Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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My wife and I are registered as directors for our company, named “CompanyA” for example.
Is it possible to register a company alias, so we we can trade with the name “CompanyB”?
Reason for this, is the company is diversifying and entering different markets. The original company name indicates something very limited.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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You'd just do the as a sole trader would do wouldn't you?
Company A trading as Company B
If you want to register as the different name I would guess you need to do another Ltd registration.
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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As long as it says Trading as CompanyA Ltd after it, it can be called "Bart loves Apple trading as Company A ltd".
Can't just stick company b as a sole trader, if you dont want to register another ltd.
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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Indeed, dont want to register another ltd.
Do you have to formally set anything up, or just add this to relevant documents etc?
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Just add it into everything, and Bank if you're recieving cheques.
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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If the business is in a totally different industry (i.e. company A deals with computer, alias company deals with bananas) then you should really register a new company.
But as others have said, just do the Xyz trading as Abc Ltd thing, perfectly fine (I do this for my own limited company).
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
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Why not set up a subsidiary to Company A?
Will be a separate legal entity but still linked to the parent company. Tax benefits/breaks to be had.
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