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  • Major Companies House change launched as business leaders called to action

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    Business leaders can now verify their identity on Companies House as part of a major drive designed to slash economic crime. As of today, 8 April, directors can voluntarily verify their identity before it becomes a legal requirement later this year. More than six million individuals will need to comply in the 12 months after [...]

    Companies House is bringing in major changes to prevent fraud.
  • Former SAS: Who Dares Wins star Ant Middleton banned after failing to pay £1m tax bill

    Business

    Former SAS: Who Dares Wins chief instructor Ant Middleton has been banned from being a director of a company after his business failed to pay more than £1m in tax. The television personality was the director of Sway and Starting Limited along with his wife, Emilie Middleton. The business, which was described as offering media [...]

    Ant Middleton has been banned as a director of a company. (Photo by Hanna Lassen/Getty Images for TV WEEK Logie Awards)
  • AIM-listed companies stall on gender diversity

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    AIM-listed companies have been accused of having their “head in the sand” when it comes to ensuring gender diversity on company boards after new research revealed representation to have stalled. The number of women holding directorships in AIM companies remained at one in six over the last year, according to an annual gender diversity report [...]

    Octopus Investments has appointed a new CEO

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