Change of Company Name Checklist

Posted by Van Geraghty on Tuesday, 29 April 2014

Company Secretarial Services | Corporate Governance | Compliance

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In our last blog we looked at the guidelines around choosing a company name.

Today, we give you a useful checklist for reference once you have changed your company name.

Remember, when a company changes its name it must show the previous name for one year from date of change. For example “Heavens Name Limited [formally Good Name Limited}”

1. Company Secretarial Issues

• Update Company Registers
• Display change of Name Certificate
• Purchase new company seal

2. Stationery

• Graphic design for new logo/branding
• Headed paper
• Business cards
• Domain Name
• Email address
• Fax auto answerback
• Franking machines
• Name badges

3. Listings

• Telephone Directory
• Domain name listings
• Subscriptions to trade magazines

4. Internal Documents

• Check all internal documents i.e.
• Accounting Documents i.e. Invoices, Purchase orders, Statements
• Accounting software
• Internal Memos
• Voicemail
• Email signatures
• Employment Contracts
• Training material
• Office Templates

5. Bank

• Advise your Bank
• Cheques and statements
• Credit & Debit Cards

6. External

• Leasing agreements
• Insurance policies
• Contracts
• Links to external Websites
• Licences
• Social Media
• Linkedin
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Pinterest

7. HR

• Employee handbooks
• Pension benefits
• Recruiting Templates/Job Descriptions
• Internal awards
• Health Insurance

8. Sales & Marketing

• Website
• Presentation Templates
• Golden Pages
• Telephone Directory
• Packaging
• Sales literature
• Brochures
• Flyers

9. Professional Advisors

• Accountants
• Auditor
• Solicitors

10. SIGNAGE

• Vehicles
• Premises

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