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Insolvency Service welcomes Budget funding to help tackle rogue directors

Insolvency Service welcomes Budget funding to help tackle rogue directors

Wednesday, 26 November 2025

Agency will receive an extra £25 million to help it tackle rogue directors...

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Unimetals Recycling (UK) Ltd – winding up order made

Unimetals Recycling (UK) Ltd – winding up order made

Tuesday, 25 November 2025

The Official Receiver has been appointed liquidator by the court....

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Brazilian steakhouse directors who attempted to lease luxury cars when company owed more than £100,000 are banned

Brazilian steakhouse directors who attempted to lease luxury cars when company owed more than £100,000 are banned

Thursday, 20 November 2025

Five-year bans for directors who continued to trade insolvent company...

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Solar panel firm shut down after preying on pensioners with false promises of government refunds

Solar panel firm shut down after preying on pensioners with false promises of government refunds

Monday, 03 November 2025

A connected company entered liquidation earlier this year ...

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Venator Materials UK Limited, in administration: information for employees and creditors

Venator Materials UK Limited, in administration: information for employees and creditors

Friday, 24 October 2025

On 22 October 2025 Venator Materials UK Limited entered administration. This page gives information on how to claim redundancy or register as a credit...

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Seven year bans for sisters who enabled insolvency avoidance scheme and put creditors at risk of financial loss

Seven year bans for sisters who enabled insolvency avoidance scheme and put creditors at risk of financial loss

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Key figures in scheme to undermine insolvency system banned as directors ...

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Dudley director jailed for falsely claiming £50,000 Covid Bounce Back Loan

Dudley director jailed for falsely claiming £50,000 Covid Bounce Back Loan

Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Craig Smith lied about his turnover to secure the maximum loan available. ...

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Kent builder hid bankruptcy from customer who paid for home improvements he did not complete

Kent builder hid bankruptcy from customer who paid for home improvements he did not complete

Monday, 20 October 2025

The builder received more than £30,000 for the project ...

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Social Housing Holdings Limited in Liquidation: information for creditors, investors

Social Housing Holdings Limited in Liquidation: information for creditors, investors

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

On 2 July 2025, a winding-up order was made against Social Housing Holdings Limited (company number?12634526) and the court appointed the Official Rec...

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Fraudster spent Covid loan funds on gambling and crypto investments

Fraudster spent Covid loan funds on gambling and crypto investments

Thursday, 09 October 2025

Director also obtained two Covid loans when companies were only entitled to one ...

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Manchester company used as front for unlicensed insolvency activities is shut down

Manchester company used as front for unlicensed insolvency activities is shut down

Thursday, 02 October 2025

Company helped failing businesses avoid legitimate insolvency procedures ...

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Covid fraudster jailed after using £50,000 Bounce Back Loan funds to buy semi detached house in Huddersfield

Covid fraudster jailed after using £50,000 Bounce Back Loan funds to buy semi detached house in Huddersfield

Friday, 26 September 2025

Jail for Bounce Back Loan fraudster ...

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Former Isle of Skye hotel boss banned as director for unpaid VAT

Former Isle of Skye hotel boss banned as director for unpaid VAT

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

Director disqualified after company failed to pay tax it owed...

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Former Manchester businessman banned after ignoring bankruptcy restrictions to act as company director for two years

Former Manchester businessman banned after ignoring bankruptcy restrictions to act as company director for two years

Monday, 22 September 2025

Eight-year ban for businessman who disregarded bankruptcy order to act as company director ...

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Insolvency Service launches video to help those considering taking on an Individual Voluntary Arrangement

Insolvency Service launches video to help those considering taking on an Individual Voluntary Arrangement

Friday, 19 September 2025

Insolvency Practitioners will be asked to show the video to their clients to improve understanding and avoid poor practice ...

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Blackburn tour operator jailed for Covid loan fraud

Blackburn tour operator jailed for Covid loan fraud

Friday, 19 September 2025

Bounce Back Loan fraudster jailed following Insolvency Service investigations ...

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Top businesswoman banned as company director over Covid loan abuse

Top businesswoman banned as company director over Covid loan abuse

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Eleven-year director ban for businesswoman who breached Covid loan rules...

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Yorkshire scaffolding boss ordered to repay £100,000 Covid funds he fraudulently obtained in full plus interest

Yorkshire scaffolding boss ordered to repay £100,000 Covid funds he fraudulently obtained in full plus interest

Tuesday, 16 September 2025

The director was convicted earlier this year following Insolvency Service investigations? ...

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London Covid fraudster jailed after using fraudulently obtained Bounce Back Loans to fund trading in Ghana

London Covid fraudster jailed after using fraudulently obtained Bounce Back Loans to fund trading in Ghana

Thursday, 11 September 2025

Jail term for Bounce Back Loan fraudster who exploited government scheme ...

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Joiner who ignored director ban and allowed companies to rack up tax debts of more than £300,000 is sentenced

Joiner who ignored director ban and allowed companies to rack up tax debts of more than £300,000 is sentenced

Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Suspended sentence for director who breached his disqualification ...

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Cleaning company which took thousands for services it did not provide is shut down

Cleaning company which took thousands for services it did not provide is shut down

Monday, 08 September 2025

London-based SOFY 82 UK Ltd offered rental tenants a ‘100 per cent deposit return guarantee’ for cleaning services which were not carried out and then...

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Nottingham Rehab Limited and NRS Healthcare Limited in liquidation: information for employees, customers, suppliers, creditors and landlords.

Nottingham Rehab Limited and NRS Healthcare Limited in liquidation: information for employees, customers, suppliers, creditors and landlords.

Thursday, 28 August 2025

On 1 August 2025, a winding-up order was made against Nottingham Rehab Limited and NRS Healthcare Limited. The court appointed the Official Receiver, ...

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Speciality Steel UK Limited in Liquidation: information for creditors, sub contractors, customers and suppliers.

Speciality Steel UK Limited in Liquidation: information for creditors, sub contractors, customers and suppliers.

Friday, 22 August 2025

On 21 August 2025, a winding-up order was made against Speciality Steel UK Limited, and the court appointed the Official Receiver, Gareth Jonathan All...

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Sunderland based debt collection agencies shut down after keeping client funds they recovered

Sunderland based debt collection agencies shut down after keeping client funds they recovered

Sunday, 17 August 2025

Companies wound-up by the High Court following Insolvency Service investigations ...

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Director of century old Scottish machinery firm banned after under declaring VAT by more than £1.5 million

Director of century old Scottish machinery firm banned after under declaring VAT by more than £1.5 million

Tuesday, 12 August 2025

The company entered administration owing more than £3 million...

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Six year directorship ban for construction boss who sold £100,000 of classic cars for just £1

Six year directorship ban for construction boss who sold £100,000 of classic cars for just £1

Tuesday, 05 August 2025

The director sold at least £1.5 million of company assets in total ...

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Directors banned after Stoke firm made hundreds of thousands of nuisance calls

Directors banned after Stoke firm made hundreds of thousands of nuisance calls

Thursday, 31 July 2025

The company also received a £150,000 fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office ...

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Five companies shut down for filing false and forged accounts

Five companies shut down for filing false and forged accounts

Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Companies falsely claimed to have hundreds of millions of pounds in turnover and profits ...

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Businessman jailed after failing to disclose £130,000 in assets and obtaining thousands in credit during bankruptcy order

Businessman jailed after failing to disclose £130,000 in assets and obtaining thousands in credit during bankruptcy order

Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Helim Miah, from Cardiff, continued to obtain credit and operated as a company director, all while bankrupt – he has been jailed for more than four ye...

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World sprint champion sentenced after using Covid loans to help buy £1.3 million home

World sprint champion sentenced after using Covid loans to help buy £1.3 million home

Tuesday, 22 July 2025

Athlete sentenced for Bounce Back Loan fraud...

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Ministry of Defence Multi-billion-pound support deal agreed as part of major UK export win

Office for Equality and Opportunity Government commits to introducing mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for large employers

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Bluetongue: latest situation

HM Revenue & Customs Save on Easter childcare egg-spenses with Tax-Free Childcare

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Change of British High Commissioner to Guyana: Joseph Fisher MBE

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Tay Cities Region backed by up to £20 million from UK government to grow its thriving creative tech sector

Sellafield Ltd Supporting the cyber stars of the future

Regulatory Policy Committee RPC statement: draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill

Department of Health and Social Care Health Secretary welcomes large fall in NHS dissatisfaction

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office UN Human Rights Council 61: UK Statement for the Urgent Debate on Iran

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