A few steps your company can take to maximise cyber security

One task that will certainly not cease to be important during 2019 – along with that of setting up a business in a legally compliant fashion to begin with – is that of optimising your organisation’s cyber security practices. A strong cyber security culture, continually focused on plugging weaknesses, will help to shield your firm against the ever-present risk of attack.

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First GDPR enforcement notice puts new EU law’s extra-territorial reach to the test

One factor that those looking to register a business in the UK must bear in mind is the EU’s recently introduced strict data protection law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Such individuals may therefore take an interest in the news that the UK data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has issued its first GDPR enforcement notice.

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What are the director’s duties in insolvency circumstances?

In the event of a company becoming insolvent due to its debts and creditors exceeding its assets, it is the statutory duty of the company’s directors to act in the best interests of the company’s creditors as a whole. It must be possible for the directors to demonstrate that they have taken every feasible step within their control to ensure that all creditors have been repaid using the company’s resources.

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