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The up-front petition deposit fee paid by those initiating creditor bankruptcy and compulsory liquidation proceedings is rising from 1 November 2022.  
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.
There are potential consequences for you, the director, if your company suffers insolvency.
Use the checklist when completing your application for financial assistance for making redundancy payments.
Monthly tables and commentary on the numbers and rates of individual insolvencies, including bankruptcies, debt relief orders and individual voluntary arrangements in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, and quarterly inf…
Guidance and further information for insolvency practitioners about the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS).
This is purely a bankruptcy procedure. Information on procedure and the official receiver's role in applications for annulment of the order.
on 16 April 2025 a Regulatory Penalty was made against Matthew Hoy of Southampton
On 20 February 2025 a Regulatory Penalty was made against Mr Nicholas Stratten of Birmingham
General guidance on securing, protecting and realising insolvent estates
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