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Update: 23 February 2018 - Information for employees, sub-contractors, creditors and suppliers of Carillion in liquidation
Guidance on dealing with transactions at undervalue and preferences
Detailed information about the restrictions on the re-use of company names, when a director can re-use a company name after insolvent liquidation, how to apply for permission to use a prohibited name and how to complain.
On 28 February a Disciplinary Consent Order was made against Adam Boys of Quality Insolvency Services Limited,
Collection of monies owed to an insolvent, including the process for engaging contracted agents to undertake the recovery
The company made millions of unsolicited cold-calls, with thousands of people complaining to the Information Commissioner’s Office
Companies become insolvent for a variety of reasons. What happens next will depend on the individual circumstances involved.
Actions to take in the initial stages of a bankruptcy including letters to be sent and enquiries to be undertaken
Guidance about the financial assistance available from the Redundancy Payments Service for employers who are unable to pay their employees redundancy pay.
Your responsibilities as a company director after your company has been liquidated - helping the official receiver, settling debts, what you can and cannot do.
Insolvency Service board member Frances Coulson becomes the third person to be inducted into the Women of Restructuring Hall of Fame
The company deceived consumers into signing up to a subscription charging them almost £30 a month
Insolvency Service Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023
Template for a debtor application for an Order for non-disclosure of current address, in relation to the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
Recovering sums due in respect of antecedent recoveries such as excessive pension contributions, misfeasance of directors, voidable dispositions and transactions defrauding creditors
Statistics on new company insolvencies in England and Wales, and related statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland
Think carefully before you borrow money for your company.
Company wound-up in the public interest after investigations by the Insolvency Service
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