📋 UK Company Name Rules (Companies Act 2006)

Must end in "Limited", "Ltd", "PLC" or Welsh equivalents (for limited companies)
Cannot be the same as or too similar to an existing registered name
Cannot include sensitive words (e.g. "Royal", "Bank", "University") without approval
Cannot be offensive or misleading
Must be between 1 and 160 characters
Punctuation is largely ignored when checking for similarity

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