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Charlotte at inniAccounts replied

5 March 2015, 12:21
Have a quick look at this, it may give you an idea

Choosing a company name – inniAccounts
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TheFaQQer replied

5 March 2015, 11:36
Originally posted by Sausage Surprise View Post

Mine is FTM ltd - you'll probably need to be from the NE to understand the significance of handing a business card with FTM on it to a Geordie.

I was once nearly thrown out of a presentation in part of Glasgow because we'd abbreviated File Transfer Protocol on the slides, which didn't go down very well in that bit of the city...
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Sausage Surprise replied

5 March 2015, 11:31
Mine is FTM ltd - you'll probably need to be from the NE to understand the significance of handing a business card with FTM on it to a Geordie.
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TheFaQQer replied

4 March 2015, 09:21
Originally posted by TestMangler View Post

Too many Xs. XXX.com would have been better. Was it taken ?

I read something once about how a company got complaints because their automated text service was sending porn to their users.

Turned out that a manager had set the dummy domain name to xxx.com in production because they thought it wouldn't be used by anything...
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vwdan replied

3 March 2015, 20:48
Originally posted by Lewis View Post

That's gonna look great in an IR35 investigation!

IR35 doesn't concern me.
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TestMangler replied

3 March 2015, 18:07
Originally posted by VectraMan View Post

I have XXXXXX Software Ltd. XXXXXX.com being a domain name I'd registered about 10 years before I started the company. I've always vaguely hoped someone would pay me millions for my six letter domain name, but it hasn't happened yet.

Too many Xs. XXX.com would have been better. Was it taken ?
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d000hg replied

3 March 2015, 17:53
SynergySystems
Consultio-Consultium
BanTheBob
IR35Exempt
AllAboveBoard

There you go.
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TheFaQQer replied

3 March 2015, 17:28
Originally posted by Lewis View Post

That's gonna look great in an IR35 investigation!

Why?

If you think it'll make any difference, you need to revisit your understanding of IR35.
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Lewis replied

3 March 2015, 17:25
My Name Consulting Ltd

That's gonna look great in an IR35 investigation!
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VectraMan replied

3 March 2015, 16:45
I have XXXXXX Software Ltd. XXXXXX.com being a domain name I'd registered about 10 years before I started the company. I've always vaguely hoped someone would pay me millions for my six letter domain name, but it hasn't happened yet.
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borderreiver replied

3 March 2015, 16:37
Saw an advert for a company called PIE Financial today. Good look with that one ...
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oliverson replied

3 March 2015, 15:53
Originally posted by DannyF1966 View Post

Phew, that's a relief, I thought you were going to name your business after Jimmy Savile there for a moment. Carry on.

Glitter fan as well?
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DannyF1966 replied

3 March 2015, 15:40
Originally posted by oliverson View Post

Jimmy Saville Consulting Ltd

Phew, that's a relief, I thought you were going to name your business after Jimmy Savile there for a moment. Carry on.
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oliverson replied

3 March 2015, 14:42
Jimmy Saville Consulting Ltd
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TheFaQQer replied

3 March 2015, 09:28
Originally posted by SimonMac View Post

Only bit of advice o remember getting was don't use Joe Smith Consultancy Ltd as its a red flag for hector to pick you out for an easy audit, no idea how legit it was

They're much more likely to use the SIC rather than a name.

I considered "... Solutions Ltd" but then realised that a good contractor merely prolongs the problem rather than offering to solve anything
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