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Companies become insolvent for a variety of reasons. What happens next will depend on the individual circumstances involved.
How you might know if your company is in distress.
Guidance for insolvency practitioners to help their clients restructure their company’s finances using a debt restructuring scheme or plan.
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
When you can be disqualified from being a director of a company - how the process works, investigations, what happens if you're banned
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
Object to a company's application to be removed from the companies register - how to find out if a company's applied for insolvency, who can object, how to object, what happens next.
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) is the main UK government provider of security clearances.
There are potential consequences for you, the director, if your company suffers insolvency.
How to identify and record the people who own or control your company.
You can ask Companies House to keep your address out of the company records people can search - who can apply, forms, when your address will be removed from the records
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
What to do when paying maternity pay if an employee leaves, becomes sick, dies, or is awarded a pay rise.
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