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This chapter provides guidance on partnerships. It covers both general partnerships and limited partnerships but not limited liability partnerships (LLPs), which are covered in chapter 53.
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.
This page provides guidance on how to submit information about employee pensions to the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS).
Calling and holding a public examination in court of a bankrupt or director under the insolvency legislation
Guidelines for the monitoring of volume individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) and protected trust deed (PTD) providers
Dealing with an insolvent's solely-owned property where the property has or had tenants
Publication of information relating to insolvencies, including advertisement in the London Gazette and local newspapers
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 guide provides information on how insolvency practitioners are authorised and regulated in Great Britain
Guidance to help you calculate your average rate of pay so that you can apply for redundancy related payments from the Insolvency Service.
The 2021 IVA Protocol should not be used after 30 June 2025 . These documents are for reference only.
Information about director's loans.
Information on carrying out inspections of trading and domestic premises and tracing inspections
Dealing with a failure to co-operate by company officers, partners and bankrupts.
This chapter is not intended to be an exhaustive list of every type of asset, instead it provides information relating to assets most likely to be encountered by the official receiver but that are not covered elsewhere in th…
Information on dealing with HM Land Registry
This document contains guidance on the main statutory consequences flowing from a bankruptcy restrictions order or undertaking.
If you’ve decided that setting up a company and becoming a director is the best way forward for your business, it’s important to know the rules involved.
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