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Store Twenty One: information for employees and creditors

Store Twenty One: information for employees and creditors

Tuesday, 11 July 2017

The discount clothing and homeware retailer Store Twenty One has been wound up in the High Court. Simon Bonney, Paul Zalkin and Carl Jackson of Quantu...

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Poor record keeping nets 9 year ban for Birmingham businessman

Poor record keeping nets 9 year ban for Birmingham businessman

Friday, 07 July 2017

The County Court at Birmingham has handed a nine disqualification order to John Alexander Ferguson (43) for failing to maintain, preserve and deliver ...

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Companies running coloured diamonds scam shut down

Companies running coloured diamonds scam shut down

Friday, 30 June 2017

An Insolvency Service investigation has led to two companies involved in the valuation and selling of fancy coloured diamonds being shut down....

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Re cast EU Insolvency Regulation comes into force

Re cast EU Insolvency Regulation comes into force

Friday, 23 June 2017

Procedural rules facilitating the operation of the Regulation have been laid in Parliament....

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Insolvency Live! 2017

Insolvency Live! 2017

Friday, 23 June 2017

Our annual forum for insolvency & debt advisory professionals is on 17 July 2017. You can submit questions to us now for the Q&A panel....

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Refreshed and updated guidance

Refreshed and updated guidance

Thursday, 13 April 2017

We've completed the refresh of our guidance....

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Director conduct reporting service (updated)

Director conduct reporting service (updated)

Thursday, 06 April 2017

The Director Conduct Reporting Service module is now operating normally....

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Modernised insolvency rules introduced

Modernised insolvency rules introduced

Thursday, 06 April 2017

New rules which guide insolvency practice have come into force....

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Telephoning the Redundancy Payments Service

Telephoning the Redundancy Payments Service

Friday, 31 March 2017

The issue that was affected the Redundancy Payment Service insolvency practitioners phone line has been resolved....

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Accessing our online applications

Accessing our online applications

Monday, 27 February 2017

Access to our online services has been restored....

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The Insolvency Service newsletter: winter 2017

The Insolvency Service newsletter: winter 2017

Friday, 24 February 2017

In our Winter newsletter we look at how insolvency forms are changing, welcome our newly appointed chairman, directors and criminal enforcement team, ...

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2016 corporate and personal insolvency statistics

2016 corporate and personal insolvency statistics

Friday, 27 January 2017

Corporate and personal insolvency statistics for 2016 have been published....

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Insolvency Service forms: removal and replacement

Insolvency Service forms: removal and replacement

Friday, 20 January 2017

From 6 April 2017, as part of the changes introduced by the Insolvency (England & Wales) Rules 2016, all statutory forms relating to insolvency proced...

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Email scam warning

Email scam warning

Friday, 20 January 2017

We are aware that people are receiving emails with the subject line of Company Investigations Inquiry Notice....

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New Board chairman appointed

New Board chairman appointed

Thursday, 19 January 2017

Credit, debt and insolvency specialist Stephen Allinson has been appointed chairman of the Insolvency Service Board....

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Accessing our telephone help lines

Accessing our telephone help lines

Thursday, 19 January 2017

We have resolved the IT issue. All our services have returned to normal....

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Technical problems with our enquiry line

Technical problems with our enquiry line

Friday, 09 December 2016

We are working to fix a fault affecting the Insolvency Enquiry Line....

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Insolvency Rules: Table of destinations now available

Insolvency Rules: Table of destinations now available

Wednesday, 09 November 2016

This news article provides a table indicating the destination of the provisions in the 1986 rules...

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Modernised insolvency rules commence in April 2017

Modernised insolvency rules commence in April 2017

Tuesday, 25 October 2016

The new rules which will guide insolvency practice from April 2017 have been published. ...

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The Insolvency Service newsletter: summer 2016

The Insolvency Service newsletter: summer 2016

Thursday, 11 August 2016

In our summer stakeholder newsletter we provide updates on insolvency service fees, tackling pension scams, the review of the corporate insolvency fra...

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Insolvency Live! opening address

Insolvency Live! opening address

Thursday, 04 August 2016

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 Live! What happened?

Insolvency Live! What happened?

Thursday, 04 August 2016

Our inaugural stakeholder event, Insolvency Live! was held on 28 July 2016. Find out how it went....

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Companies offering ‘investment’ in US oil wells closed down

Companies offering ‘investment’ in US oil wells closed down

Friday, 15 July 2016

Two companies that sold dubious oil investment products to members of the public in the UK have been wound-up in the High Court. ...

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Changes to insolvency fees

Changes to insolvency fees

Thursday, 30 June 2016

The fees charged to apply for bankruptcy and company insolvency are changing from 21 July 2016....

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Changes to the Official Receiver’s Bank Account details

Changes to the Official Receiver’s Bank Account details

Tuesday, 21 June 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....

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BHS in administration – claiming redundancy payments

BHS in administration – claiming redundancy payments

Thursday, 02 June 2016

How to claim redundancy as a former BHS employee....

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Insolvency Live!

Insolvency Live!

Thursday, 02 June 2016

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 wa...

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Publicising Scottish company director disqualification orders

Publicising Scottish company director disqualification orders

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

We will stop publishing advertising disqualification orders obtained in Scotland in the Edinburgh Gazette from 1 June 2016....

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Tackling director misconduct

Tackling director misconduct

Thursday, 12 May 2016

The Insolvency Service disqualified more than 1,200 company directors and wound up 131 companies in the public interest in 2015/16....

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Update Friday 29 April 2016: SSI steel works: information for employees and creditors

Update Friday 29 April 2016: SSI steel works: information for employees and creditors

Friday, 29 April 2016

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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