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Check which Authorised Economic Operator status you could apply for and their benefits if your business has role in the international supply chain.
This document contains guidance on how to find out if a director has been disqualified or an individual is subject to bankruptcy or debt relief restrictions because of unfit conduct or misconduct and why we took action against them.
The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
information about how to complain about misconduct to the Insolvency Service and what we will do about it.
How to claim money back from a person that is bankrupt or a company that is in liquidation.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Indonesia.
Guidance on second or subsequent bankruptcies.
Statistics on outcomes resulting from enforcement activities of the Insolvency Service. This publication has been discontinued.
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.
Information on dealing with applications for appeal, stay or rescission of a bankruptcy order or winding-up order. Includes information on orders protecting persons at risk of violence.
Actions to take in the initial stages of a bankruptcy including letters to be sent and enquiries to be undertaken
Statistics on new outcomes resulting from the enforcement activities of the Insolvency Service.
Publication of information relating to insolvencies, including advertisement in the London Gazette and local newspapers
This is purely a bankruptcy procedure. Information on procedure and the official receiver's role in applications for annulment of the order.
Information about the public register of bankruptcies, debt relief orders and individual voluntary arrangements
Find out who can search against the name of an owner of land or registered mortgages and how to do it (practice guide 74).
Dealing with the affairs of a debtor who dies during the bankruptcy process or the estate of a deceased insolvent
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