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The High Court granted an 11 year Bankruptcy Restriction Order for an Assistant Accountant who misappropriated €160,510 from his employer.
Surrey-based company, GLE & International Property Ltd, wound up in the High Court following an investigation by the Insolvency Service.
In our summer stakeholder newsletter we provide updates on insolvency service fees, tackling pension scams, the review of the corporate insolvency framework, our new complaints procedure, measuring customer satisfaction and …
Our chief executive Sarah Albon, opening Insolvency Live!, reviewed the past year and looked ahead to 2016/17 – including the introduction of the new insolvency rules, changes to Official Receiver fees and lessons learn…
Our inaugural stakeholder event, Insolvency Live! was held on 28 July 2016. Find out how it went.
William Joseph Thorne was handed a 6 year restriction on 01 August 2016 after filing a petition for bankruptcy.
Company director Mr Ian Ellison has been imprisoned for 6 months following an initial investigation by the Insolvency Service.
Thames Trustees Ltd, a Preston-based company, which facilitated and operated a pension liberation scheme, has been wound up in the High Court following an investigation by the Insolvency Service.
Spice Factory (UK) Limited and Gummy Bear Films Limited have been placed into provisional liquidation following an investigation by Company Investigations of the Insolvency Service.
Two companies that sold dubious oil investment products to members of the public in the UK have been wound-up in the High Court.
The fees charged to apply for bankruptcy and company insolvency are changing from 21 July 2016.
On the 30th June 2016, the Official Receiver’s Lloyds bank account will close. Please amend your records to reflect the new account details.
How to claim redundancy as a former BHS employee.
All the available places for our inaugural stakeholder event, Insolvency Live! on 28 July 2016 in London, have now been allocated. You can join the waiting list for the event.
We will stop publishing advertising disqualification orders obtained in Scotland in the Edinburgh Gazette from 1 June 2016.
Dorset bankrupt sentenced to a total of 30 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to two counts of perverting the course of public justice.
Following an Insolvency Service investigation three companies, which collectively offered and administered the selling of partnerships in a gold mining project, were wound up.
The Insolvency Service disqualified more than 1,200 company directors and wound up 131 companies in the public interest in 2015/16.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid has instructed the Insolvency Service to fast-track its investigation into BHS.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK Limited (SSI) has been wound up in the High Court and the Official Receiver has been appointed as liquidator.
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