The Official Gazette

The Gazette is the official public record and for 350 years has charted the UK’s history, officially and permanently recording important public information. First published in 1665, The Gazette has recorded over 2 million notices of significant historical events, including the Great Plague, the news of Wellington’s victory at Waterloo, and most recently, the birth of Prince George of Cambridge. The Gazette publishes online profiles of every UK business registered with Companies House. Each UK company has a dedicated profile page that presents information from official sources, providing an accurate and unbiased picture of a business on an official platform. Initially publishing news for the Crown and Executive, The Gazette became the official notice board of the government. Its official records including despatches and details of military appointments and promotions, important financial, public and legal notices, and the royal new year and birthday honours lists. Today, over 200,000 notices are published each year by authority and permanently recorded in The Gazette, and this trusted information is used on a daily basis by a wide range of people and organisations, including genealogists, historians, banks and legal professionals, and members of the general public.