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- Personal Guarantee Insurance (PGI)
- The Companies Act 2006: A Guide
- The Duties and Responsibilities of a Company Director
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- HMRC Security Bonds
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- How to Close a Limited Company
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- What Can Bailiffs Seize from a Limited Company? (UK 2025 Guide)
- What Happens When a Company Goes into Administration
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- What is a Winding up Petition?
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- What is Company Liquidation and How Does it Work?
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- Are Liquidation and Insolvency the Same Thing?
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- What are the Effects of Liquidation on a Company?
- What Does the Statement of Affairs Contain?
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- What Happens to Company Assets During Liquidation?
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- What is the Difference Between Bankruptcy and Liquidation?
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- Intellectual Property During Liquidation
- Liquidation vs Administration
- What Are the Different Types of Liquidation in the UK?
- What is the Order of Creditors in Liquidation?
- Am I Liable for My Spouse’s Business Debts?
- Antecedent Transactions in Corporate Insolvency
- Are Shareholders Liable for Company Debts?
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- Insolvency Practitioner vs Insolvency Administrator
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- Preferential Payments During Insolvency
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- Trading Whilst Insolvent
- Transactions at Undervalue
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- What are a Director’s Duties in Insolvency?
- What are the Warning Signs of an Insolvent Company?
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- What Happens During an Insolvency Investigation?
- What Happens if a Company Cannot Pay its Debts?
- What is a Freezing Order or Injunction?
- What is a High Court Writ, and What Should You Do About it?
- What is a Preferential and Non-Preferential Creditor?
- What is a Validation Order?
- What is an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA)?
- What is an Insolvency Practitioner?
- What is Company Bankruptcy and How Does it Work?
- What is Company Bankruptcy and How Does it Work?: A UK 2025 Guide
- What is the Corporate Insolvency Test for a Limited Company?
- What is the Insolvency Act 1986?
- What is the Insolvency Service and What Does it Do?
- What to do about Customer or Client Insolvency?
- What to do When an Insolvent Company Owes You Money
- What’s a Statement of Affairs in Insolvency?
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- Category: Articles
- 1 in 180 Companies Faces Insolvency in 2024
- British Cycle Sales Hit 39 Year Low
- Find out Why the Transport Industry is Prone to Insolvency
- Where to Get Help for Debt-Related Stress
- The Best Debt Charities in the UK
- Save the British Chippy
- Poolmageddon: 79% of UK pools May Close Within 6 Months
- Insolvencies Within the Technology Sector
- Coffee Shop Owners Say Lattes Would Have to Be £7 to Follow Energy Hikes
- Tripled Energy Costs Puts 2500 Small Bakeries at Risk of Insolvency
- 35% of Charities Fear Insolvency Due to Cost of Living Crisis
- £6000 Fuel Hikes Could Push Many Taxi Drivers into Insolvency
- Leeds ‘Dino Trail’ Collapses into Administration
- All Dishes off Menu for D’Acampo’s My Pasta Bar
- Crackdown on Directors who Close Companies to Avoid Debts
- Failed Arena Television Leaves Trail of Losses and Faces Fraud Probe
- Barnsley Shopping Centre Enters Receivership
- Travel Firm Collapses as it Cannot Pay Refunds
- Bobby Davro’s Business Goes Bust
- Savile Row Institution Gieves & Hawkes Facing Liquidation
- Wayne Rooney Scores £21m From Company Liquidation
- More UK Energy Providers Face Collapse as Crisis Deepens
- Scaffolder Censured Over Bounce Back Loan
- High Court Closes Insolvent Mini-bond Group
- 12 Year ban for Director who Pocketed Covid Loan Cash
- 39% of Hair and Beauty Sector Still Furloughed
- Bans for UK Directors Who Avoid Repaying Bounce Back Loans
- 124 Pints per Adult Required to Save the British Pub
- Has the Cruise Industry Been Hit by the Perfect Storm?
- Can Manchester United Get Out from Under its £455.5m Debt?
- Is Harley-Davidson Heading for a Crash?
- Could Heathrow be at Risk of Collapse?
- The Orla Kiely Fashion Brand Shuts Up Shop
- Pub Closures: What’s Behind the Decline of British Pubs?
- 80 Homebase Stores Set to Close as Part of CVA
- How Much Will Big Tech Pay Under the new UK Digital Services Tax?
- London’s Boulestin Avoids Closure as Administrators Find Buyer
- Jamie Oliver Saves London’s Barbecoa just as CVA for Jamie’s Italian Chain is Approved
- What are the Likely Effects of Carillion’s Insolvency on its Supply Chain?
- What are the Paradise Papers and who are Named in the Scandal?
- Monarch Files for Insolvency in UK’s Biggest Airline Collapse
- Kids Company Directors Face Disqualification
- Can Bradford Rugby Club be Saved from Liquidation?
- 88 Year Old Retailer BHS goes into Company Liquidation
- Pink Biscuit Manufacturer Rivington Biscuits goes into Company Administration
- Tesco’s Rated the Worst Payer for the UK’s small Businesses
- Common Causes of Insolvency in the Construction Industry
- Lengthy Disqualifications for Four Directors Involved in VAT Fraud
- Insolvent Wine Scammer soured by Winding up Petition
- USC Clothing – Retailer to Close 30 ‘Unfashionable’ Stores
- Disqualified Directors Jailed for Continuing to Control Companies
- Failed Company Voluntary Arrangement for Equestrian Business Leads to Administration
- Category: Insolvency Case Studies
- Subcontractor Agency Case Study (Creditors Voluntary Liquidation)
- Hairdresser Case Study (Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation)
- HoverBoard Retailer Case Study (Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation)
- Hardware Maintenance Case Study (Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation
- IT Consultancy Case Study (Creditors Voluntary Liquidation)
- Online Travel Agent Case Study (Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation)
- SEO Consultancy (Insolvency Case Study)
- Recruitment Consultant Case Study (Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation)
- Women’s Fashion Store CVL Case Study
- Pizza Restaurant Case Study (Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation)
- Bespoke Kitchen Manufacturer Case Study (Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation)
- Chinese Takeaway Case Study (Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation)
- Corporate Finance Case Study
- Building Contractor Case Study
- Plastering Company Case Study
- Jeweller Case Study
- Information Technology Case Study
- Freight Forwarder Case Study
- Plumbing Case Study (Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation)
- Pet Store Case Study (Closure by Liquidation)
- Language School (Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation, Case Study)
- Personal Guarantees Case Study
- Time to Pay and Liquidation Case Study
- Dissolution Case Study
- Creditors Voluntary Liquidation with Phoenix
- Individual Voluntary Arrangement with new Limited Company
- Individual Voluntary Arrangement Case Study
- Category: Insolvency Services To
- Category: Sectors
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for the Fish & Chip Sector
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Garden Centers
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for the Property Sector
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Manufacturing
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Professional Services Businesses
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Leisure Businesses
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Laundry and Dry Cleaning Providers
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Hotels
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Haulage Companies
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Gyms
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Event Management Businesses
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Entertainment Businesses
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Energy Providers
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Schools
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for the Travel Sector
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Taxi Companies
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Retail Businesses
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Restaurants
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for Recruitment Consultancies
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for the Construction Sector
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for the Cleaning Sector
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for the Childcare Sector
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for the Charity and Non-Profit Sector
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for the Automotive Sector
- Insolvency & Rescue Solutions for the Care Home Sector
