{"id":1678,"date":"2019-02-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/what-legal-info-do-i-need-to-show-on-my-fire-security-website"},"modified":"2022-03-05T20:06:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T20:06:04","slug":"what-legal-info-do-i-need-to-show-on-my-fire-security-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/what-legal-info-do-i-need-to-show-on-my-fire-security-website","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Fire &#038; Security Website Breaking The Rules?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are\u00a0lots of web designers starting\u00a0up all over the country. This is great for Fire &#038; Security professionals who want to buy based on price.<\/p>\n<p>But, as you know from your own industry experience, <em>the cheapest<\/em> is not always the best.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these companies are inexperienced. In both web design and business.\u00a0Many do not know what is required by law\u00a0for the websites of a <em>limited company<\/em>. Or to comply with GDPR.<\/p>\n<p>They bash up a website quick as a flash. You, as the owner, are pleased at the speed and the price. But you don&#8217;t know that you could be breaking the rules.<\/p>\n<p>Does\u00a0your Fire &#038; Security company&#8217;s name have Limited or Ltd at the end of it? You could be at risk.<\/p>\n<p>How can you be sure that your website won&#8217;t get you into trouble?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>What legal info should your website show about your limited company?<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/is-your-fire-security-website-breaking-the-rules.png\" alt=\"is-your-fire-security-website-breaking-the-rules\" width=\"600\" style=\"width: 600px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/is-your-fire-security-website-breaking-the-rules.png 300w, https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/is-your-fire-security-website-breaking-the-rules.png 600w, https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/is-your-fire-security-website-breaking-the-rules.png 900w, https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/is-your-fire-security-website-breaking-the-rules.png 1200w, https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/is-your-fire-security-website-breaking-the-rules.png 1500w, https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/is-your-fire-security-website-breaking-the-rules.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/p>\n<p><span>This is what<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/running-a-limited-company\/signs-stationery-and-promotional-material\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Companies House\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Companies House<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>says.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On business letters, order forms and <em>websites<\/em>, you must show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the company\u2019s registered number<\/li>\n<li>its registered office address<\/li>\n<li>where the company is registered (England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland)<\/li>\n<li>the fact that it\u2019s a limited company (usually by spelling out the company\u2019s full name including \u2018Limited\u2019 or \u2018Ltd\u2019)<\/li>\n<li>If you want to include directors\u2019 names, you must list all of them<\/li>\n<li>If you want to show your company\u2019s share capital (how much the shares were worth when you issued them), you must say how much is \u2018paid up\u2019 (owned by shareholders).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These details don&#8217;t need to be on ALL the pages but they must be easy to find.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/fire-security-company-website-design\">For Lollipop websites<\/a>, we often use the Contact page to show the Limited company name, its registered number and place of registration plus its registered office.<\/p>\n<h3>GDPR implications for Fire &#038; Security websites\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/inbound-blog\/gdpr-help-for-fire-and-security-installers\">To comply with GDPR<\/a>, you should also have a link on your website to your Privacy Policy. We usually put this in the footer, along with Cookie Policy, Terms of Website Use, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For GDPR, you also need to consider adding some wording under any contact forms on the website. This should link to your Privacy Policy so readers can find out more about what you will do with their contact details. And how they can unsubscribe. If you want to send marketing information, your contacts will need to have &#8216;opted in&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Take advice on this from a GDPR expert NOT just your website designer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Why choose Lollipop for your Fire &#038; Security website<\/h3>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><strong><em>We got several quotes, some of which were much cheaper&#8230; but we chose you because of your experience AND you seem so NORMAL&#8230; <\/em><\/strong><em>Dave Hopkins, <a href=\"https:\/\/rdsfireandsecurity.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">RDS Fire &#038; Security<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been working with Fire &#038; Security companies like yours\u00a0 since 2010. The Directors we have met are full of passion, knowledge and experience.<\/p>\n<p>You know the best ways to keep people and businesses safe. But the expertise is all in\u00a0your heads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You told us that you don&#8217;t like writing it down. And you don&#8217;t have the time to craft a message about what makes you different from your competitors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lollipop get this info out of\u00a0YOUR HEAD and onto\u00a0YOUR WEBSITE\u00a0where your ideal customers can FIND it.<\/p>\n<p>And we have the knowledge to ensure that your website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>stays within the rules;<\/li>\n<li>attracts visitors who are your ideal customers;<\/li>\n<li>says what your\u00a0ideal\u00a0customers want to hear;<\/li>\n<li>makes it easy for your leads\u00a0to make contact;<\/li>\n<li>helps your Fire &#038; Security company to get more new customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/fire-security-impact-case-study-lp\">Find out more<\/a> by clicking the image below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/tlc-checklist-how-to-get-more-fire-security-customers-lp\"><img alt='How To Get More Fire And Security Clients' src='https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ca009161-dc1d-4106-ad8e-a78d26272320.png'><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are\u00a0lots of web designers starting\u00a0up all over the country. This is great for Fire &#038; Security professionals who want to buy based on price. But, as you know from your own industry experience, the cheapest is not always the best. Many of these companies are inexperienced. In both web design and business.\u00a0Many do not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/what-legal-info-do-i-need-to-show-on-my-fire-security-website\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is Your Fire &#038; Security Website Breaking The Rules?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fire-security","category-websites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}