A Practical Guide to the Companies Act 2006 - A guide for busy directors and company secretaries.

Finance professionals face a serious compliance challenge with the finalised Companies Act 2006. There are now over 1,300 sections, with far reaching implications spanning the entire business spectrum.

Following the successful first edition, PwC Legal, in conjunction with PwC has updated its book, A Practical Guide to the Companies Act 2006 - a guide for busy directors and company secretaries to assist you to meet this challenge.

The second edition of the guide offers a unique approach, detailing practical means for interpreting the Act and ensuring compliance from the perspective of the commercial executive and business adviser, rather than the legal practitioner. The content has been brought fully up to date with all the requirements of the Companies Act 2006, and draws on PwC's experience of helping clients with implementation issues.

A practical guide to the Companies Act 2006 has been written predominantly for finance directors, in-house counsel and company secretaries who need to understand how the Act will affect their business but will also be of relevance to other specialists who wish to increase their familiarity with the new provisions.

How to order

Visit the publishers website www.cch.co.uk or ring the sales hotline on 0844 561 8166.

Related issues

Corporate governance - how confident are you?

With the finalised Companies Act 2006 now in force and with the current economic climate, we are seeing an increasing focus on corporate governance and best practice. Personal risks and accountability inevitably increase in times of economic pressure and greater levels of regulation. It is therefore more important than ever for board members to be aware of the factors impacting their position.

Boards bear the prime personal responsibility in corporate organisations to ensure that their businesses are compliant and that they are run in the best interests of their members. Those supporting boards need to know the risk framework within which directors have to operate. Personal duties and attendant risks can change overnight.

For these reasons boards need to be appraised of their duties and need to take steps to manage their risk especially in an area where case law is likely to develop. This is because the provisions codifying directors' duties and introducing a new regime for the management of directors' conflicts are still relatively new and have not been fully tested in the courts.

PwC Legal, in conjunction with PwC hosted a webcast outlining the actions board members need to take to protect their position, ensure best practice and adhere to regulatory changes.

To view the webcast, please follow the link below:

3pm, Tuesday 2 March 2010 - Corporate governance - how confident are you?

Find out more about the risks and regulatory challenges facing your business by visiting www.pwc.co.uk/riskresilience