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Detailed information about the restrictions on the re-use of company names, when a director can re-use a company name after insolvent liquidation, how to apply for permission to use a prohibited name and how to complain.
Guidance on requiring and submission of statements of affairs and further accounts.
As a director, you must ensure your own and your company’s information is accurate and current on the Companies House register to support trust in UK business.
Guidance and further information for insolvency practitioners about the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS).
Help and guidance for limited company directors.
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.
This is purely a bankruptcy procedure. Information on procedure and the official receiver's role in applications for annulment of the order.
Insolvency and your limited company.
The responsibility for your company’s money lies with you, the director.
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.
General guidance on securing, protecting and realising insolvent estates
Actions to take in the initial stages of a company winding-up, including letters to be sent and enquiries to be undertaken
This document contains guidance on the main statutory consequences flowing from a bankruptcy restrictions order or undertaking.
Information on the work of the PPI Team and recovering compensation where the insolvent has been a victim of financial mis-selling cases.
Insolvency Service research findings into concerns about take-on practices for Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs).
An insolvency practitioner is not qualified to act in relation to a company or individual unless there is in force security (a bond).
Crown departments
Intellectual property is the legal right associated with creations of the mind, e.g. artworks, inventions etc
This guide provides information on how insolvency practitioners are authorised and regulated in Great Britain
Update: 22 September 2025 - Information for employees, sub-contractors, creditors and suppliers of Carillion in liquidation
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