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What insolvency means for limited companies and their directors.
Interviewing bankrupts and directors, including taking statements to record information obtained
Guidance on requiring and submission of statements of affairs and further accounts.
This page provides guidance on how to submit information about employee pensions to the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS).
How to apply for a licence to act as director, promote, form or manage a company if you are subject to UK director disqualification sanctions.
Guidance and further information for insolvency practitioners about the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS).
Even the best-run business can face unexpected challenges and solvency issues. It's important you recognise the signs and understand your duties as a director.
Distribution by means of a dividend or division of property
This chapter provides advice on dealing with pensions
Guidance to help you calculate your average rate of pay so that you can apply for redundancy related payments from the Insolvency Service.
As a director, there are general duties you are expected to perform.
Dealing with antecedent recoveries other than preferences and transactions at undervalue.
How the accounting systems in relation to insolvent estates operate and the legislative basis for the accounting for fees and expenses relating to the work of the official receiver.
Dealing with the affairs of a debtor who dies during the bankruptcy process or the estate of a deceased insolvent
This document contains guidance on the main statutory consequences flowing from a bankruptcy restrictions order or undertaking.
This document contains information related to Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 and failed companies.
This guide refers to investigations by the Insolvency Service into companies that have entered into formal insolvency proceedings – which means administration, administrative receivership, voluntary and compulsory liquidatio…
Update: 23 February 2018 - Information for employees, sub-contractors, creditors and suppliers of Carillion in liquidation
An insolvency practitioner is not qualified to act in relation to a company or individual unless there is in force security (a bond).
Information on the Taking Control of Goods Act and other remedies available to creditors.
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