As Philip Hammond delivered his third Budget as chancellor with his comment of the Era of austerity is "finally coming to an end”, as always, we see some winners and losers. One of the changes that will have a big impact despite not capturing the...
Read more...Overtrading is when a business takes on work and tries to complete the orders but finds that fulfilment requires greater cash, or further resources than are available. The reasons could be many, and can be unforeseen, rather than just attributing...
Read more...We recently reported how in our experience we have seen HMRC increasingly use its powers to pursue directors personally to recover revenue. Schedule 41 of the Finance Act allows HMRC to seek recovery of lost revenue personally from an officer of...
Read more...Often, after a company has gone bust, it would appear to the outside word that the director of that company simply starts up again and trades using the same or similar name as the defunct company. The director does this by incorporating a phoenix...
Read more...Being a director of a company is a responsible job. A director is bound by several statutory and non-statutory obligations, duties and restrictions under the common law as well as the Companies Act 2006 ("the Act"). Under the insolvency Act 1986...
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Wrongful trading is a type of civil wrong found in UK insolvency law, under Section 214 Insolvency Act 1986. It was introduced to enable contributions to be obtained for the benefit of creditors from those responsible for mismanagement of the...
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First quarter of 2017 reveals an increase in insolvencies. The most recent Insolvency statistics have been distributed by the Insolvency Service for the first quarter of 2017. Company Insolvencies They demonstrate an expansion in total...
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From 6th April 2017 the new insolvency rules come into effect, these changes will no doubt have significant impact on the Insolvency profession. The changes have been brought about to increase creditor engagement and to streamline the profession....
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During May to July earlier this year, The Insolvency Service held a consultation on the reform of the UK’s insolvency regime and has now published a summary of the responses. The Government sought opinion from a wide range of organisations and...
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The Financial Times has recently reported on the findings Euler Hermes, the world’s largest trade credit insurer, which insures companies against the risk that creditors will not be able to pay their debts. Ludovic Subran of Euler Hermes...
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