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Letter Heads Offset Printing

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No matter what kind of business you’re running, you need a well-designed letterhead.

The problem is that although letterheads often look quite simple, actually designing one (especially without much design experience) can be quite tricky. In this guide, we’re going to run through the exact process you can use to design a letterhead for your business. 

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Knowing What Information to Include

Chances are that you already have a good idea what information you’d like to include on your letterhead, but unfortunately, it’s not 100% down to you. In fact, there are certain legal obligations that you’re going to have to adhere to when designing your letterhead (i.e. certain pieces of information that you’re legally bound to include).

This information varies depending on how your business is set up (e.g. sole trader, limited company, etc.), so here’s what MUST be included on your letterhead for each business type:

Sole Trader:

  • Your own name
  • Your business name (if you’re “trading as” something other than your legal name)
  • Your business address
  • VAT number (if registered)

Partnership:

  • All requirements listed above under “sole traders”
  • ALL partners must be named on the letterhead (it’s NOT acceptable to name just one partner, you MUST name them all. If you have a lengthy list of partners, an alternative is to simply state where a full list of all partners can be found (e.g. a website address).

Limited Company:

  • Your full legal company name (this usually ends with “ltd” or “limited”)
  • Your company registration number (if you’re unsure about this, you can find it here).
  • Your place of registration (“England and Wales” or “Scotland”)
  • Your company’s registered office
  • Your VAT number (if registered)
  • Details regarding any registered profession you’re a member of (The Institution of Engineering and Technology.)

Other Information

Although you’re legally obligated to include the information listed above, there are a few other pieces of information that you’ll probably want to include on your letterhead. Remember, your letterheads will be used to write personal correspondence to clients, suppliers, etc., so after reading what you have to say, they may very well want to get in touch with you to ask questions or discuss anything they didn’t fully understand.

Keeping that in mind, here’s some other information you might want to include:

  • Contact telephone number(s)
  • Email address
  • Logo (by including a logo, the recipient will instantly be able to identify who the letter is from)
  • Website address (URL)
  • Social profiles (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, etc.)

Making a List

The easiest and most simple way to remember everything you need/want to include on your letterhead is to make a quick list.You can do this on paper or with your favourite note-taking app.


Letter Heads Offset Printing