http://www.cfsformations.com CFS International Formations News Copyright CFS International Formations Limited We are happy to confirm that our service provider has now rectified the problem with our telephone lines and we are now operating as normal. We would like to thank you for your patience during this time. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000197 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 GMT Standard Time We are experiencing a technical fault with our telephone support. We are unable to receive or make calls at this present time. We are trying to resolve this problem as quickly as possible and will provide you with an update as soon as possible. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you. If you have any queries you can still contact us by email. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000192 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 GMT Standard Time We are experiencing a technical fault with our telephone support. We are unable to receive or make calls at this present time. We are trying to resolve this problem as quickly as possible and will provide you with an update as soon as possible. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you. If you have any queries you can still contact us by email. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000191 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 GMT Standard Time During the Christmas Holiday’s Electronic Incorporations and Company Filings may still be submitted, and will be actioned and sent to Companies House. Other Services can be ordered and will be processed on our return. Our offices will be closed for email, fax and telephone support from 13:00 on Friday 23rd December 2011 and will re-open at 9:00 on Tuesday 3rd January 2012. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000185 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 GMT Standard Time It has come to that time of year again where CFS International Formations Limited have been invited to have Christmas lunch with Santa. There will be no telephone, fax or email support between 12.00 hours and 14.30 hours on Tuesday 20th December 2011. Electronic Incorporations and Company filings may still be submitted, via our website, at any time, and they will be actioned and sent to Companies House as our system will remain on during these hours. Other services can be ordered and will be processed immediately on our return. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000184 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 GMT Standard Time Our Credit Card processing company are experiencing a few problems at the moment. This is being looked into as a matter of urgency and will hopefully be resolved very soon. Payments by account can be processed normally. Please contact us if you have an urgent order to process. Thank you for your patience and we will update you once this has been resolved. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000183 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 GMT Standard Time Please be informed that there will be a national industrial strike action taken by Civil servants on Wednesday 30th November. Companies House will be working with minimum staff due to this. Company Incorporations and additional services can still be submitted as normal, however, there maybe delays over the period. Sameday services can not be gauranteed. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000182 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 GMT Standard Time Due to essential maintenance being carried out on our database you may find that you are unable to view your companies under the ‘My Companies’ section on our website. You are able to proceed with incorporations and other services as normal. As soon as the maintenance has been completed you will be able to view your companies. We anticipate the essential maintenance to be completed by UK close of business today. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000180 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 GMT Daylight Time Dear Customers, Companies House have currently been experiencing problems with electronically filed forms since late yesterday afternoon. Any forms filed through our system will be held at Companies House and then released once the problem has been resolved. They are currently in the process of testing the system and hope to have the problem sorted shortly. If you have any questions with regards to the above, please do not hesitate to contact us. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000179 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 GMT Daylight Time We have recently been updating our email system which has caused some emails not being sent out to customers. We can confirm that this has now been completed and all emails should be received as normal. However if you have not received any invoices or incorporation documents etc, please contact our office and we will re send them to you immediately. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Thank you for your patience. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000177 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 GMT Daylight Time We are currently in the process of updating our email system. Due to this you may not recieve some emails from CFS, for example: Invoices, Incorporation documents. Please bare with us, you will receive these emails as soon as possible. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000176 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 GMT Daylight Time Due to the Bank Holiday on Monday 29th August 2011, our office will be closed for telephone, fax and email support. Electronic Incorporations may still be submitted via our website and they will be submitted to Companies House as usual, via our Electronic systems. Additional services may still be ordered and will be processed as soon as our office re-opens on Tuesday 30th August 2011. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000175 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 GMT Daylight Time Companies House are experiencing a backlog of incorporation submissions which may cause slight delays in receiving incorporation documents. Incorporations are still being processed but unfortunately we are unable to advise on timescales. Hopefully, normal services will resume shortly. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000174 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 GMT Daylight Time Companies House are experiencing a backlog of incorporation submissions which may cause slight delays in receiving incorporation documents. Incorporations are still being processed but unfortunately we are unable to advise on timescales. Hopefully, normal services will resume shortly. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000173 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 GMT Daylight Time Please be advised that due to an essential system upgrade at Companies House, our same day service cannot be guaranteed today Wednesday 13th July up until Thursday 14th July at 2pm. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000172 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 GMT Daylight Time Please be informed that there will be a national industrial strike action taken by Civil servants on Thursday 30th June 2011. Companies House will be working with minimum staff due to this. Company Incorporations and additional services can still be submitted as normal; however, there may be delays. The Same Day services can also not be guaranteed. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000169 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 GMT Daylight Time CFS are pleased to announce that we are now offering a new service where you are able to re-create invoices free of charge. You can re-create an invoice from any dates you choose. This enables you to create monthly invoices, which can help manage your accounts more efficiently. How to Create an invoice: 1.On the left hand menu select ‘My Account’. 2.There you are able to enter the date you would like the invoice to be created from and to. 3.Then submit the date by selecting ‘Create Invoice’. 4.You will receive your invoice by email shorlty after. If you have any questions with regards to this please do not hesitate to contact us. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000168 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 GMT Daylight Time To prevent unauthorized use of your card when paying online and help combat fraudulent use, we have added an additional Credit/Debit card payment security feature to our website. If your card is not already registered for this service, your Credit/Debit card company may require you to register your card to purchase your order. We apologise if this causes you any inconvenience but it will help protect your Credit/Debit card from misuse. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000167 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 GMT Daylight Time Companies House are still experiencing problems which may cause delays with Incorporation documents. Companies House are working on this at the moment. However, if your company has been rejected for an invalid reason, please do not resubmit the company; we will monitor the situation over the weekend and resubmit your companies if they require it. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000166 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 GMT Daylight Time Companies House are currently experiencing problems at the moment which may cause delays with Incorporation documents. Although processing of electronic incorporations is being undertaken within the normal timescales, Companies House are experiencing some delays with sending the Certificates of Incorporation out by email. Companies House are working on this at the moment and normal service should resume shortly. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000164 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 GMT Daylight Time Due to the Bank Holiday on Monday 30th May 2011, our office will be closed for telephone, fax and email support. Electronic Incorporations may still be submitted via our website and they will be submitted to Companies House as usual, via our Electronic systems. Additional services may still be ordered and will be processed as soon as our office re-opens on Tuesday 31st May 2011. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000163 Thu, 26 May 2011 GMT Daylight Time Due to essential maintenance at Companies House the following service will not be available between the hours of 20:00 and 21:00 on Saturday 14th May 2011: Name Check Availability All Software Filings This will resume to normal service at 21:00. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000161 Fri, 13 May 2011 GMT Daylight Time Please be informed that our offices will be closed for the Royal Wedding and May Bank Holiday. We will be unavailable for email, telephone and fax support on the following dates: Friday 29nd April 2011 Monday 2nd May 2011 Electronic Incorporations may still be submitted via our website and they will be submitted to Companies House as usual, via our Electronic systems. Additional services may still be ordered and will be processed as soon as our offices re-open. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000160 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 GMT Daylight Time Please be informed that during the Easter Bank Holiday, our offices will be closed for email, telephone and fax support on the following dates: Friday 22nd April 2011 Monday 25th April 2011 Electronic Incorporations may still be submitted via our website and they will be submitted to Companies House as usual, via our Electronic systems. Additional services may still be ordered and will be processed as soon as our offices re-open. We will take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Easter Holiday from all at CFS International Formations Limited http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000159 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 GMT Daylight Time We would like to remind you of the new price changes that have taken effect today the 6th April 2011. We recently reviewed our current pricing due to a restructure of fees at Companies House. We have sent a email out with details of all new prices. If you have any questions regarding the price changes, please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000158 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 GMT Daylight Time Companies House are currently experiencing problems with processing incorporations. We have been informed that the problem should be resolved by mid morning. If your company has been rejected for an invalid reason, please do not resubmit the company, we will do this for you. We apologise on behalf of Companies House for any inconvenience caused. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000157 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 GMT Daylight Time We would like to give you notice regarding price changes that will take effect from the 6th April 2011. We have reviewed our current pricing due to a restructure of fees at Companies House. Please be aware that the price for the following services has changed: 1.All Company Incorporations will be reduced by 1.00GBP 2.Incorporation of an LLP by paper will be increased by 20.00GBP 3.Incorporation of an LLP by paper (SAMEDAY) will be increased by 50.00GBP 4.All electronic fillings of Annual Returns will be reduced by 1.00GBP 5.All paper fillings for Annual Returns will be increased by 10.00GBP 6.Certified Copy of Certificate of Incorporation (5-10 Days) will be increased by 5.00GBP 7.Certified Copy of Certificate of Incorporation (1-2 Days) will be increased by 10.00GBP 8.Certified Copy of Memorandum of Association (5-10 Days) will be increased by 5.00GBP 9.Certified Copy of Memorandum of Association (1-2 Days) will be increased by 10.00GBP As mentioned above, the new prices are effective from the 6th April 2011. If you have any questions regarding the price changes, please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000156 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 GMT Daylight Time Please be informed that we had experienced power cuts between the hours of 3.00pm and 4.45pm (24/02/2011). Our systems are now back up and running correctly and we will respond to your emails as soon as possible. Any clients that have tried to contact us by telephone, please try again as our phone lines are now working correctly. Thank you for your patience. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000155 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 GMT Standard Time We are very pleased to announce that we have reviewed our Price for the company Restoration service we provide to you. After reviewing this service and the new legal procedures, we are happy to reduce the price to 395.00GBP+VAT, which is a saving of 55.00GBP. This is one set price and includes the Solicitor charges and all Administration costs. Penalties issued to the company for non filing of the company accounts are additional to the fee above. The Restoration procedure is now more straightforward, easier to do and takes less time than it had previously. This service can be ordered from our website under ‘Price List’ and then ‘Miscellaneous’. If you have any questions regarding the Company Restoration service or any other services we offer, please do not hesitate to contact our office and a team member will be happy to assist you with your questions or queries. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000151 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 GMT Standard Time Our Company Filing History has now been updated on our website. This enables you to view all the Filing history/information for your companies live from Companies House. You are able to find the Company Filing History from our website under ‘Price List’ and then ‘What we do’. Then select the company from the drop down box and click the select button to view the history/information. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000150 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 GMT Standard Time We have been informed by Companies House that they will be implementing some essential database upgrades over the weekend of Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd January 2011. The online services should be unaffected; however, there may be slight delay in receiving incorporation documents. Incorporations and Forms can still be submitted through our website as usual. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000149 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 GMT Standard Time From 4th January 2011, the standard rate of VAT within the UK will be increasing from 17.5% to 20%. Unfortunately, this will affect the VAT Charges on all services. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000148 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 GMT Standard Time Due to the Snow in our area, unfortunately, our offices will be closed at 11.30am today for Email, telephone and fax support. Incorporations can still be submitted as usual and will be sent to Companies House for incorporation. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000147 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 GMT Standard Time Dear Customers, Our Company Filing History has now been updated. This can be found on our Website under the section `What we do`. You are now able to view all the filing information for your companies live from Companies House. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000146 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 GMT Standard Time Unfortunately, our Due Diligence provider will be increasing their prices for CFS, therefore we have to pass this on to our clients. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000145 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 GMT Daylight Time We have recently updated our Apostille for Certificate of Good Standing service 10-15 days. As a new service, we now offer Apostille for Certificate of Good Standing to include the Certificate of Good Standing. You are no longer required to order the Certificate of Good Standing separately for this service. The charge for this service is 106.70GBP Plus VAT. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000143 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 GMT Daylight Time Companies House have reported that they have been experiencing a few problems this morning with the electronic filing service as a result of the planned works, which took place over the weekend. Approximately 1,300 documents submitted on Friday were held in the system. Companies House are in the process of clearing these documents. It is possible that some customers will experience a delay in receiving responses. A further update will be provided as soon as we have some new information. Please accept our sincere apologies on behalf of Companies House for any inconvenience that this may cause to you and your clients. But, unfortunately, this is out of our control and we would like to thank you for your continued patience. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000142 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 GMT Daylight Time Further to our previous notice, I am pleased to announce that Companies House have solved the problems they were experiencing with the processing of electronic incorporations and accounts. Documents are currently processing through the system as normal. Due to essential work that Companies House have to undertake this weekend, we are having to set an earlier cut off time of 10.30am for Same Day Electronic Incorporations, which are submitted on Friday 23rd July 2010. Companies House systems will be closed from 14.00 hours, however, incorporation submissions can still be submitted, however, they will be held until the start of business on Monday 26th July 2010. We offer our sincere apologies on behalf of Companies House in advance for any inconvenience that this may cause. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000141 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 GMT Daylight Time Companies House has advised that they are experiencing problems this morning with the processing of electronic incorporations and accounts. Companies House are currently investigating this to resolve the problem as soon as possible. The submissions are being held in a queue but it is not possible at the moment to estimate a time of resolution and the same day service may be compromised. We will provide an update when we have received further information from Companies House. If you have any questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000140 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 GMT Daylight Time Companies House has advised that they are experiencing problems this morning with the processing of electronic incorporations and accounts. Companies House are currently investigating this to resolve the problem as soon as possible. The submissions are being held in a queue but it is not possible at the moment to estimate a time of resolution and the same day service may be compromised. We will provide an update when we have received further information from Companies House. If you have any questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000139 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 GMT Daylight Time Companies House has advised that they are experiencing problems this morning with the processing of electronic incorporations and accounts. Companies House are currently investigating this to resolve the problem as soon as possible. The submissions are being held in a queue but it is not possible at the moment to estimate a time of resolution and the same day service may be compromised. We will provide an update when we have received further information from Companies House. If you have any questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000138 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 GMT Daylight Time Over the last few months we have been changing how your Incorporation Documents are created by our system to make it more customisable and flexible for our customers needs. 1) We have added a new option under the My Settings Menu called “Incorporation Document Settings”. 2) You may go to the “Incorporation Document Settings” page for some new options that will allow you to turn off the CFS International Formations Limited Introduction page or you may supply us with your own Introduction page that we can put in place for you. 3) The Company Directors are required to enter a Residential and Service Address on Incorporation. We have added an option for you to change which of the Directors Addresses you would like to show in the Company Register. 4) As requested by many of our clients, we have now combined together the Company Register into one document. This will make the documents easier to print. The Certificate, Memorandum and Share Certificates will remain as separate attachments. 5) If you have your own documents or Company Register that you would like to use, we can add them to your account for a one off charge of £25.00 + VAT. Please email us a sample of your documents, in word format, and we will first check that we are able include them in your Incorporation Documents. If we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact us. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000137 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 GMT Daylight Time We have been informed by Companies House that they are currently experiencing problems with the Incorporation filing system. Companies House are currently working on the system to ensure it is running again as soon as possible. Some companies maybe shown in the Rejected section as Queued at Gateway, please do not resubmit these companies. If the rejection is valid, you will be informed by email. We will provide another update as soon as possible. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000136 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 GMT Daylight Time We have been informed by Companies House that they are currently experiencing problems with the Incorporation filing system. Companies House are currently working on the system to ensure it is running again as soon as possible. Some companies maybe shown in the Rejected table as Queued at Gateway, please do not resubmit these companies. If the rejection is valid, you will be informed by email. We will provide another update as soon as possible. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000135 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 GMT Daylight Time Companies House has informed us that they will be upgrading their Accounting System from 11.00 Friday 28th May 2010 until 09:00 Tuesday 1st June 2010. Electronic incorporations can still be submitted, however, they will be kept in a queue and not be processed until Tuesday 1st June when Companies House returns to normal. Sameday Incorporations must be submitted before 10.30 on Friday. Just in case Companies House encounter some unexpected problems, we would advise that Incorporations and Forms are submtted on Thursday. We would like to take this opportunity to inform you that Monday 31st May is a Bank Holiday in the UK. Our office will close at 17:00 on Friday 28th May. Electronic Incorporations and Forms can still be submitted as normal, however, they will not be processed until Tuesday 1st June. Additional Services may also still be ordered and they will be processed as soon as our offices re-open on Tuesday 1st June 2010. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000134 Thu, 27 May 2010 GMT Daylight Time We would like to inform you that the Legalisation Office will be closed on Friday 28th May and Monday 31st of May. The Legalisation Office will re-open as usual on the 1st June 2010. This will cause delays for any documents which require Legalisation/Apostilling. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000133 Wed, 26 May 2010 GMT Daylight Time Companies House had experienced a problem this morning regarding the production of the electronic incorporation certificates. This problem has now been resolved, however, it may take several hours for Companies House to clear the backlog. This may cause a delay in receiving your Incorporation documents. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000131 Tue, 18 May 2010 GMT Daylight Time Companies House had experienced a problem this morning regarding the production of the electronic incorporation certificates. This problem has now been resolved, however, it may take several hours for Companies House to clear the backlog. This may cause a delay in receiving your Incorporation documents. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000130 Tue, 18 May 2010 GMT Daylight Time Please be informed that during the Easter Bank Holiday, our offices will be closed for email, telephone and fax support on Friday 2nd April and Monday 5th April. Our office will re-open on Tuesday 6th April at 09.00GMT. Electronic Incorporations may still be submitted via our website and they will be submitted to Companies House as usual, via our Electronic systems. Companies House will process all Incorporations as soon as they re-open on Tuesday 6th April. Additional services may still be ordered and will be processed as soon as our offices re-open on Tuesday 6th April. We will take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Easter Holiday from all at CFS International Formations Limited http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000129 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 GMT Daylight Time Dear Customers, Please be aware that there will be National Industrial Strike Action taken by Civil Servants whom are members of the PCS Union on Wednesday 24th March 2010. Companies House will be working with a limited number of Staff due to this. Company Incorporations and additional services can still be submitted as normal, however, delays may occur. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000128 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 GMT Standard Time Please be informed that there will be a national industrial strike action taken by Civil servants on Monday 8th March and Tuesday 9th March 2010. Companies House will be working with minimum staff due to this. Company Incorporations and additional services can still be submitted as normal, however, there maybe delays over the 2 day period. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000127 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 GMT Standard Time Please be informed that Companies House has recently changed their requirements for the Personal Identification information that you enter for each officer on incorporation. If you choose to use the Passport number as one of the Personal Identification information, you are now required to enter the last 3 numeric numbers of the Passport. Please see example below: If passport number ends 025468ND8, Companies House require you to ignore the letters ND and enter 688, these being the last 3 numeric numbers. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000126 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 GMT Standard Time Please be informed that Companies House has recently changed their requirements for the Personal Identification information that you enter for each officer on incorporation. If you choose to use the Passport number as one of the Personal Identification information, you are now required to enter the last 3 numeric numbers of the Passport. Please see example below: If passport number ends 025468ND8, Companies House require you to ignore the letters ND and enter 688, these being the last 3 numeric numbers. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000125 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 GMT Standard Time We have received a further update from Companies House. They have rectified the problems they were experiencing with the incorporations and sending out the correct responses. However, due to the volume of incorporations affected there will be a delay in receiving some incorporation documents. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000124 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 GMT Standard Time We have received a further update from Companies House. They are still experiencing problems with the incorporations and sending out the correct responses. Submitted incorporations will be shown in the Rejected folder. Please do not resubmit these companies as they are awaiting incorporation at Companies House. We will provide you with a further update as soon as possible. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000122 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 GMT Standard Time We are pleased to inform you that we are currently having a sale on some of our vintage/older Shelf companies. The new shelf company prices are shown on our website from the left hand menu under ‘Shelf companies’. If you have any questions regarding the Shelf companies, please do not hesitate to contact our office. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000118 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 GMT Standard Time It has come to that time of year again where CFS International Formations Limited have been invited to have Christmas lunch with Santa. There will be no telephone, fax or email support between 12.00 hours and 14.30 hours on Tuesday 22nd December 2009. Electronic Incorporations may still be submitted, via our website, at any time, and they will be actioned and sent to Companies House as our system will remain on during these hours. Other services can be ordered and will be processed immediately on our return. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact our office and a team member will be happy to help. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000114 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 GMT Standard Time Please be informed that during the Christmas Holiday period Electronic Incorporations may still be submitted, via our website, at any time, and they will be actioned and sent to Companies House as our system will remain on during the holiday period. Other services can be ordered and will be processed immediately on our return. Our offices will be closed for email, telephone and fax support from Thursday 24th December 2009 at 13.00 and re-open Monday 4th January 2009 at 09.00. May we take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all at CFS International Formations Limited, and thank you for your business in 2009. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000112 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 GMT Standard Time Please be advised our website will be down today between 17.00 to 21.00 GMT. This is to enable us to carry out an essential upgrade. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000111 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 GMT Standard Time Companies House are currently experiencing performance problems which may cause a delay with Incorporations. Due to these problems Companies House are currently experencing, our Name Check service may also be effected. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000110 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 GMT Standard Time Please be advised that Royal Mail services will be disrupted due to Strike action over the forth coming week. Please note that any Mail being received or despatched from our office may be delayed. The strike action is currently effecting the whole of the UK, and therefore delays with Mail services could be possible. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000109 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 GMT Daylight Time Please be aware Companies House are still experiencing a high volume of companies. There will be delays on receiving the incorporation documents from Companies House. Sameday incorporations are flowing to the front as they should. However, please be aware the sameday service is not guaranteed. Thank you for your patience. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000108 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 GMT Daylight Time We have received a further up date from Companies House regarding Incorporations. Companies House still has a large backlog of companies in which the examination teams have been working throughout the day to process. All of the same day requests are flowing to the front of the queues as they should. We will provide a further update as soon as possible. Thank you for your patients. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000107 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 GMT Daylight Time We have received a further update from Companies House regarding the company Incorporations. Despite having worked on the weekend to clear some of the backlog of incorporations Companies House currently have approximately 4000 incorporations in the queues, which their examiners are working on. All of the same day requests are flowing to the front of the queues as they should. We will provide a further update as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000106 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time Please be informed we have received a further update from Companies House. They are currently experiencing problems with Incorporation Certificates. This may cause a delay in receiving your company documents. We will update the news when we have more information from Companies House. Thank you for your patience. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000105 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 GMT Daylight Time We have received a further update from Companies House regarding company incorporations. Companies House have informed us that they are now processing incorporations again. We do however still expect delays in receiving incorporations as Companies House have a large backlog of companies. Thank you for your patience. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000103 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time We have received a further update from Companies House regarding company incorporations. Companies House have informed us that they are now processing incorporations again. We do however still expect delays in receiving incorporations as Companies House have a large backlog of companies Thank you for your patience. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000102 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time Please be aware we have received a further update from Companies House. They have advised that they are suspending any Incorporations due to problems with their systems. We are unsure of when their systems will be running correctly again; however, we will inform you once Companies House has rectified the problems. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000101 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time Please be aware Companies House are experiencing a few problems this morning. There will be a delay on receiving Incorporation Documents. We will inform you once Companies House have rectified the problems. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000100 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time Please be informed Companies House have informed us that they have resolved the problems they were experiencing earlier today. They do however still have a back log of companies so please expect some delays on receiving your company incorporations. Thank you for your patience. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000099 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 GMT Daylight Time Please be informed Companies House have informed us that they have resolved the problems they were experiencing earlier today. They do however still have a back log of companies so please expect some delays on receiving your company incorporations. Thank you for your patience. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000098 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time Dear Customers, The final Companies Act changes will be coming into force on the 1st October 2009 and also Companies House are implementing new systems. Unfortunately, Incorporations and Secretarial Services may not be ordered from 12.00 GMT on the 30th September 2009. All services will be back on line at 09.00 GMT on 5th October 2009. Companies House will also be closed from 17:00 30th September 2009 until 09.00 GMT on 5th October 2009. We recommend that all Incorporations or Forms are filed as soon as possible on the 29th September 2009 or at the latest in the morning of 30th September 2009. Other Services like Apostilles and Offshore Incorporations can still be ordered as normal. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions, please send them to cfs@cfsformations.com Thank you in advance. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000096 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time The final Companies Act changes will be coming into force on the 1st October 2009 and also Companies House are implementing new systems. Unfortunately, Incorporations and Secretarial Services may not be ordered from 12.00 GMT on the 30th September 2009. All services will be back on line at 09.00 GMT on 5th October 2009. Companies House will also be closed from 17:00 30th September 2009 until 09.00 GMT on 5th October 2009. We recommend that all Incorporations or Forms are filed as soon as possible on the 29th September 2009 or at the latest in the morning of 30th September 2009. Other Services like Apostilles and Offshore Incorporations can still be ordered as normal. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions, please send them to cfs@cfsformations.com http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000095 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 GMT Daylight Time Please be advised that Monday 31st August is a Bank Holiday in the UK. Our offices will be closed on Monday 31st August for email, telephone and fax support. Electronic Incorporations and orders may still be submitted via our website at any time and they will be submitted to Companies House as normal via our electronic systems. Our offices will re-open as usual on Tuesday 1st September at 09.00. Companies House will process the applications as soon as they re-open on Tuesday 1st September. Can we take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Bank Holiday weekend from all at CFS International Formations Limited. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000094 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time Please be advised that Monday 31st August is a Bank Holiday in the UK. Our offices will be closed on Monday 31st August for email, telephone and fax support. Electronic Incorporations and orders may still be submitted via our website at any time and they will be submitted to Companies House as normal via our electronic systems. Our offices will re-open as usual on Tuesday 1st September at 09.00. Companies House will process the applications as soon as they re-open on Tuesday 1st September. Can we take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Bank Holiday weekend from all at CFS International Formations Limited. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000093 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time Please be advised a Royal Mail Strike is taking place today in the UK. Please note that any Mail being received at our office and being dispatched from our office may be delayed. The strike is currently taking place in our county, and therefore delays with Mail could be possible. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000091 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 GMT Daylight Time Please be advised Companies House is experiencing a few technical problems. This may cause delays with Incorporations. You may also receive replacement certificates due to these technical problems. We will provide a further update once Companies House has rectified the problem. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000088 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 GMT Daylight Time Please be advised that yesterday Companies House were experiencing problems. Due to these problems Companies House now have a back log of comapnies. Company Incorporations may be delayed. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000087 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 GMT Daylight Time Please be advised that Companies House are currently experiencing problems. Company Incorporations may be delayed due to this. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000085 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time Please be advised due to a Bank Holiday in England our offices will be closed on Monday 25th May 2009, for email, telephone and fax support . Our offices will re-open on Tuesday 26th May 2009 at 09.00. Electronic Incorporations and orders may still be submitted, via our website, at any time, and they will be submitted to Companies House on our return. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000081 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time Please be advised due to a Bank Holiday in England our offices will be closed on Monday 25th May 2009, for email, telephone and fax support . Our offices will re-open on Tuesday 26th May 2009 at 09.00. Electronic Incorporations and orders may still be submitted, via our website, at any time, and they will be submitted to Companies House on our return. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000080 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time We have recently been informed that the Foreign Office have increased their fees for the Apostilling of Documents from 9th April 2009. Due to these changes at the Foreign Office, unfortunately we will have to increase our charge by 1.00GBP for all Apostille orders. As of the 20th April 2009 our charges for all Apostille orders will be increased by 1.00GBP http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000078 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 GMT Daylight Time During the Easter Bank Holiday period our offices will be closed for email, telephone and fax support from Thursday 09th April at 17.00 and re-open on Tuesday 14th April at 09.00. Electronic Incorporations and orders may still be submitted, via our website, at any time, and they will be submitted to Companies House as normal, via our electronic systems. Companies House will process the applications as soon as they re-open on Tuesday 14th April. Can we take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Easter Holiday from all at CFS International Formations Limited. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000077 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 GMT Daylight Time Please be aware that CFS were experiencing problems with external emails. However, this has now been rectified and will be back up and running within the hour. Incorporation documents will be sent out upon receipt from Companies House. Sorry for any invonvience caused. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000075 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 GMT Standard Time Delays may occur when receiving documents or acceptances from Companies House, as they are experiencing a few technical problems. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000074 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 GMT Standard Time Here at CFS we check our prices and services on a regular basis so we are able to offer the best up to date services at the best rate to you. As a result of this for a limited time only, we are able to offer the Incorporation of a BVI company to include Notarised and Apostilled company documents. Our price for a BVI Incorporation is £687.50 plus vat with a Special Offer to include Notarisation and Apostille of company documents. If you would like to take advantage of this limited offer, please do not hesitate to contact our office and an advisor will be happy to assist, or alternatively visit our website. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000071 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 GMT Standard Time During the Christmas Holiday period Electronic Incorporations may still be submitted, via our website, at any time, and they will be actioned and sent to Companies House as our system will remain on during the holiday period. Other services can be ordered and will be processed immediately on our return. Our offices will be closed for email, telephone and fax support from Tuesday 23rd December 2008 at 17.00 and re-open Monday 5th January 2009 at 09.00. May we take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all at CFS International Formations Limited, and thank you for your business in 2008. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000067 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 GMT Standard Time It has come to that time of year again where CFS International Formations Limited have been invited to have Christmas lunch with Santa. There will be no telephone, fax or email support between 12.00 hours and 14.30 hours on Thursday 18th December 2008. Electronic Incorporations may still be submitted, via our website, at any time, and they will be actioned and sent to Companies House as our system will remain on during these hours. Other services can be ordered and will be processed immediately on our return. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000066 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time It has come to that time of year again where CFS International Formations Limited have been invited to have Christmas lunch with Santa. There will be no telephone, fax or email support between 12.00 hours and 14.30 hours on Thursday 18th December 2008. Electronic Incorporations may still be submitted, via our website, at any time, and they will be actioned and sent to Companies House as our system will remain on during these hours. Other services can be ordered and will be processed immediately on our return. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000065 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time It has come to that time of year again where CFS International Formations Limited have been invited to have Christmas lunch with Santa. There will be no telephone, fax or email support between 12.00 hours and 14.30 hours on Thursday 18th December 2008. Electronic Incorporations may still be submitted, via our website, at any time, and they will be actioned and sent to Companies House as our system will remain on during these hours. Other services can be ordered and will be processed immediately on our return. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000064 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time From the 1st December 2008, the UK Government have announced that the new rate of VAT will be charged at 15%. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000062 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 GMT Standard Time I can now advise that BT have found the fault in our fax lines and they are now available to use. You can fax any required information to us as usual. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000060 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 GMT Daylight Time Unfortunately we are unable to send or recieve faxes at the moment due to a fault on the lines. Engineers are working on the fault and we will advise once the fax lines have been repaired.We apologise for any inconvenience caused http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000059 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 GMT Daylight Time Unfortunately we are unable to send or recieve faxes at the moment due to a fault on the lines. Engineers are working on the fault and we will advise once the fax lines have been repaired.We apologise for any inconvenience caused http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000058 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time Companies House have resolved there problem and normal services have resumed. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000057 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 GMT Daylight Time Companies House are experiencing problems at the moment which may cause delays with Incorporation documents. Although processing of electronic incorporations is being undertaken within the normal timescales, Companies House are experiencing some delays with sending the Certificates of Incorporation out by email. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000056 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 GMT Daylight Time Companies House are experiencing high volumes of submissions which may cause slight delays in receiving incorporation documents. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000054 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 GMT Standard Time Incorporation documents may be delayed from Companies House due to high volumes of submissions. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000053 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 GMT Standard Time To save time you can now copy previously entered address details for the same company http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000052 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 GMT Standard Time We have improved our Secretarial Service allowing you to file a number of forms. Select `View/Change Company Details` from the menu. Here you can select or input the company name and number for which you would like to file changes for. A report page will show details we already hold for the company and to change them you need to select the `edit this section` link to make changes. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000051 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time A few options that were under `Contact Details` are now under `Miscellaneous Settings` ie. Web Filing Code. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000048 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 GMT Daylight Time We have now transferred from Worldpay to Realex for all credit/debit card transactions taken via our website. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000044 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 GMT Daylight Time When entering other directorships for a company director, you may now specify a company number (though it is not compulsory). http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000042 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 GMT Daylight Time We have made a number of improvements to our Integration System. Please check the Website Integration link on your menu. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000041 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 GMT Daylight Time If you have your own memorandum and articles on our system you may still select CFS`s. New rules regarding Table A come into effect as of October 1st. Our Memorandum and Articles is fully compliant. Check the Memorandum Manager under settings. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000040 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 GMT Daylight Time Customers with a cfs account may now receive an email when low on credit to remind them to top up their balance. To set this please go to the `Settings` menu and select `Miscellaneous Settings`. Here you can change the drop down box to show `Yes` you would like to receive a reminder email and type in the amount of your balance from when you would like to receive the reminder. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000039 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 GMT Daylight Time You are now able to submit annual returns directly from our website. Please see the `Secretarial Services` option on the left menu. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000033 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 GMT Daylight Time CFS is proud to have a very low rate of companies being rejected (much lower than average). http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000032 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 GMT Daylight Time Please use our *FREE* company name availability check as it will reduce the chance of your company being rejected. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000031 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 GMT Daylight Time If you were familiar with our old site you may note that you do not have to be logged in to start entering company details any longer (though we recommend it). You will be asked to login when going to your shopping basket. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000030 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Standard Time We now offer a combination `Incorporation + Bank Account` package. To begin simply select it from the button on the right. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000029 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 GMT Daylight Time We offer a site integration service where you may link your website to ours such that your customers will be able to incorporate companies directly from your site. Please see the integration option in the menu for details http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000027 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 GMT Daylight Time You may now order a shelf company directly from the shelf company page. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000025 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 GMT Daylight Time It is now possible to order one of our offshore packages from the offshore page (under the left menu). More options can be found under the price list. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000020 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 GMT Daylight Time You may now file a number of forms through our site by clicking the Secretarial Services button on the left menu. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000019 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 GMT Daylight Time Welcome to our new website. Enjoy browsing, and any comments will be gladly received. http://www.cfsformations.com/news_story.php?id=00000018 Wed, 23 May 2007 GMT Daylight Time