hectors house
07-09-2012, 08:28 AM
Hi
I posted on here a while ago that I was considering having a business name for my setting which would hopefully make me more memorable for advertising than using my own name. Sorry if I ask similar questions, I just need to get it all straight in my mind to what extent I need to change things.
Firstly - Would I need to notify Ofsted and Insurance Company - would I be s -------- registered childminder trading as HH , or would certificates stay in my own name. And what about Inland Revenue?
Would I need to open a business bank account in my trading name, or can I just keep current account - obviously people writing cheques would have to make sure they wrote them out to me not HH?
Do I need to tell Food Standards Agency? Have I forgotten anyone?
How do I set up a website, is there a simple (it's going to need to be very simple) template for creating websites - how much does it cost and do I need to pay to buy my trading name, so no one else pinches it?
Obviously I need to tell my development officer, so she can pass on enquiries and I suppose I will need a new e-mail address.
Do people with a trading name, answer their home phone with their setting name? I have started to do it to confuse the foreign cold callers!
Oh god this has started to put me off now - spend all day yesterday rewording policies but probably need to hold off e-mailing copies to parents until I have decided when I am going to launch new name, so I can add trading name to them!
At the moment all I have free from Vistaprint - is a mug, a car sticker and a banner with my new name on - can I use the logo from Vistaprint on my advertising and stationery or has it got a copyright on - and is that the same with all images on google?
I posted on here a while ago that I was considering having a business name for my setting which would hopefully make me more memorable for advertising than using my own name. Sorry if I ask similar questions, I just need to get it all straight in my mind to what extent I need to change things.
Firstly - Would I need to notify Ofsted and Insurance Company - would I be s -------- registered childminder trading as HH , or would certificates stay in my own name. And what about Inland Revenue?
Would I need to open a business bank account in my trading name, or can I just keep current account - obviously people writing cheques would have to make sure they wrote them out to me not HH?
Do I need to tell Food Standards Agency? Have I forgotten anyone?
How do I set up a website, is there a simple (it's going to need to be very simple) template for creating websites - how much does it cost and do I need to pay to buy my trading name, so no one else pinches it?
Obviously I need to tell my development officer, so she can pass on enquiries and I suppose I will need a new e-mail address.
Do people with a trading name, answer their home phone with their setting name? I have started to do it to confuse the foreign cold callers!
Oh god this has started to put me off now - spend all day yesterday rewording policies but probably need to hold off e-mailing copies to parents until I have decided when I am going to launch new name, so I can add trading name to them!
At the moment all I have free from Vistaprint - is a mug, a car sticker and a banner with my new name on - can I use the logo from Vistaprint on my advertising and stationery or has it got a copyright on - and is that the same with all images on google?