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Companies House fees - up, up, up

May 1, 2024 | lexology.com | Lucy M. Barnes

The outlook for inflation may be positive, and there is hope on the horizon that interest rates will come down, but Companies House is heading in the opposite direction… pricier. Companies House fees are increasing as of today, 1 May 2024, significantly. Yesterday, it cost £10 to incorporate a new company; today it costs a comparatively whopping £50. Yesterday, it cost £13 to file your confirmation statement electronically; today it costs £34.
Open access books need more support from universities

Apr 17, 2024 | researchprofessionalnews.com | Lucy M. Barnes

Lack of leadership has helped outdated approaches and misconceptions to persist, says Lucy BarnesThe consultation on the open-access policy for the 2029 Research Excellence Framework launched last month to a wave of criticism from academics about its proposal to include books. The fears expressed about the REF policy included an inability to meet the cost of publication fees, the loss of royalties, the death of academic publishing and the destruction of certain disciplines.
Companies House updates - don't get caught on the hop

Jan 23, 2024 | lexology.com | Lucy M. Barnes

Yesterday brought another update from Companies House indicating that it is aiming to implement various measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) on 4 March.
New year new powers (for Companies House)

Jan 10, 2024 | lexology.com | Lucy M. Barnes

Whilst the rest of us are still emerging from the post-Christmas fog, Companies House is marching on with its agenda of reform following the enactment of last year’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA). Last week, Chief Executive and Registrar of Companies, Louise Smyth, released her blog for the new year in which she announced that a number of the powers afforded to Companies House under the ECCTA will be coming into force from March 2024.
ECCTA: Identity verification regime

Nov 21, 2023 | lexology.com | Lucy M. Barnes

What are the new requirements?
ECCTA: Administrative and company secretarial changes

Nov 21, 2023 | lexology.com | Lucy M. Barnes

What are the new requirements? Information to be provided to Companies HouseIn addition to the general Companies House reforms, the ECCTA includes provisions concerning specific information to be provided to Companies House. For instance, new requirements for information such as the provision of a registered email address and the inclusion of certain statements to be made upon incorporation of a company and in the confirmation statement (e.g. a statement that the company’s purposes are lawful).
Introduction To Patents - Patent - UK

Oct 11, 2023 | mondaq.com | Lucy M. Barnes |Joseph Simon-Brown |James Cracknell |Vicki Allen

A patent is a legal monopoly granted by a government in return for public disclosure of an invention. A granted patent gives the proprietor the right to prevent others using the invention in the territory to which the patent applies. A patent does not, however, give a positive right to use an invention. There may be earlier patents for other inventions that an inventor may need to license to exploit his own invention.
Shareholder identification - too pricey

Jun 22, 2023 | lexology.com | Lucy M. Barnes

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency bill is currently making its way through the legislative process, and as part of this, an amendment was tabled which would require both additional information on shareholders to be provided to Companies House, as well as for all shareholders to be able to verify their identities.
The Structural Sources of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health: A Cross-National Perspective

Jun 10, 2023 | journals.sagepub.com | Lucy M. Barnes |Peter Hall

ConclusionIn this article we explore cross-national variation in the sources of socioeconomic inequalities in health. To a body of work often focused on the effects of income inequality, we bring a perspective that emphasizes how inequalities in access to a wider range of economic and social resources bear on health outcomes.