RSM and Quantuma alleged to be involved in the tip-off scandal at Insolvency Service Legal It is alleged that employees at an accounting firm and a corporate advisory group received tip-offs from staff at the Insolvency Service.
Insolvency Service writes to Greensill’s execs as part of investigation GREENSILL The Insolvency Service has written to Greensill’s executives as it investigates whether to disqualify them as company directors. The agency sent questions to Greensill’s founder Lex Greensill and another former colleague, Sky News’ Mark Kleinman reported. Former chairman Maurice Thompson and former finance director Neil Garrod might also have been contacted. “As part of our [...]
UK’s Insolvency Service uses new powers to crack down on Covid loan fraud Covid support fraud The UK’s Insolvency Service has begun using new powers, given to it last December, to crack down on company directors that dissolve their firms to avoid making repayments on government backed loans. The Insolvency Service used its “tough new powers” to ban three individuals from acting as company directors, for dissolving their companies to avoid [...]
Government files director disqualification claim against Lex Greensill March 7, 2024 The Insolvency Service has filed a director disqualification claim against the founder of Greensill Capital, Lex Greensill.
Over 800 directors have been disqualified for abusing Covid loan scheme April 15, 2024 More than 800 directors have been disqualified for abusing Covid support schemes over the 2023-24 financial year following investigations by the Insolvency Service.
Monthly insolvencies tick up again as firms feel the brunt of the Bank of England’s interest rate hikes February 16, 2024 According to figures from the Insolvency Service, there were 1,769 company insolvencies in January, five per cent higher than in the same period last year driven by an increase in forced closures.
Carillion: Former boss banned from UK boards for eight years October 5, 2023 The former boss of failed outsourcer Carillion has been banned by the Insolvency Service from leading a business for the next eight years. Richard Howson will not be able to be a director of a UK company after the authority said he ought to have known that the way some contracts were reported “concealed the [...]
Red card: Former England and Liverpool footballer John Barnes banned as a company director April 24, 2024 John Barnes, the former England and Liverpool footballer, has been banned as a company director after his business failed to pay tens of thousands of pounds in tax.
Those who lost jobs in Carillion deserve answers, GMB says, as execs avoid trial October 17, 2023 Questions circulate around why the Government had invested "substantial" amounts of money into a Carillion trial that was dropped last week.
Government won’t create single insolvency regulator in its industry overhaul September 12, 2023 Insolvencies will not be regulated by a single body, after the government dropped plans to create a solo watchdog for the sector. Ministers had proposed setting up a single regulator of insolvency practitioners to run within the insolvency service – but have since reversed on the idea. The move comes as high street retailer Wilko [...]