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Guidance for debt advisers who need to create and submit a DRO application.
How the accounting systems in relation to insolvent estates operate and the legislative basis for the accounting for fees and expenses relating to the work of the official receiver.
Get information on bankruptcy, redundancy, paying off your debts, company insolvency and misconduct of trading companies and partnerships.
How to claim money back from a person that is bankrupt or a company that is in liquidation.
This director information hub is a home for information and guidance to help current and future directors. It only takes a minute to learn the essentials.
Information about director's loans.
Lighthouse International Group wound up by the High Court in the public interest.
Statistics on new individual insolvencies in England and Wales, and related statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland
This collection brings together all current sanctions against insolvency practitioners as a result of professional misconduct.
Apply to cancel a winding up (liquidation) order so your company can continue to trade - find out the form you need and what happens at the hearing
Former Premier League footballer and international manager disqualified as director for three-and-a-half years
Obtaining Income Payments Agreements (IPA) and Income Payments Orders (IPO) from bankrupts, including the matters to be taken into account when calculating the sum to be paid
Monthly company insolvency statistics for England and Wales, as well as Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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.
How the Insolvency Service treats your personal information and how to check what details they have for you.
How to make a complaint about the Insolvency Service.
This collection contains detailed information about company director disqualification and the role of the Insolvency Service
As company director, you take on many legal requirements and duties. You must know what they are and when you need to complete them.
Claim for loss of notice pay (RP2)
Dear IP is updated quarterly and issued by the Insolvency Service to insolvency practitioners and other interested stakeholders
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