The Insolvency Service
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- Search the Individual Insolvency Register
- Contact an official receiver
- Find an insolvency practitioner
- Make a complaint to the Insolvency Service
- Search the register of disqualified company directors
- Investigations and enforcement
- Declaring bankruptcy or being made bankrupt
- Company director disqualification
- Redundancy payments and your rights if your employer is insolvent
- Guidance on debt relief options, company liquidation, investigation and enforcement
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The Insolvency Service is seeking information from postmasters who believe they may have been made bankrupt due to the Horizon IT system.
Government seeks views on personal insolvency framework
Press release
Stakeholders are being asked to share their views and give evidence on the effectiveness of the UK’s personal insolvency framework.
The Insolvency Service has provided an update following its urgent enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the redundancies made by P&O Ferries on 17 March 2022.
The Insolvency Service’s policy and technical conference returns for a second year and we’re inviting interested parties to submit abstracts of papers.
First four directors disqualified under new powers to tackle directors from dissolving companies and walking away without paying their debts.
Cost of living: managing your debts
News story
People worried about the cost of living or their debt payment plans are being urged to speak with their trustees, insolvency practitioners, or a debt adviser.
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What we do
We are a government agency that helps to deliver economic confidence by supporting those in financial distress, tackling financial wrongdoing and maximising returns to creditors.
the Insolvency Service is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
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See all guidance and regulationPolicy papers and consultations
- Implementation of two UNCITRAL Model Laws on Insolvency
- Call for evidence: Review of the personal insolvency framework
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Insolvency practitioner sanctions: Jane Hardy 28 October 2021
- Insolvency practitioner sanctions: Gareth Neill 14 October 2021 (2)
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Insolvency Service helpline
Insolvency Service helpline
0300 678 0015
Please only attend our offices if you have an appointment.
For information about the insolvency process contact the Insolvency Service helpline. The helpline is open 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 3pm on Friday.
We can give you information about processes administered or regulated by the Insolvency Service. This includes bankruptcy, debt relief orders and company liquidations.
We cannot give you: legal or financial advice, information on specific insolvency cases, information or advice about other government departments or information about redundancy payments.
If you are contacting about an existing bankruptcy or compulsory company liquidation case, use our ‘contact an official receiver’ guidance.
Redundancy Payments
Telephone
0330 331 0020
Contact about claims for redundancy, loss of notice pay, holiday pay, arrears of wages, protective award payments and lost pension contributions.
The helpline is open Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, and Friday 9am to 3pm
Online Claims Service: https://www.gov.uk/claim-redundancy
Investigations and Enforcement Services
Please contact via website.
United Kingdom
Telephone
0300 678 0017
The Insolvency Service Investigations and Enforcement Services (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/insolvency-service-investigations-and-enforcement-what-we-do-our-outcomes-and-complaints) are responsible for investigating serious financial misconduct in companies and individuals who are subject to bankruptcy or debt relief orders.
Our independent Legal Services Directorate (https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/insolvency-service-legal-services-directorate) is the lead enforcement agency for insolvency related fraud and associated corporate misconduct.
Estate Accounts and Scanning
Please contact by email only.
United Kingdom
Press Office
London
E20 1HZ
United Kingdom
Media Manager
0303 003 1743
This service is for journalists only. For any other queries, please contact the Insolvency Enquiry Line.
For all media enquiries outside normal working hours, please contact the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Press Office on 020 7215 1000.
Breathing Space
This service is for money advisers who need advice about the breathing space service.
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