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01/01/2007 - Companies Regulations 2006

As of the 1st of January 2007, a new law came into force requiring companies to include their company details in email correspondence. A requirement of the Companies Act is that all business letters sent by registered UK companies need to include the company's details. Those who don't observe this risk a fine. Previously whether email were counted as business letters was a legal grey area. The updated legislation clarifies this by explicitly stating that they are.

Whilst this still leaves some debate as to whether personal emails count as business mail and are affected by this law, companies are being advised to include their company details on all e-mail messages. Websites also need to display company details including the company's name, registered office and registration number.

We recommend that all registered UK companies add their details to their account signatures when using MailManager to deal with inbound e-mail. These details will be added to all outbound e-mail replies in compliance with the regulations.