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Company director disqualified and ordered to pay compensation after Bounce Back Loan misconduct

• Updated: 16 May 2024

Company overstated turnover to claim maximum Bounce Back Loan allowed and used funds for personal expenses

• Updated: 14 May 2024

The company made millions of unsolicited cold-calls, with thousands of people complaining to the Information Commissioner’s Office

• Updated: 9 May 2024

Director overstated his company’s turnover to claim the maximum Bounce Back Loan and could not account for how the money was spent

• Updated: 9 May 2024

Founder of Ireland’s Insolvency Service joins the UK Insolvency Service Board as a non-executive member

• Updated: 7 May 2024

Former Premier League footballer and international manager disqualified as director for three-and-a-half years

• Updated: 24 April 2024

Tough action taken against directors to tackle Covid loan misconduct

• Updated: 12 April 2024

Boss of a Hertfordshire company which supported ex-offenders falsely claimed an extra £100,000 in Covid support loans.

• Updated: 2 April 2024

Company sold unnecessary service plans to vulnerable customers and told them they would be charged if they cancelled

• Updated: 7 March 2024

From today (Monday 4 March 2024), Companies House has new and enhanced powers to improve the quality and reliability of its data and tackle misuse of the companies register.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

The takeaway owner applied for a Bounce Back Loan and did not use the funds as declared in his application.

• Updated: 28 February 2024

Investors lost more than £57 million through the fund

• Updated: 27 February 2024

Finance companies Satchi Holdings PLC and Hartreel Ltd wound-up after misleading investors and failing to cooperate with an investigation into the firms’ affairs

• Updated: 20 February 2024

Indian restaurant and takeaway manager banned as company director after employing three illegal workers

• Updated: 20 February 2024

The Body Shop International Ltd announced it entered administration on 13 February 2024. This page gives information on how to claim redundancy or register as a creditor.

• Updated: 20 February 2024

We review our fees every year to make sure they’re set at the right level.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

Banned Shropshire window company boss managed business while disqualified from running a company

• Updated: 13 February 2024

Devon plumber given suspended sentence after abusing Bounce Back Loan Scheme for his own personal living expenses.

• Updated: 31 January 2024

The owner of a Cumbria pizzeria and takeaway has been banned as a company director for six years after hiring two illegal workers.

• Updated: 29 January 2024

Two directors of an industrial laundry installation firm who set up a ‘phoenix’ company while disqualified from running a business have been fined a total of £182,700. 

• Updated: 22 January 2024