The Centre for Retail Research has analysed the main retail failures in the period since the recession. There are 24, with 11,056 stores affected and 127,134 employees. They range from Blacks Leisure in 2008 to Brantano in 2016. Woolworths was the...
Read more...Christopher John Etheridge, director of Staplehurst-based D&R Pike Crane Hire Ltd, has been disqualified for six years by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills after an investigation by the Insolvency Service. The Insolvency...
Read more...Any appointed Liquidator (CVL) or Administrator is obliged to submit a report to the Secretary of State regarding the affairs of the insolvent Company and also the conduct of its directors. From 6 April 2016 the way in which insolvency...
Read more...The short answer is “No”, but the long answer is “Yes, it is possible but care needs to be taken to follow the rules or you may face criminal proceedings and become personally liable for the new company’s liabilities”. S.216 of the...
Read more...A Members’ Voluntary Liquidation is a shareholder-led process, which is a tax efficient method for bringing to an end the life of a solvent company. All creditors of the Company are paid in full and the surplus thereafter is distributed to the...
Read more...Section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986 allows a liquidator to accept shares in a new company or companies as part or full consideration for the transfer of the whole or part of the business of the company in liquidation. This process can be used...
Read more...Wrongful trading In these uncertain times, a director of a limited company needs to take extra care, especially when the company becomes unable to avoid liquidation. When a company is insolvent*, the director’s primary duty of care is to the...
Read more...With Blockbuster following HMV, Jessops and Comet into Administration in the last three months with the loss of thousands of jobs and the threat of further job losses in the retail sector there has been considerable news coverage given to the fate...
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