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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Government extends business support measures
News story
The Government has extended temporary insolvency measures providing further support to businesses during the pandemic.
Investors warned of unsolicited approaches by people falsely claiming they can recover lost investments and are acting on behalf of the Insolvency Service.
Call for evidence on the Insolvency Rules
Press release
Stakeholders are being asked to share their views on the legal framework that provides the basis for insolvency procedures.
As a result of government instructions to stay at home we have changed the way we deliver our services.
The Insolvency Service has launched new guidance for Official Receivers and has made it available for the wider insolvency profession.
Information for creditors and interested parties of the Baglan group of companies in liquidation.
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What The Insolvency Service does
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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Insolvency Service helpline
Insolvency Service helpline
0300 678 0015
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
Please contact by email only.
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Contact about claims for redundancy, loss of notice pay, holiday pay, arrears of wages, protective award payments and lost pension contributions.
Online Claims Service: https://www.gov.uk/claim-redundancy
Investigations and Enforcement Services
Office currently closed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Please contact via website.
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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.
Head office address
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Telephone:
020 7637 1110
Estate Accounts and Scanning
Office currently closed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Please contact by email only.
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Press Office
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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.
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