and the http is not needed, as the site path is defined in config.php
Site by <a href="/">My Company</a>
BUT IN MY OPINION this entire template can and should be commented out. NOBODY cares who made your website. Unless the site designer demands such an inclusion (and I would negotiate that out of any deal).
Your site is built to sell your products. Anything that doesn't directly support the goal of the store is fluff.
I would simply remove (comment out) the entire include to the template.
My $.02