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Nick Howard, head of IP Regulation talks about the role of the Insolvency Service as an oversight regulator
Business Minister Jo Swinson has announced that the Government is proceeding with plans to secure continuation of essential IT and utility supplies to failing but viable businesses while they are being rescued, following con…
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Sarah Albon, the Insolvency Service’s new chief executive, has taken up her appointment.
Insolvency Statistics for October to December 2014 have been released.
The Insolvency Service has published the winter edition of its quarterly external newsletter for stakeholders.
A significant proportion of our investigation and enforcement work is aimed at tackling the perpetrators of investment scams.
Plans to enable easier access to debt relief for financially vulnerable people have been announced by Business Minister Jo Swinson.
From 1 December 2014 the Official Receiver will no longer be applying for release as trustee or liquidator.
Sanctions imposed by insolvency regulators against insolvency practitioners from 1 November 2014 are now being published on our website as part of our drive to improve transparency across the industry.
The liquidation of Farepak has now concluded and the joint liquidators have passed the money in relation to unclaimed cheques to the Insolvency Service.
Some of our web based forms and applications will be unavailable as we move them to a new data centre.
The first edition of Insolvency Service launches stakeholder newsletter has been published
Work is being carried out to move our Find an IP and Find an OR Office web applications from Savvis Data Centre to Atos’s data centre.
The Insolvency Service is pleased to welcome Alan Graham and Tracy Bleakley as new non-executives on its board with effect from 1 September.
We have published the first report on the operation of the Insolvency Practitioners’ Complaints Gateway.
Plans to increase the minimum debt which can trigger bankruptcy proceedings and improve the low cost debt relief system are being considered by the government.
Official statistics on insolvencies in England and Wales for the period April to June 2014 are published today (29 July 2014) by the Insolvency Service.
Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced that the Insolvency Service has referred the administrators of failed high street retailer Comet to their regulatory body.
Insolvency Service – Successful lift and shift of all active servers from Cobalt Square to Atos’s Birmingham Business Park data centre
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