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A change in the Companies Act means that from 1st January 2007, all companies in the UK are required by law to display certain regulatory information on their websites and in their email footers. Failure to do so could mean they are in breach of the Companies Act and risk a fine.

Every company must now list its company registration number, place of registration, and registered office address on its website. The information must be in legible characters and should also appear on order forms and in emails. Such information is already required on business letters but the duty is being extended to websites, order forms and electronic documents.