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Limited Company

Limited Liability protects the owner of a Limited Company from personal loss as the company is a separate entity and hence has its own profits and debts - i.e. any debts incurred would be the company's debts and not the individuals. This is unlike the owner of a business as his business debts would in fact be his personal debts.

Source: A New Business

Restricted Names

The following is a list of restricted words and expressions that cannot be used in the naming of a Limited Company, without approval from regulatory bodies.

These guidelines apply equally to plurals of any of these words and expressions and may not be an exhaustive list.

ABORTION
ANZAC
ARCHITECT
ASSEMBLY
ASSOCIATION
ASSURANCE
ASSURANCE BROKER
ASSURER
AUTHORITY
BANC
BANCA
BANCARIA
BANCAIRE
BANCARIO
BANCO
BANCOMER
BANCORP
BANCOS
BANGKO
BANK
BANKA
BANKAS
BANKASI
BANKE
BANKEN
BANKER
BANKHAUS
BANKI
BANKIERS
BANKING
BANKIN'NY
BANKIRSKY
BANKOS
BANKVERIEN
BANKY
BANQUE
BANQUIER(S)
BENEVOLENT
BOARD
BRITISH
BUILDING SOCIETY
CERTIFIED
CENEDLAETHLOL
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TRAINING AND ENTERPRISE
CHAMBER OF INDUSTRY
CHAMBER OF TRADE
CHARITY
CHARITABLE
CHARTER
CHARTERED
CHARTERED BUILDER
CHARTERED BUILDING
CHARTERED SURVEYOR
CHEMIST
CHEMISTRY
CHIROPODIST
COMMONHOLD
CONTACT LENS
CO-OPERATIVE
COPYRIGHT
COUNCIL
CREDITBANK
CREDIT UNION
CYNULLIAD
DENTAL
DENTAL PRACTITIONER
DENTAL SURGEON
DENTIST
DENTISTRY
DEPOSIT
DESIGNRIGHT
DIETICIAN
DISCONTOBANK
DISPENSING OPTICIAN
DISTRICT NURSE
DRUG
DRUGGIST
DUKE
ENGLAND
ENGLISH
ENROLLED OPTICIAN
ENTERPRISE AGENCY
EUROPEAN
FEDERATION
FOUNDATION
FRIENDLY SOCIETY
FUND
GENEVA CROSS
GENNOSSENSCHAFTSBANK
GIROBANK
GIROZENTRALE
GREAT BRITAIN
GROUP
GWASANAETH
HANDELSBANK
HEALTH CENTRE
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH VISITOR
HER MAJESTY
HIS MAJESTY
HOLDING
HOUSING CORPORATION
HYPOTHEKENBANK

INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETY
INSTITUTE
INSTITUTION
INSURANCE
INSURANCE BROKER
INSURER
INTERNATIONAL
IRELAND
IRISH
KANTONALBANK
KING
KONTROLBANK
KREDIETBANK
LABORATORY OF THE GOVERNMENT
LAND CHARGES
LANDESBANK
LAND REGISTRATION
LAND REGISTRY
LIBYA
LIBYAN
MASSRAF
MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
MIDWIFE
MIDWIFERY
NATIONAL
NATIONALBANK
NURSE
NURSING

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
OLYMPIAD
OLYMPIADS
OLYMPIAN
OLYMPIANS
OLYMPIC
OLYMPICS
OPTHALMIC OPTICIAN
OPTICIAN
OPTOMETRIST
ORTHOPTIST
OVERSEAS TRADE SERVICES
PANKKI
PATENT
PATENTEE
PATENT OFFICE
PHARMACEUTICAL
PHARMACEUTIST
PHARMACIST
PHARMACY
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
POLICE
POLYTECHNIC
POST OFFICE
PREGNANCY TERMINATION
PRINCE
PRINCESS
PRIVATBANK
QUEEN
RADIOGRAPHER
RAIFFEISENBANK
RE-ASSURANCE
RE-ASSURANCE BROKER
RE-ASSURER
RED CRESCENT
RED CROSS
RED LION AND SUN
REGISTER
REGISTERED
REGISTERED OPTICIAN
RE-INSURANCE
RE-INSURANCE BROKER
RE-INSURER
REMEDIAL GYMNAST
ROYAL
ROYALE
ROYALTY
SCOTLAND
SCOTTISH
SHEFFIELD
SOCIETY
SOLICITOR (SCOTLAND ONLY)
SPA(A)RBANK
SPECIAL SCHOOL
STOCK EXCHANGE
TRADE UNION
TRAINING AND ENTERPRISE COUNCIL
TRAPE(D)ZA
TRUST
UNITED KINGDOM
UNIVERSITY
VEREINSBANKVET
VETERINARY
VETERINARY SURGEON
VOLKSBANK
WALES
WELSH
WINDSOR

 

 

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