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Share plans are one of the most important things a company can do to recruit, retain and motivate its staff. A properly managed share plan can align employees, managers and shareholders to work together to achieve the company’s financial and strategic goals. But – occasionally – they can also go wrong. So what should you think about when setting up a share plan? And what should you avoid to prevent problems?

Great news for all statutory register enthusiasts out there - we've made yours even better on Capdesk! That's right, we just turned your old, lengthy excel export into a majestic PDF document with a sharper look. We also expanded its content to include several recommended documents as well - namely, your register of issuances (allotments), transfers, and reorganisations (adjustments). 

Hooray!

Let's take a look.

At Capdesk, we're serious about cap tables. That's why we've updated our exports to give you even more comprehensive reports on the data you keep on the platform. Get better insight than ever into your shares, and stay on top of who owns what with the new stakeholder category tags.

If you've ever had to give share certificates to shareholders after issuing out shares or completing a funding round, you know what serious hassle means. Manually filling out information on share certificate templates, printing them out, signing them by hand, and then scanning (or even mailing!) them to be sent to the share holder. Not to mention the filing process of paper certificates that keep piling up or getting misplaced... Well, great news is we've made this all ancient history! 

Here at Capdesk we're extremely excited to announce that, for the first time ever, we've made grant issuance entirely digital! The grants are electronically executed as deeds, following legal best practises. This means that it's not only faster and easier for you to execute grants, but that you're also remaining compliant from the start and avoiding potential legal headaches in the future. 

If you are  Capdesk admin and, for whatever reason, wish to export the data you've been storing on the platform to save them on a personal device, it's now possible to do so with just a few clicks. Here's how:

If you run a growing, dynamic company you may be considering an initial public offering (more commonly known as an “IPO” or a “listing”) for your company i.e. floating your company on the stock market. This is the last of a three part series about IPOs.

If you run a growing, dynamic company you may be considering an initial public offering (more commonly known as an “IPO” or a “listing”) for your company i.e. floating your company on the stock market. This is the second of a three part series about IPOs.

At Capdesk, we continually work to accommodate your own particular needs. This is why we've updated Capdesk's access settings to make them more customisable, giving you full control over what kind of access each user in your company has to the platform. Let's take a closer look.

If you run a growing, dynamic company you may be considering an initial public offering (more commonly known as an “IPO” or a “listing”) for your company i.e. floating your company on the stock market.

This is the first of a three part series about IPOs. The first summarises the advantages and disadvantages of doing an IPO. The second outlines which of the several UK markets you could consider. The third is perhaps the most important as it gives some guidance about what you should be aware of before you start.