Dutchventure
23rd January 2006, 03:25
People,
I am a Dutch student and I have a question for you:
When do you use the following words "behind" your companyname?
Like "Bradenhorst ..."
- Enterprise
- Incorporated ?corp.?
- Industries
Thanks,
Maarten
dagr
23rd January 2006, 13:04
When do you use the following words "behind" your company name?
Enterprise - When you own a spaceship that goes up to warp-factor 8.
Incorporated - When you finally stop having those out-of-body experiences.
Industries - When your company is called "Clapped Out".
A bit more seriously:
Enterprise - Not widely used in the UK for a private company. More typically used by semi or fully public-funded agencies, or maybe a trendy design or consulting company. Not sure why, but very popular with Asian companies. Is actually part of the name (not an official suffix, in the UK anyway).
Incorporated - Used by US companies to denote the company is a separate legal entity (unlike a sole trader or a partnership). This is a legal term that follows the name, like Ltd or B.V.
Industries - Used by companies around the world to indicate the type of business they do, i.e. usually some form of non-IT, design or production engineering work. Is actually part of the name (not an official suffix, in the UK anyway).
David.