Company and business names: Red Tape Challenge
Consults on ways to improve the business and company names regulations, reducing their complexity and easing their burden on business.
The government has reviewed company law as part of its commitment to reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens under the Red Tape Challenge. For further information about company law and the Red Tape Challenge see Company and Partnership law.
Company & Business Names was a sub-section of the Red Tape Challenge company and commercial law theme. Regulation of business names aims to ensure that every company has a name easily differentiated from another and that their name does not misrepresent their position in the eyes of the general public.
We received a number of comments from a large cross-section of society in relation to business names. We consider that there is scope to simplify the regulations and reduce the number of statutory instruments relating to names.
We welcome your comments on the options for improving business and company names regulations.