I am writing to advise you on how to write a business letter. If the salutation is
informal, eg Dear Mr use ‘Yours sincerely’, if the salutation is formal eg Dear Sir or Madam use ‘Yours faithfully’. No punctuation (eg full stop or comma) is used anywhere except in the main body of the letter. The date is written in full without using an ‘nd’, ‘rd’, ‘th’, as in 2 nd 3rd 4th. There should be at least five clear lines between the salutation and your name, for the signature to go in.