
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}”
- Company Secretarial Issues
 
- Update Company Registers
 - Display change of Name Certificate
 - Purchase new company seal
 
- Stationery
 
- Graphic design for new logo/branding
 - Headed paper
 - Business cards
 - Domain Name
 - Email address
 - Fax auto answerback
 - Franking machines
 - Name badges
 
- Listings
 
- Telephone Directory
 - Domain name listings
 - Subscriptions to trade magazines
 
- 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
 
- Bank
 
- Advise your Bank
 - Cheques and statements
 - Credit & Debit Cards
 
- External
 
- Leasing agreements
 - Insurance policies
 - Contracts
 - Links to external Websites
 - Licences
 - Social Media
 
- HR
 
- Employee handbooks
 - Pension benefits
 - Recruiting Templates/Job Descriptions
 - Internal awards
 - Health Insurance
 
- Sales & Marketing
 
- Website
 - Presentation Templates
 - Golden Pages
 - Telephone Directory
 - Packaging
 - Sales literature
 - Brochures
 - Flyers
 
- Professional Advisors
 
- Accountants
 - Auditor
 - Solicitors
 
- SIGNAGE
 
- Vehicles
 - Premises
 

