This best selling title is a clear, thorough and straight-forward guide for directors and company secretaries of smaller or newly incorporated companies offering information on the legal, accounting and tax compliance rules and implications on running a business as a limited company. This new edition has been completely updated to take in to account the implementation of the Companies Act 2006 explaining the new rules for setting up company, share capital, directors duties, company name, maintaining company registries and the new accounting rules. Other key requirements include, share rights to be included on a company's annual return, statutory information for company's correspondence, and new rules on corporate representatives at shareholder meetings. Written in plain language and using practical examples, diagrams and checklists, Running a Limited Company is an easy-to-follow guide for both professionals and lay people. Within one handy volume, this text covers all the essential information required for establishing and managing a limited company.