News and communications

11 sham companies were part of a group that fraudulently claimed UK-taxpayer funds and transferred the money to Hong Kong.

• Updated: 6 June 2023

The Insolvency Service’s policy and technical conference returns for a third year and we’re inviting interested parties to submit abstracts of papers.

• Updated: 23 May 2023

Information for customers, creditors and others of DE Clinics UK Limited in liquidation.

• Updated: 5 May 2023

Stanmore consultancy boss claimed £25,000 before closing the business in effort to avoid repaying taxpayer loan

• Updated: 28 April 2023

Lighthouse International Group wound up by the High Court in the public interest.

• Updated: 6 April 2023

Information for creditors and interested parties of Virtual Infrastructure Group Limited and UKCloud Limited in liquidation.

• Updated: 22 February 2023

Director of haulage company fraudulently applied for a £50,000 Bounce Back Loan and then applied to dissolve the company.

• Updated: 15 February 2023

Following two separate cases brought by the Insolvency Service, two directors were given suspended prison sentences of 20 months and six months respectively.

• Updated: 26 January 2023

The website for the 2022 Forward Thinking conference has been updated with the videos of the sessions from the day.

• Updated: 26 January 2023

Car dealer, IT consultant, and building contractor separately abused almost £120,000 of the government-backed covid support loans between them.

• Updated: 26 January 2023

Suffolk director exaggerated the turnover of his Hertfordshire-based business by 5 times the true amount to falsely claim a £50,000 loan

• Updated: 9 January 2023

West London clothing trader exaggerated his turnover by more than 10 times the actual amount to falsely claim Covid loan.

• Updated: 6 January 2023

Business consulting boss failed to keep accounts and was unable to account for company’s finances, including income of more than £63,800 and assets of more than £137,000.

• Updated: 22 December 2022

Engineering firm boss had falsely claimed two Bounce Back Loans and used the £100k for personal gain.

• Updated: 8 December 2022

Director from Ringwood banned for a decade after he secured investments to fund a scheme to build care apartments despite not having planning permission.

• Updated: 1 December 2022

Director of Brentwood property development company disqualified for 11 years after overstating his company’s turnover in order to claim £50,000 that the business was not entitled to.

• Updated: 24 November 2022

Directors of Southsea online clothing business and Lewisham convenience store removed from corporate arena after receiving Bounce Back Loans not entitled to.

• Updated: 21 November 2022

Director of Middlesbrough telecoms company took a £25,000 Bounce Back Loan and then dissolved company the next day.

• Updated: 16 November 2022

Café boss continued to run his business while disqualified and then failed to hand over company accounts to liquidators.

• Updated: 15 November 2022

Call Centre boss failed to submit tax returns leaving £1.1 million in unpaid tax across two businesses.

• Updated: 15 November 2022