Are you up to-date with the Law?

Did you know that companies in the UK are now required to include certain regulatory information on their websites and in their email footers from 1st January 2007 or you will breach the Companies Act and risk a fine?

If you did not, you are not alone, it seems that a lot of business people have been caught unaware of the new legislation.

Quick Summary of what you need to be aware of

Every company should ensure that it now lists its company registration number, place of registration and registered office address on its website following an update to the legislation of 1985. This information should also appear on order forms and in your emails. As a business you are already required to display this information on 'business letters' but the duty has now been extended to websites, order forms and your electronic documents.

But before you panic and think every page on your website will need updating, this is not the case. The required information does not need to appear on every page, if you have this information (which should be easy to find) in your company, about us' or legal information pages/docs our understanding is that this will be fine.

The important stuff only

If you are a business (limited company) you need to include your company registration number, place of registration and registered office address on all your email footers, your order forms and within your websites (Comapny info or legal docs) which must be in legible characters.

Further details and services

For further details we recommend reviewing the Out-Law website. This website provides over 6,000 pages of free legal news and guidance, mostly on IT and e-commerce issues that is as relevant for a software start-up as it is for the compliance team at a bank.  http://www.out-law.com/page-7594 (opens in new window)

Limesharp offer free and professionally written legal documents (where we have developed your website solution) or we can make these available as a small cost if we have not developed your site but it needs to be updated. Otherwise please check you have updated your legal document pages to comply with the new legislation, we can upload changed documents for you. And if you need help please contact us.