Eubank's prized cufflinks may go as debts mount
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Eubank's prized cufflinks may go as debts mount

23y Adriana Zea

Eubank's prized cufflinks may go as debts mount

Chris Eubank could be forced to sell the cufflinks he bought from former bankrupt Jonathan Aitken after running up debts thought to total more than £1...

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New wave of company liquidations builds
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New wave of company liquidations builds

23y Adriana Zea

New wave of company liquidations builds

The rising cost of employers liability insurance is forcing companies into financial difficulties and could lead to a new wave of company liquidations...

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Mass email protest hits MCI WorldCom
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Mass email protest hits MCI WorldCom

23y Robert Jaques

Mass email protest hits MCI WorldCom

A group of MCI WorldCom shareholders campaigning against the telco's bankruptcy reorganisation plan claims to have received over 10,000 email messages...

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INSOL presents integrated insolvency plan
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INSOL presents integrated insolvency plan

23y Adriana Zea

INSOL presents integrated insolvency plan

International insolvency group INSOL Europe has today presented European policymakers with a document on the integration of European insolvency practi...

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Premiership club to collapse soon
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Premiership club to collapse soon

23y Larry Schlesinger

Premiership club to collapse soon

Nearly a third of football experts say they expect a premier league club to fall into administration in the next 12 months. Read More...

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Oldham FC breaches Revenue deadline
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Oldham FC breaches Revenue deadline

23y Adriana Zea

Oldham FC breaches Revenue deadline

The final whistle could be blown on embattled football club Oldham Athletic this week, as creditors close in because no 'formal' bids have been made. ...

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Failure row straddles Atlantic
Business Recovery

Failure row straddles Atlantic

23y Adriana Zea

Failure row straddles Atlantic

Everyone has an opinion when it comes to dealing with business failures on both sides of the Atlantic. But when the UK creditor-led and US debtor-led ...

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Insurance costs may force Welsh mine to close
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Insurance costs may force Welsh mine to close

23y Adriana Zea

Insurance costs may force Welsh mine to close

Rising employers' liability costs could force one of Wales' last remaining coal mines to close 'within weeks,' according to its holding company. Read ...

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IT companies to choose Chapter 11
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IT companies to choose Chapter 11

23y Adriana Zea

IT companies to choose Chapter 11

Struggling companies in the UK technology industry could cause 'turmoil' in the insolvency sector by applying for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Re...

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'Railtrack administration costs not excessive'
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'Railtrack administration costs not excessive'

23y Adriana Zea

'Railtrack administration costs not excessive'

Insolvency practitioners have defended administrators at Ernst & Young after the high costs of the Railtrack administration prompted harsh critici...

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Transatlantic row erupts over Chapter 11
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Transatlantic row erupts over Chapter 11

23y Adriana Zea

Transatlantic row erupts over Chapter 11

A transatlantic row has exploded over insolvency jurisdictions after a UK company, whose assets and creditors were British, opened a bank account in t...

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Pensions rule threat to ailing businesses
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Pensions rule threat to ailing businesses

23y Adriana Zea

Pensions rule threat to ailing businesses

Insolvency practitioners have warned that failing companies with pension schemes will be more difficult to save because of a loophole in recent govern...

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Massive interest in Arrows online auction
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Massive interest in Arrows online auction

23y Adriana Zea

Massive interest in Arrows online auction

More than 25,000 people have visited the website that will be used to auction off the assets of failed Formula One team Arrows. Read More...

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Lobby group savages MCI after report
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Lobby group savages MCI after report

23y Robert Jaques

Lobby group savages MCI after report

The findings of the investigation into WorldCom's $11bn accounting hole should bar the company, now called MCI, from being eligible for US government ...

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Decision on football insolvency rule delayed
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Decision on football insolvency rule delayed

23y Adriana Zea

Decision on football insolvency rule delayed

The insolvency policy of the Nationwide Football League will be reviewed over the summer after the League voted to postpone until September a decision...

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PwC takes close look at Amulet
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PwC takes close look at Amulet

23y Adriana Zea

PwC takes close look at Amulet

The administrators of the Amulet Group and its subsidiary, the Accident Group, have said they will be carefully examining the accounts as they handle ...

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Oldham faces wind-up
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Oldham faces wind-up

23y Adriana Zea

Oldham faces wind-up

Oldham Athletic Football Club could be wound up in a month if it does not find funding to meet its heavy debt burden, according to the club's advisors...

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WorldCom report: Recovery is on track
Business Recovery

WorldCom report: Recovery is on track

23y Larry Schlesinger

WorldCom report: Recovery is on track

The chairman of MCI (formerly WorldCom) says the company is on track to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by the Autumn. Read More...

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Customers set to abandon WorldCom/MCI
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Customers set to abandon WorldCom/MCI

23y Robert Jaques

Customers set to abandon WorldCom/MCI

An independent group of WorldCom stockholders has claimed that over 4,500 customers of WorldCom/MCI intend to abandon the company over its planned ban...

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Companies to go bust at rate of 400-a-week
Business Recovery

Companies to go bust at rate of 400-a-week

23y Adriana Zea

Companies to go bust at rate of 400-a-week

More than 63,000 businesses will fold by 2006 due to the slowdown in consumer spending, insolvency practitioners have predicted. Read More...

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WorldCom report: Ebbers a 'spectacular failure'
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WorldCom report: Ebbers a 'spectacular failure'

23y Larry Schlesinger

WorldCom report: Ebbers a 'spectacular failure'

Bernie Ebbers, the former chief executive officer of WorldCom, was 'spectacularly unsuccessful' in his management of dramatically enlarged company, bu...

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Wimbledon FC slides into administration
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Wimbledon FC slides into administration

23y Adriana Zea

Wimbledon FC slides into administration

Critical cash-flow problems have pushed Wimbledon Football Club into financial dire straits causing the High Court to appoint Grant Thornton as admini...

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MCI shareholders revolt over reorganisation
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MCI shareholders revolt over reorganisation

23y Robert Jaques

MCI shareholders revolt over reorganisation

A group of WorldCom shareholders claim that 2,500 customers of the troubled telco plan to cancel their long distance or internet service with the 'new...

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Insolvent football clubs face points penalty
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Insolvent football clubs face points penalty

23y Adriana Zea

Insolvent football clubs face points penalty

Nationwide Football League chairmen, meeting today, are expected to adopt controversial new rules that will result in insolvent football clubs having ...

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York City accuses Revenue of bullying
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York City accuses Revenue of bullying

23y Paul Grant

York City accuses Revenue of bullying

Representatives of York City Football Club and its creditors have accused the Inland Revenue of 'bullying' money out of the struggling business, amid ...

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Quicksand of insolvency
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Quicksand of insolvency

23y Adriana Zea

Quicksand of insolvency

The Inland Revenue's recent treatment of football clubs is beginning to become a worry for many, as they accuse it of throwing its weight around to ta...

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Birmingham mint out of circulation
Business Recovery

Birmingham mint out of circulation

23y Accountancy Age

Birmingham mint out of circulation

KPMG partner Mark Orton has been forced to close down The Birmingham Mint after a fruitless eight-week search to find a buyer. Read More...

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