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