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Find a licensed insolvency practitioner in your area.
Correct a mistake or update information you provided in your online claim for redundancy.
When you can be disqualified from being a director of a company - how the process works, investigations, what happens if you're banned
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Guidance on debt relief orders for debt advisers. To search, press ‘control’ and ‘f’ on your keyboard at the same time. A search box will appear.
How to put your limited company or limited liability partnership into administration - what administration is, appointing an administrator, when administration ends
Find out what help you can get to help you manage your debts.
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
Form and guidance for employers who need to notify the government of potential redundancies.
The Body Shop International Ltd announced it entered administration on 13 February 2024. This page gives information on how to claim redundancy or register as a creditor.
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
An alternative to liquidation - reschedule payment to creditors to recover from insolvency
Guidance on dealing with case administration matters for Insolvency Service staff
What to do if you've been made bankrupt: how to get help with bankruptcy, and how to oppose a bankruptcy petition.
Insolvency Service Redundancy Payments Service factsheet for employees made redundant by an insolvent employer
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
Find out how to contact Official Receiver offices.
As of April 2024, this publication has been replaced by separate individual and company insolvency statistics as linked to below.
Get contact details for official receivers in England and Wales
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