and landlords don’t allow their properties to be used as registered addresses, so it makes perfect sent to use the address of an accountant. (As the accountant usually deals with Company Secretarial services, such as the completion of the Confirmation Statement). This facility also allows some separation between work and family, not a bad thing!
Get in touch with us today and discover the other benefits of using our office as your registered office address.
The last thing you need as a busy business owner is to use up valuable time and resources to make sure you are complying with the Companies Act.
Moreover, with company legislation changing at the rate it does, you need to be sure you are fully aware of how the changes affect you and your fellow directors.
We can give you complete peace of mind in this area by carrying out your company secretarial duties for you. Our services include:
- Company formations
- Preparation and filing of statutory returns
- Preparation of all documentation related to minutes and resolutions
- Maintenance of statutory books
- General advice on company law
Get in touch with us today and see how we can help.
What is a founders’ agreement?
A Founders’ agreement is a legal agreement that governs the relationship between the co-founders of a company or business. They can play an important role prior to a business becoming incorporated.
If you are considering setting up a business with another person, we can help advise you and help you create a suitable agreement at the early stages of your business. If the business later becomes a limited company, the agreement will be replaced by a shareholders’ agreement.
Get in touch with us today and talk with us about your business start-up and discover how our legal business services can help you!
What is a share transfer?
A share transfer is the process of transferring existing shares from one person to another; either by sale or gift.
A share transfer may take place when your company’s share structure needs adjusting, either by adding new shareholders or adjusting the existing share percentages between existing owners.
The process of moving existing shares from one person to another, either through sale or gift, is known as a share transfer.
Is Tax payable on a share transfer?
You do not have to pay tax if you:
- are given shares
- subscribe to a new issue of shares in a company
- buy shares in an ‘open-ended investment company’
- buy units in a unit trust
Contact Jones & Partners today to learn how our Legal services for business can help you with transferring and buying shares.
For today’s employers, the area of human resources is a two-edged sword.
On the one hand, recruiting, retaining, and motivating good employees is vital to the performance and profitability of any business.
On the other, the sheer quantity of administrative work involved in effective human resources management, the complex tax and regulatory environment, and the increasing need for specialization in key areas mean that valuable resources of time, energy, and money are often diverted from core business functions to deal with these administrative chores.
HR Services
We offer a range of services to help you manage your human resources more effectively by assisting with:
- Developing effective remuneration programmes
- Introducing tax-efficient incentive and benefit schemes for key employees
- Conducting performance evaluations
- Targeting recruitment and training programmes
- Establishing employee policies, procedures, handbooks, etc
- Maintaining appropriate records
- Staying abreast of changes in the PAYE, and NIC regimes
- Understanding and applying employment law including employment agreements and contracts
Discover our legal business services and discover how we can help you manage your human resources more effectively! Arrange a meeting today!
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