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The law actually contains a list of permitted characters [1] Your company name can contain curly left apostrophe, curly right apostrophe, and straight apostrop
by michaelt 2y ago
The law actually contains a list of permitted characters [1]
Your company name can contain curly left apostrophe, curly right apostrophe, and straight apostrophe - but no lower case letters.
There are also a bunch of rules about specific words [2] - so you can't have "Financial Conduct Authority" in your company name without the permission of the government department of the same name.
[1] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/17/schedule/1/made https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/17/schedule/1/made
[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/incorporation-and-names/annex-a-sensitive-words-and-expressions-or-words-that-could-imply-a-connection-with-government https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/incorporation-and...
- card_zero 2y agoWhat's the problem with lower case characters? I feel like they just excluded them by accident because the table was getting too big.
- gpvos 2y agoEasy way to make sure there are no company names that differ only in case?
- kmoser 2y agoBut that leaves open the door for "FOO[space]BAR" (one space) and "FOO[space][space]BAR" (two spaces) to be registered, so that doesn't really accomplish the goal of "company names must be unique." If case-insensitivity were really their goal, that could easily be accomplished by choosing a case-insensitive collation for their DB.
- llamaimperative 2y agoMaybe to avoid ambiguity between I and l?
- card_zero 2y agoTRUE, FAIR POINT
- CoastalCoder 2y agoAh, I see your confusion. It's "I", me", or "myself" depending on context. The rules can be confusing, but in most context are not ambiguous. /jk
- qingcharles 2y agoCan you have a company name that is only curly left apostrophe, curly right apostrophe, and straight apostrophe? Asking for a friend.
- michaelt 2y agoPossibly - I can't tell you though, because the official company registration website isn't capable of searching for that.
- selimthegrim 2y agoDon’t give them too many ideas we’re gonna have eval, cars and cdrs next