Essential maintenance to Companies House online services

  • There will be maintenance work taking place, which may affect Companies House services, between Saturday 19 November and Monday 21 November.

  • Maintenance window scheduled for Saturday 19 November from 8am to 10pm may cause disruption to online services

  • New maintenance window between 8pm and 9pm this evening (Tuesday 8 November)

  • Maintenance work will affect our online services from Friday 14 October to Monday 17 October.

  • Essential maintenance to our web services

  • Potential disruption because of essential maintenance work.

  • Changed date

  • Edited to change date of maintenance work to 1 August.

  • Maintenance work will affect our online services on Saturday 16 July.

  • Maintenance on Saturday 25 June and Sunday 26 June 2022.

  • Maintenance work will affect our online services on Saturday 18 June and Sunday 19 June.

  • Weekend maintenance work will affect our online services on 11-12 June and 18-19 June 2022.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services on Saturday 4 June 2022.

  • Disruption to Companies House online services from 10am to 2pm on Saturday 21 May 2022.

  • Added Find and update company information to list of affected services.

  • All Companies House online services will be unavailable from 8am to 8pm on Sunday 15 May 2022.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services on Saturday 7 May.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services on Sunday 24 April.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services on Saturday 26 March.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services on Saturday 12 March.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services on Thursday 24 February.

  • Our Report a PSC discrepancy and Apply to strike off and dissolve a company services will be unavailable on Sunday 20 February.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services on Sunday 20 February.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services on Thursday 10 February.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services on Wednesday 2 February.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services on Saturday 22 January.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services between 7am and 9am on Saturday 4 December.

  • Our Webfiling service and XML Gateway will not be available for about 2 hours from 8:30pm on Sunday 14 November.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services from Friday 12 November to Monday 15 November.

  • Maintenance scheduled for Saturday 6 November has been cancelled. You may experience disruption when using our online services from 8am to midday on Sunday 7 November.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 November.

  • Maintenance may affect our online services from 7am to 5pm on Saturday 23 October.

  • Maintenance may affect our online services from 7am to midday on Saturday 16 October.

  • Maintenance may affect our online services from 10am to 1pm on Saturday 9 October.

  • Maintenance on Saturday 25 September will affect Companies House Direct (CHD).

  • There may be disruption to our online services from 3am to 4am on Sunday 12 September.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services from 9am to 1pm on Saturday 7 August.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services on Saturday 10 July.

  • There may be some disruption to our online payment services from 3am to 4am on Sunday 27 June. Customers may experience disruption of up to 15 minutes when attempting to make payment on our online services during this period.

  • There may be disruption to some of our online services from 8pm on Monday 24 May to 6am on Tuesday 25 May.

  • There may be disruption to some of our online services from 10pm on Monday 17 May to 4am on Tuesday 18 May.

  • Maintenance will affect some of our online services from 8am to 4pm on Saturday 15 May, and 8am to 4pm on Sunday 16 May.

  • Maintenance may affect some of our online services from 8pm on Saturday 8 May to 6am on Sunday 9 May.

  • Maintenance will affect our online services from 8am to 4pm on Saturday 17 April.

  • Our WebFiling service and XML gateway (software filing and search) may not be available from 8pm on Friday 26 March to 6am on Saturday 27 March, and from 8pm on Saturday 27 March to 6am on Sunday 28 March.

  • Maintenance on Wednesday 24 March will affect our online filing and software services.

  • Updated as scheduled maintainance has been cancelled

  • Maintenance will affect our online filing and software services on Saturday 20 March.

  • Online filing and XML gateway will not be available on Saturday 6 March.

  • Possible disruption to our online and software filing services between 8am and 10am on Saturday 20 February.

  • Moving our XML database to the cloud on Saturday 13 February as part of the cloud migration work.

  • Maintenance on Sunday 7 February will affect Companies House service (CHS).

  • Maintenance on Saturday 23 January will affect confirmation receipts for online filing.

  • Maintenance scheduled for Saturday 16 January cancelled.

  • Maintenance on Saturday 23 January from 8am to 8pm will delay confirmation receipts for online filing.

  • Maintenance may affect our online services on Saturday 9 January.

  • Maintenance may affect our online services from 7pm on Thursday 31 December to 7am on Friday 1 January 2021.

  • Maintenance from 8am to 2pm on Saturday 12 December.

  • Maintenance from 7am to 12pm on Saturday 10 October.

  • Maintenance to Companies House Service (CHS) from 9am to 3pm on Saturday 3 October.

  • Maintenance work will affect our online services from 8am to 12pm on Sunday 14 June.

  • Maintenance cancelled for Sunday 31 May.

  • Planned maintenance to Companies House Service at 8am on Sunday 31 May.

  • Maintenance to the online extensions service at 8pm on Wednesday 8 April.

  • Maintenance to the online extensions service at 9am on Sunday 5 April.

  • Maintenance to extensions service at 8pm on Thursday 2 April.

  • Maintenance to extensions service at 8pm on Wednesday 1 April.

  • Maintenance planned for Saturday 7 March and Sunday 8 March.

  • Maintenance work to CHS on Thursday 14 November.

  • Maintenance planned for Saturday 9 November.

  • Maintenance to CHS on Monday 4 November.

  • Maintenance for Wednesday 16 October cancelled.

  • Maintenance on Wednesday 16 October.

  • Maintenance for Saturday 5 October cancelled.

  • Added translation

  • Planned online maintenance on Saturday 5 October.

  • Maintenance on Saturday 3 August.

  • Maintenance on Saturday 4 May 2019.

  • Maintenance on Friday 12 April and Saturday 13 April.

  • Maintenance extended to 7am Wednesday 27 March.

  • Maintenance on Monday 25 March to Tuesday 26 March.

  • Maintenance on Saturday 23 February 2019.

  • Maintenance on Sun 3 Feb and Sat 16 Feb.

  • Maintenance on Saturday 16 February.

  • Maintenance to our online strike off service from 19 to 20 January.

  • Maintenance for Sunday 13 January cancelled.

  • Maintenance to our services on Sunday 13 January 2019.

  • Maintenance on Saturday 1 December.

  • Maintenance on Wednesday 21 November.

  • Maintenance on Wednesday 14 November.

  • E-billing service unavailable from 9am to 1pm on Sunday 11 November.

  • Maintenance on Saturday 10 November and Sunday 11 November.

  • Maintenance scheduled for Saturday 10 November and Sunday 11 November.

  • Maintenance planned for Saturday 3 November 2018.

  • Issue with our phone lines.

  • Maintenance planned for Saturday 3 November 2018.

  • Essential maintenance planned for Tuesday 25 September.

  • Essential upgrades to our incorporation services on 8 September 2018.

  • Issues with WebFiling, CHD and WebCHeck

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  • Maintenance window

  • Essential maintenance

  • Essential maintenance notice

  • Maintenance message

  • Updated as office reopen.

  • Update to our opening times.

  • Updated to include press contact details.

  • Companies House offices closed due to weather.

  • CHS issues.

  • Notice about issues with our finance systems.

  • CHS issues resolved

  • Problems with CHS

  • Possible disruption to Companies House Service

  • Power issues now resolved.

  • Update.

  • Issue at our Edinburgh office.

  • Maintenance planned for 11 November.

  • Maintenance cancelled.

  • Planned maintenance 4 November.

  • Maintenance planned for 4 November.

  • Alert about service maintenance.

  • Essential maintenance message

  • Additional maintenance required

  • Update to article

  • Planned maintenance 25 June 2017

  • Planned maintenance successfully completed and all services back on line.

  • CHS now not available from 4pm on 13 April

  • Added note that Follow won’t be available during the maintenance.

  • Essential maintenance from 11:59pm on Thursday 13 April to 7am on Tuesday 18 April.

  • Planned maintenance completed successfully.

  • Maintenance planned between Friday 2 December to Sunday 4 December

  • Essential online maintenance between 7am-8pm Saturday 15 October 2016

  • Planned maintenance message removed.

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    UK overseas intellectual property attaché network

    Also referred to as Intellectual Property (IP) attachés, the IP liaison officers work with local UK Department for International Trade (DIT) and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) leads to provide support for UK businesses seeking advice on local IP matters.

    They also:

    • raise awareness of IP through business outreach. This includes briefing business delegations, joint webinars with DIT and local trade associations

    • liaise with host governments and stakeholders about local and international IP frameworks / environment

    Contact details

    Kayleigh Nauman: Attaché North America

    Career history: Before joining the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), Kayleigh worked for a Member of Congress in the US House of Representatives. There, she managed a diverse portfolio, working on intellectual property, trade, and telecommunications; developing and writing legislation; and supporting Congressional oversight of executive agencies. Previously, Kayleigh worked in local and state government in Wyoming, USA. She is a Fulbright Scholar and holds an MPhil from Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge, UK.

    Focus in North America: Supporting the IPO’s input into any Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States and providing insight into US IP policies and IP discussions they may have with global trading partners. Kayleigh also focusses on building cooperation between the US and UK on IP matters such as global treaties, simplifying international patent procedures and approaches to IP enforcement. Finally, Kayleigh can provide IP advice and support to UK businesses operating or trading with the US, Canada and Mexico.

    Contact details: email: kayleigh.nauman@fco.gov.uk; tel: +44 202 588 1232; address: 3100 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA.

    Christabel Koh: South East Asia

    Joined IPO: August 2013

    Career history: Prior to working for the UK Government, Christabel spent six years at the IP Office of Singapore and the IP Academy, last serving as an Assistant Director of Special Projects. In her roles she focused on international cooperation, IP capacity building and monitored IP developments. She also co-founded Just Tee It in 2007, an online golf portal. Her roles covered product development, marketing channel management and enhancing customers’ digital experience. She holds a MSc in Technopreneurship and Innovation from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

    Contact details: email: christabel.koh2@fco.gov.uk; tel: +65 9619 1675; address: British High Commission Singapore, 100 Tanglin Road, Singapore 247919.

    Desmond Tan: South East Asia

    Joined IPO: April 2018

    Career history: Prior to joining the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), Desmond was Senior Assistant Director with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) for five years, covering various portfolios such as strategy and policy, industry development and planning, capacity building, as well as a stint in media engagement. Desmond holds a Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

    Focus in SE Asia: The IP landscape is SE Asia is diverse and evolving rapidly. Based in Singapore, the team provides regional IP support to UK businesses operating in or venturing to SE Asia. The team also works with the local governments and associations to develop a pro-business IP environment for the region.

    Contact details: email: desmond.tan@fco.gov.uk; tel: +65 9088 4018; address: British High Commission Singapore, 100 Tanglin Road, Singapore 247919.

    Cerian Foulkes: China

    Joined IPO: April 2019

    Career history: Prior to joining the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), Cerian was Senior Innovation Policy Officer for the UK government’s Science and Innovation Network in China. Previous to this, she worked in the China team of the UK’s Research Councils and in the auto industry. Cerian has lived and worked in China for over nine years and is fluent in Mandarin.

    Focus in China: China’s IP framework is fast developing and the UK is a key international partner. Cerian and her team in Beijing and Shanghai, provide direct support to UK companies with concerns across the IP spectrum, particularly in supporting enforcement outcomes. The team also works closely with a number of Chinese government agencies on IP, to share UK expertise and best practice. This work is part of wider engagement by the UK IPO with China, including the annual UK-China IP Symposium and technical exchanges.

    Contact details: email: cerian.foulkes@fco.gov.uk; address: British Embassy, 11 Guanghua Lu, Beijing 100200.

    Angelica Garcia: Brazil

    Joined IPO: August 2016

    Career history: Lawyer with a LL.M in IP & International Trade from Queen Mary University, London. She was formerly Director of Marketing & Business Development for ACE Aceleratech start-up accelerator in Brazil and Latin America and worked on Deloitte’s German-Brazilian Desk. Most recently she worked for the Department for International Trade (formerly UKTI) of the British Government.

    Focus in Brazil: Assisting UK companies that have IP issues in Brazil and working closely with Government to ensure that there is a strong IP framework. This includes outreach with both officials and business, highlighting the benefits of a strong IP system. Specific areas of interest include addressing backlogs in patents and trade marks, Geographical Indications (GIs), pharmaceuticals and IP enforcement.

    Contact details: email: angelica.garcia@fco.gov.uk; tel: +55 11 3094 2729; address: British Consulate General, Rua Ferreira de Araújo, 741, São Paulo, Brazil – 05428-002.

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