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Changes to insolvency legislation enacted

Changes to insolvency legislation enacted

Friday, 27 March 2015

Royal assent has been given to two acts which make changes to insolvency legislation. Read our summary of what the changes mean in practice....

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Modernisation of insolvency rules: publication of further working draft

Modernisation of insolvency rules: publication of further working draft

Friday, 27 March 2015

We have published a further working draft of new Insolvency Rules which will replace The Insolvency Rules 1986 and all its amendments. ...

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Insolvency Service podcast   March 2015   2

Insolvency Service podcast March 2015 2

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Ade Daramy interviews Gareth Allen about director disqualification. ...

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The Insolvency Service newsletter: spring 2015

The Insolvency Service newsletter: spring 2015

Thursday, 12 March 2015

The Insolvency Service has published the spring edition of its quarterly external newsletter for stakeholders....

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Insolvency Service podcast   March 2015

Insolvency Service podcast March 2015

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Ade Daramy interviews Dave Chapman about the biennial review of the Official Receiver Secretary of State Insolvency Practitioner Rota ...

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Cleaning up pre packs

Cleaning up pre packs

Thursday, 12 March 2015

The Steering Group establishing the pool of experienced business people who review pre-pack sale agreements have written to the Business Secretary to ...

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More transparency for fees charged in insolvency

More transparency for fees charged in insolvency

Tuesday, 03 March 2015

Insolvency practitioners will be required to provide upfront estimates of the cost of working on insolvency cases, ending the uncertainty of unlimited...

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Insolvency Service podcast

Insolvency Service podcast

Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Nick Howard, head of IP Regulation talks about the role of the Insolvency Service as an oversight regulator...

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Essential supplies to be guaranteed during business rescue

Essential supplies to be guaranteed during business rescue

Monday, 09 February 2015

Business Minister Jo Swinson has announced that the Government is proceeding with plans to secure continuation of essential IT and utility supplies to...

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New chief executive begins

New chief executive begins

Monday, 02 February 2015

Sarah Albon, the Insolvency Service’s new chief executive, has taken up her appointment. ...

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2014 Insolvency statistics

2014 Insolvency statistics

Thursday, 29 January 2015

Insolvency Statistics for October to December 2014 have been released....

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The Insolvency Service newsletter: winter 2014

The Insolvency Service newsletter: winter 2014

Friday, 16 January 2015

The Insolvency Service has published the winter edition of its quarterly external newsletter for stakeholders....

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Tackling investment scams

Tackling investment scams

Thursday, 15 January 2015

A significant proportion of our investigation and enforcement work is aimed at tackling the perpetrators of investment scams. ...

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Improved help for people struggling with problem debt

Improved help for people struggling with problem debt

Thursday, 15 January 2015

Plans to enable easier access to debt relief for financially vulnerable people have been announced by Business Minister Jo Swinson. ...

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Official Receiver to stop applying for release as trustee/liquidator

Official Receiver to stop applying for release as trustee/liquidator

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

From 1 December 2014 the Official Receiver will no longer be applying for release as trustee or liquidator....

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Insolvency practitioner sanctions

Insolvency practitioner sanctions

Tuesday, 04 November 2014

Sanctions imposed by insolvency regulators against insolvency practitioners from 1 November 2014 are now being published on our website as part of our...

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Farepak dividends

Farepak dividends

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

The liquidation of Farepak has now concluded and the joint liquidators have passed the money in relation to unclaimed cheques to the Insolvency Servic...

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Web Forms migration to Atos’s Andover data centre

Web Forms migration to Atos’s Andover data centre

Monday, 20 October 2014

Some of our web based forms and applications will be unavailable as we move them to a new data centre....

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The Insolvency Service newsletter: autumn 2014

The Insolvency Service newsletter: autumn 2014

Monday, 13 October 2014

The first edition of Insolvency Service launches stakeholder newsletter has been published...

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Find an Insolvency Practitioner and Find an Official Receiver applications migrating to Atos’s data centre

Find an Insolvency Practitioner and Find an Official Receiver applications migrating to Atos’s data centre

Monday, 15 September 2014

Work is being carried out to move our Find an IP and Find an OR Office web applications from Savvis Data Centre to Atos’s data centre....

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Insolvency Service non executive board appointments

Insolvency Service non executive board appointments

Tuesday, 02 September 2014

The Insolvency Service is pleased to welcome Alan Graham and Tracy Bleakley as new non-executives on its board with effect from 1 September....

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Insolvency Service non executive board appointments

Insolvency Service non executive board appointments

Monday, 01 September 2014

The Insolvency Service is pleased to welcome Alan Graham and Tracy Bleakley as new non-executives on its board with effect from 1 September....

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Insolvency Practitioners’ Complaints Gateway report

Insolvency Practitioners’ Complaints Gateway report

Friday, 22 August 2014

We have published the first report on the operation of the Insolvency Practitioners’ Complaints Gateway. ...

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Improved help for the financially vulnerable targeted

Improved help for the financially vulnerable targeted

Wednesday, 06 August 2014

Plans to increase the minimum debt which can trigger bankruptcy proceedings and improve the low cost debt relief system are being considered by the go...

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Official statistics on insolvencies in England and Wales for the period April to June 2014

Official statistics on insolvencies in England and Wales for the period April to June 2014

Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Official statistics on insolvencies in England and Wales for the period April to June 2014 are published today (29 July 2014) by the Insolvency Servic...

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Vince Cable seeks disciplinary actions for Comet administrators

Vince Cable seeks disciplinary actions for Comet administrators

Friday, 25 July 2014

Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced that the Insolvency Service has referred the administrators of failed high street retailer Comet to the...

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Insolvency Service – Cobalt data centre migration

Insolvency Service – Cobalt data centre migration

Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Insolvency Service – Successful lift and shift of all active servers from Cobalt Square to Atos’s Birmingham Business Park data centre...

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Insolvency Service – relocation of web based systems has completed

Insolvency Service – relocation of web based systems has completed

Monday, 21 July 2014

Our web-based systems; Individual Insolvency Register, ISCIS Online and CHAMP IP have been successfully relocated to their location...

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Insolvency Service – relocation of web based systems is starting

Insolvency Service – relocation of web based systems is starting

Friday, 18 July 2014

From Friday 18 July 2014 at 4pm to Monday 21 July 2014 at 10am the Individual Insolvency Register , DRO application , ISCIS Online and CHAMP IP will b...

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Insolvency Service beats targets

Insolvency Service beats targets

Thursday, 17 July 2014

The Insolvency Service exceeded all our published targets last year, our annual report shows....

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