The Gazette is the official public record for legal notices in the UK. There are three editions: The London Gazette (England & Wales), The Edinburgh Gazette (Scotland), and The Belfast Gazette (Northern Ireland). Published since 1665, it is one of the oldest continuously published newspapers in the world.
Company-related gazette notices include: winding-up petitions, compulsory strike-off notices, voluntary dissolution notices, change of name notices, and administration appointments. These notices serve as legal notification to creditors, shareholders, and the public.
A compulsory strike-off notice (published under Section 1000 of the Companies Act 2006) gives 2 months for objections before Companies House dissolves the company. Winding-up petitions are published to notify creditors of insolvency proceedings.
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