Many UK companies are being urged to update information on their web sites and in email footers or risk a fine after amendments to the Companies Act passed into law last week increased the amount of information that has to be disclosed in electronic documents.
Under the new rules, every company is required to list its company registration number, place of registration and registered office address on its web site, order forms and other electronic business letters.
Legal experts said that, while hard copy business letters have previously had to include this information, there had been confusion over whether electronic documents were also affected. However, the latest amendments confirm electronic documents do qualify as business letters and, as a result, companies are being advised to automatically include the information on all emails and other electronic documents to remove the hassle of users having to decide whether communications constitute a "business letter" or not.
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