[windiewasher]

Isit legal to trade under more than 1 name?
I'm thinking about using a different name for other services.
What do you guys think?

[KLEENAWAY]

I think you can if you are a limited company. You can have one name but trade under a few. Dont quote me mate thats just what i thought

Danny

[Matthew Bateman]

It's s free country I'm that sense, you can
own more than one business's and they're going to have different names aren't they.

[KLEENAWAY]

Oh ye you can own more than 1 company! But i thought doctorwindows meant trading under the same company....but under a different name 

Danny

[darren clarke]

it is not illegal to use different names ie  bobs windows, bobs guttering,  etc  the problems come when u start getting to vat level and if vat man feels that they are to close a business then u might have problems and have to vat reg the lot,  u might have to fill in loads of tax returns for each company depending if ur a ltd or sole trader,  ur account can do this

[formb]

My company is called G & S Souter Ltd

We trade under the name Souter Window Cleaning (for cleaning windows obviously).

This is common practice.

[craigR]

You can trade ubder as many different names as you want, but if your a sole trader for tax purpopses they all get lumped together unless ones sole trader, ones a partnership not doing the smae businees. They need to be seperate business entities.
As a limited company you can have as many as you like

[windiewasher]

Cool that's how I want it.about 4 business  names and 1.tax return at the end of the year.
Have a different name for each service I provide.

You can trade ubder as many different names as you want, but if your a sole trader for tax purpopses they all get lumped together unless ones sole trader, ones a partnership not doing the smae businees. They need to be seperate business entities.
As a limited company you can have as many as you like

[dave0123]

Insert Quote 
My company is called G & S Souter Ltd

We trade under the name Souter Window Cleaning (for cleaning windows obviously).

This is common practice. 

I know alot of LTD companies do this but why? whats the advantage of having

Jo blogs  LTD trading asSsuch & Such window cleaners? why would you not just have such & such window cleaners LTD in the first place?

[formb]

Insert Quote 
My company is called G & S Souter Ltd

We trade under the name Souter Window Cleaning (for cleaning windows obviously).

This is common practice. 

I know alot of LTD companies do this but why? whats the advantage of having

Jo blogs  LTD trading asSsuch & Such window cleaners? why would you not just have such & such window cleaners LTD in the first place?

By law you must put your company details on all correspondence with customers and suppliers.

If you wanted to branch out into other areas it would be difficult to keep credibility if for example you had to put on a quote:

Jo Bloggs window cleaners trading as  Jo Bloggs Engineering.

[DMG Window Cleaning]

If your a soletrader it doesnt matter what you call yourself.

Ive traded under 3 differnent names for over 12months but im now back to 1. My accountant just added the name onto my tax return.

It was Daniel Guest trading as g3st cleaning services/dmg window cleaning/g3st commercials


Danny

[windiewasher]

nice one daniel

If your a soletrader it doesnt matter what you call yourself.

Ive traded under 3 differnent names for over 12months but im now back to 1. My accountant just added the name onto my tax return.

It was Daniel Guest trading as g3st cleaning services/dmg window cleaning/g3st commercials


Danny