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Information for landlords, customers, employees, creditors and shareholders of Thomas Cook in liquidation.
Director overstated his company’s turnover to claim the maximum Bounce Back Loan and could not account for how the money was spent
Founder of Ireland’s Insolvency Service joins the UK Insolvency Service Board as a non-executive member
Boss of a Hertfordshire company which supported ex-offenders falsely claimed an extra £100,000 in Covid support loans.
Company sold unnecessary service plans to vulnerable customers and told them they would be charged if they cancelled
Finance companies Satchi Holdings PLC and Hartreel Ltd wound-up after misleading investors and failing to cooperate with an investigation into the firms’ affairs
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.
Banned Shropshire window company boss managed business while disqualified from running a company
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.
Liverpool directors closed their company after moving Bounce Back Loan money into family bank accounts
Former director of Extra Energy Supply is now banned from running a business.
Boss of Basildon firm took money for rare coins that were never supplied.
Boss of Enfield gift company ordered by court to repay more than £43,000 to the public purse
Wilko went into administration on 10 August 2023. This page provides information on how to claim redundancy or register as a creditor.
Comprehensive reforms will include regulation of firms and a new public register of professionals following major consultation on sector’s future.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
First compensation order secured in court to repay taxpayer-backed Bounce Back Loan fraudulently secured during the pandemic.
Aleksander Staskiewicz overstated his company turnover in order to secure the taxpayer-backed funds.
Trader of electronic goods retained no records, leaving tax bill of more than £2.7 million unpaid and no explanation for transactions totalling nearly £5 million.
The Insolvency Service has today issued a reprimand – the first time such powers have been used – against the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) for regulatory failings.
Two businessmen from East Sussex and Essex falsely claimed maximum £50k Bounce Back Loans and used money for their own gain.
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