{"id":4557,"date":"2015-12-07T16:02:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T15:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mzuridesign.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4557"},"modified":"2016-03-15T12:11:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T11:11:04","slug":"partnerships-sole-traders-signage-stationery-promotional-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mzuri.co.uk\/news\/general\/partnerships-sole-traders-signage-stationery-promotional-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnerships &#038; Sole Traders: Helpful tips."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is your business a partnership, or are you registered as a sole trader? We\u00a0thought it might be handy to have\u00a0a quick reminder concerning the\u00a0rules associated with signs, stationery and promotional material for your business.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mzuridesign.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tremaines-Signage.jpg\" alt=\"Tremaines-Signage\" width=\"715\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mzuri.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tremaines-Signage.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.mzuri.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tremaines-Signage-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stationery\u00a0&amp; Promotional Material &#8211; don&#8217;t forget the small print<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Partnerships must:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; state on letters, orders, invoices and receipts the names of <strong>all partners<\/strong> and the address of the principal office, or otherwise indicate where a list of partners may be inspected if there are too many to list.<br \/>\n&#8211; Invoices must state VAT registration number if your business has one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sole Traders must:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; include your own name and business address on all business letters, orders and receipts <strong>if you are trading under a business name different to your own<\/strong>. This applies to signage too.<br \/>\n&#8211; Invoices must state VAT registration number if your business has one.<\/p>\n<p>These guidelines have been taken from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/running-a-limited-company\/signs-stationery-and-promotional-material\" target=\"_blank\">gov.uk website<\/a> and are current as of 16\/11\/2015.<\/p>\n<p>Wondering what rules apply for limited companies?\u00a0Find out more about those in our post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mzuridesign.co.uk\/blog\/general\/running-a-limited-company-signage-stationery-promotional-material\/\" target=\"_blank\">Limited Companies: Signage, Stationery &amp; Promotional Material.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mzuridesign.co.uk\/blog\/general\/running-a-limi\u2026ional-material\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mzuridesign.co.uk\/blog\/general\/running-a-limi\u2026ional-material\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mzuridesign.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled-design-7.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled design (7)\" width=\"715\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mzuri.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled-design-7.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.mzuri.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Untitled-design-7-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reminder for partnerships and sole traders, of the law surrounding signs, stationery and promotional material. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[614,618,616,613,317,307,615,617,24],"class_list":["post-4557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-partnership","tag-promo-material","tag-regs","tag-regulations","tag-sign","tag-signage","tag-sole-trader","tag-sole-trader-regs","tag-stationery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Partnerships &amp; 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