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Business Name Change Notice

A completed fictional customer and supplier notice explaining a company's registered name change without changing its contracts.

Jurisdiction: England and Wales - completed fictional worked example

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# BUSINESS NAME CHANGE NOTICE

Date: 1 February 2034

Parties: Northstar Catering Ltd and its customers, suppliers and staff

## 1. Purpose and parties

Northstar Catering Ltd, company number 09876543, gives this notice on 1 February 2034. From that date its registered name is Northstar Events Catering Ltd, following Companies House registration on 29 January 2034. The company remains the same legal person, with the same registered office at 14 Station Road, Cardiff CF10 2AB.

## 2. Facts, scope and terms

The name change reflects the company's expansion from workplace meals into event catering; it is not a sale, assignment, liquidation or change of ownership. Its directors, bank account, VAT registration and insurance remain unchanged. The registered office telephone is 029 5550 3010 and the new general email is accounts@northstarevents.example.

## 3. Process and responsibilities

All existing contracts, purchase orders, quotations, warranties and ongoing invoices continue with Northstar Events Catering Ltd as the same contracting party. Customers do not need to sign replacements. A document issued before 1 February may show the former name and remains a company document; future invoices will show both names for six months.

## 4. Evidence, records and safeguards

From 1 February, suppliers should address invoices to Northstar Events Catering Ltd and quote the unchanged company number 09876543. Payments should continue to the verified bank details already held; no bank-detail change is requested by this notice. A supplier must call the published number before acting on any later request to alter payment details.

## 5. Review, escalation and outcome

Employees' employment contracts, continuity of employment, pay dates and workplace policies are unaffected. Northstar will update its website, menus, food-safety registrations and public signage, and will notify the relevant local authority where a registration requires a name update. The change does not itself change a food licence or create a new trading location.

## 6. Reservations and practical protections

Personal data in customer and supplier records will continue to be used for contract administration and legal accounting duties under UK GDPR. Please send a correction or privacy question to the Data Lead at the registered office; do not include card numbers or identity documents in ordinary email.

## 7. England and Wales law and completion

This completed fictional notice is governed by England and Wales law. It is evidence of a registered name change, not a variation of contractual terms. Questions about a contract, invoice or accessibility can be sent to the new email, and the company will acknowledge a substantive query within five working days.

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