conducts courses to help your
business with:

• Banking Law
• Financial Services Law

• Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary College
• Financial Ombudsman Service – this is the invaluable service for individuals and small companies that permits a case to be launched against an institution without any risk of costs against the complainant.  Also entertains complaints that the Banking Codes have been breached.  Follow the link to their 98 page annual review for some interesting statistics on who is complaining about what and some entertaining individual case histories.
• The Banking Codes – these are vitally important supplements to the law. They deal with an ever-increasing range of issues. The Business Banking Code covers companies with a turnover up to £1 million per annum.
• Financial Services Compensation Scheme – this organisation pays up if your bank or insurance company or investment adviser goes bust.
• British Bankers Association – the trade organisation for the industry.  Some useful news items and statistics. Also a link to the Banking Codes and to their guidance to subscribers, this includes detailed commentary on every aspect of the Banking Codes.  This enables you to read between the lines of the Banking Codes.
• The Financial Services Authority – the colossus regulatory organisation.  Now dealing with mortgages and general insurance in addition to investments, life insurance, banking, etc, etc.
• APACS – want to know how many people drew how much from how many cash machines in the UK last year?  This organisation services the zillions of payments that criss-cross the industry.  Provides full details of the various payment methods and a plethora of statistics on the usage of each one.
• The Insolvency Service – a government website that provides a useful glossary of insolvency terms, as well as practical matters such as how to search the registers and how to apply to make someone bankrupt.
• The Companies House – comprehensive coverage of how to use the services at Companies House on line as well as useful material on such matters as directors’ responsibilities, registering a new company, registering a charge against a company etc.  Also has information on limited liability partnerships.
• Elexica.com – database of legal material and updating service run by the law firm Simmons and Simmons.  Free to register.

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