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Surrey-based electrician claimed £45,000 from the covid business support scheme although he had stopped being self-employed four years earlier

• Updated: 24 May 2024

The Department for Business and Trade reports on how Companies House is implementing parts 1 to 3 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.

• Updated: 24 May 2024

Fraudster used government-backed Bounce Back Loan for personal use

• Updated: 21 May 2024

Enfield-based cleaner said she earned 55 times her actual turnover to fraudulently claim a £50,000 Bounce Back Loan before petitioning for her own bankruptcy

• Updated: 17 May 2024

Company director disqualified and ordered to pay compensation after Bounce Back Loan misconduct

• Updated: 16 May 2024

Company overstated turnover to claim maximum Bounce Back Loan allowed and used funds for personal expenses

• Updated: 14 May 2024

The company made millions of unsolicited cold-calls, with thousands of people complaining to the Information Commissioner’s Office

• Updated: 9 May 2024

Director overstated his company’s turnover to claim the maximum Bounce Back Loan and could not account for how the money was spent

• Updated: 9 May 2024

Founder of Ireland’s Insolvency Service joins the UK Insolvency Service Board as a non-executive member

• Updated: 7 May 2024

Former Premier League footballer and international manager disqualified as director for three-and-a-half years

• Updated: 24 April 2024

Government has launched Help to Grow: Management Essentials, a new online training course for small business leaders.

• Updated: 24 April 2024

Tough action taken against directors to tackle Covid loan misconduct

• Updated: 12 April 2024

Boss of a Hertfordshire company which supported ex-offenders falsely claimed an extra £100,000 in Covid support loans.

• Updated: 2 April 2024

Company sold unnecessary service plans to vulnerable customers and told them they would be charged if they cancelled

• Updated: 7 March 2024

Gambling Minister Stuart Andrew gives an update on the progress of the Government's gambling white paper at the Gambling with Lives Parliamentary Forum.

• Updated: 6 March 2024

From today (Monday 4 March 2024), Companies House has new and enhanced powers to improve the quality and reliability of its data and tackle misuse of the companies register.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

Gambling Minister Stuart Andrew updates on gambling white paper progress at the Betting and Gaming Council Annual General Meeting

• Updated: 29 February 2024

The takeaway owner applied for a Bounce Back Loan and did not use the funds as declared in his application.

• Updated: 28 February 2024

Investors lost more than £57 million through the fund

• Updated: 27 February 2024

New Small Business Council meets for first time to discuss access to finance and removing barriers to growth

• Updated: 22 February 2024