Must all companies have a secretary?
Yes and No. From 6th April 2008 private companies will not need to have a company secretary but public limited companies still will. Furthermore companies registered before 6th April 2008 will have to change their Articles of Association at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders to remove the requirement [...]

The one aspect most likely to delay the start of business for a new company is not the actual incorporation but the printing of stationery.
Letter headings and other stationery cannot be printed until after the company is incorporated. This is not just commercial prudence in case a name is turned down, but certain items such [...]

On 2nd July 1890 the US Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act. This was the first national legislation to try and deal with price fixing deals between companies, which in theory were competitors, to the detriment of their customers.
 
The act, named after its author, Senator John Sherman, an Ohio Republican and chairman of the Senate [...]

In the UK there are four main ways you can structure your business:

as a sole trader;

in partnership with one or more other people;

as a limited company; or

as a member, with one or more persons or companies, of a Limited Liability Partnership.

When deciding on the appropriate structure for running your business the following points should be [...]