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Appointing a new director to your limited company.
A guide to what happens to a PPI claim after someone has been made bankrupt in England and Wales.
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.
This page provides links to guidance produced by, or relating to, the Insolvency Service
Full guidance on what happens when you're made bankrupt.
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)
Directors have specific duties if their company becomes insolvent. These still apply if it is trading or if trading has stopped.
This document contains information related to the effect of a disqualification order.
This page provides guidance on how to submit information about employee pensions to the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS).
Corporation Tax and VAT for limited companies.
Dividends are payments made to shareholders from company profits after Corporation Tax.
Information on dealing with applications for appeal, stay or rescission of a bankruptcy order or winding-up order. Includes information on orders protecting persons at risk of violence.
Details on RP14 and RP14A upload
Disclaiming property of the insolvency where that property is onerous, including the process to be followed for an effective disclaimer
This document contains information related to company investigations and The Insolvency Service.
This guide refers to investigations by the Insolvency Service into companies that have entered into formal insolvency proceedings – which means administration, administrative receivership, voluntary and compulsory liquidatio…
Crown departments
When you become the director of a limited company, you should be aware of the legal requirements and duties involved.
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.
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