The London Gazette

The London Gazette is an official British Government publication. It is the oldest surviving English newspaper first published in 1665. It is currently published every weekday, except Bank Holidays.

The London Gazette contains official Government announcements but is primarily known as the paper where statutory notices are required to be published. It lists details of bankruptcy proceedings, winding-up orders against companies and dissolutions of partnerships and other legal notices.

The London Gazette has sister publications – the Edinburgh Gazette and Belfast Gazette. There are also a number of supplements published covering:

• honours and awards
• premium bonds
• armed forces promotions
• company information.

Insolvency data, both personal and corporate is found in the London Gazette. So today many businesses find the information in it invaluable to their business, as it can help many organisations manage fraud and credit risks.

It is used primarily by:

• Financial institutions – such as banks and building societies and institutions managing asset portfolios of corporate or personal clients.
• The credit industry – debt collection agencies, credit insurers etc.
• Insolvency Companies – business recovery professionals, accountants that need to identify new business development opportunities and monitor industry trends.

Notices in the London Gazette are split into different categories these include:

• Agriculture and Fisheries
• Companies Regulation
• Competition
• Corporate Insolvency
• Ecclesiastical
• Energy
• Environment
• Health
• Other Notices
• Parliament
• Partnerships
• Personal Insolvency
• Personal Legal
• Planning
• Post and Telecoms
• Public Finance
• Societies Regulation
• State
• Transport
• Water

Notices of striking off action, resolutions and company administration are all included in the London Gazette. Notices of the documents appearing from Companies House in the Gazette are available to purchase from £4.95.