Begbies Traynor helps save photography pioneer
Business Recovery

Begbies Traynor helps save photography pioneer

23y Larry Schlesinger

Begbies Traynor helps save photography pioneer

Gilliam & Soame, which has been taking potraits of school children around Britain since 1840, has been saved following a management-buyout. Read More...

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R3 president promises insolvency shake-up
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R3 president promises insolvency shake-up

23y Adriana Zea

R3 president promises insolvency shake-up

New R3 president John Verrill has announced controversial plans to shake-up the insolvency profession as he begins his year at the helm of the Associa...

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Insolvency changes sidelined
Business Recovery

Insolvency changes sidelined

23y Adriana Zea

Insolvency changes sidelined

Reforms to the international insolvency regime are 'stuck in the mud' more than two years after the finalisation of the UNCITRAL model law. Read More...

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Kmart emerges early from bankruptcy
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Kmart emerges early from bankruptcy

23y Adriana Zea

Kmart emerges early from bankruptcy

Kmart has been rescued from bankruptcy two months earlier than planned after selling 600 of its stores and reducing its debts by 80%. Read More...

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'New' WorldCom to launch products in Europe
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'New' WorldCom to launch products in Europe

23y Ian Lynch

'New' WorldCom to launch products in Europe

Disgraced telco WorldCom is looking to wipe off the mud of its $11bn accounting fraud with several new product launches in Europe, under its new 'old'...

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Marconi restructuring plan set for approval
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Marconi restructuring plan set for approval

23y AccountancyAge.com

Marconi restructuring plan set for approval

Creditors of collapsed telecommunications and equipment maker Marconi are expected to vote in favour of its £4bn refinancing on Friday. Read More...

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EXCLUSIVE: Fraudulent IP's license removed
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EXCLUSIVE: Fraudulent IP's license removed

23y Adriana Zea

EXCLUSIVE: Fraudulent IP's license removed

An insolvency practitioner has had his license immediately removed after being convicted of conspiracy to defraud creditors by the Blackfriars Crown C...

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French brasserie chain loses its flavour
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French brasserie chain loses its flavour

23y Adriana Zea

French brasserie chain loses its flavour

Celebrity chef Raymond Blanc is attempting to retain his 50% stake in brasserie chain Le Petit Blanc as administrators at Kroll try to sell the compan...

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Creditors lose out in Budget
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Creditors lose out in Budget

23y Adriana Zea

Creditors lose out in Budget

Creditors face receiving lower returns from company administration procedures because of new tax arrangements introduced by chancellor Gordon Brown, i...

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WorldCom reorganises and changes name
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WorldCom reorganises and changes name

23y Robert Jaques

WorldCom reorganises and changes name

Troubled telco WorldCom today said it will change its name back to MCI as it filed for fast track' Chapter 11 reorganisation with the US Bankruptcy Co...

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IPs fear boost in turnaround work
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IPs fear boost in turnaround work

23y Adriana Zea

IPs fear boost in turnaround work

The distinction between insolvency and turnaround work has become increasingly blurred. In recent weeks, the disparities have been more acute, and ins...

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Budget follow-up: Insolvency rules to change
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Budget follow-up: Insolvency rules to change

23y Adriana Zea

Budget follow-up: Insolvency rules to change

The government has announced it will change the tax rules governing insolvency procedures. Read More...

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Affinity loses its dotcom shine
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Affinity loses its dotcom shine

23y Adriana Zea

Affinity loses its dotcom shine

Affinity Internet Holdings yesterday become the second former dotcom star to bite the dust this week as administrators from Begbies Traynor were appoi...

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PwC gets to clean up fowl mess
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PwC gets to clean up fowl mess

23y Larry Schlesinger

PwC gets to clean up fowl mess

Receivers from PricewaterhouseCoopers have take charge at listed Turkey supplier Brandons, and now have five million Christmas birds under their wings...

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Upmystreet.com loses its way
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Upmystreet.com loses its way

23y Adriana Zea

Upmystreet.com loses its way

UK internet pioneer Upmystreet.com has been granted an administration order after the High Court appointment of insolvency experts from RSM Robson Rho...

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Haig calls for global insolvency standards
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Haig calls for global insolvency standards

23y Adriana Zea

Haig calls for global insolvency standards

International insolvency standards should be introduced to make dealing with failed global companies easier, according to Colin Haig, the president of...

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Profile: Colin Haig - Glad to be an ex-president
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Profile: Colin Haig - Glad to be an ex-president

23y Adriana Zea

Profile: Colin Haig - Glad to be an ex-president

Colin Haig, outgoing president of the Insolvency Practitioners Association, describes himself as just a 'regular guy'. But as you dig deeper into his ...

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Who gets what when an IP switches firms
Business Recovery

Who gets what when an IP switches firms

23y Accountancy Age

Who gets what when an IP switches firms

Most licensed insolvency practitioners are partners in firms of accountants, however in the eyes of the law an appointment as a liquidator, administra...

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Canadian airline files for bankruptcy
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Canadian airline files for bankruptcy

23y Paul Grant

Canadian airline files for bankruptcy

Air Canada, the largest Canadian airline, has filed for bankruptcy, but has promised that flights will continue. Read More...

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Begbies Traynor to run Huddersfield FC
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Begbies Traynor to run Huddersfield FC

23y Larry Schlesinger

Begbies Traynor to run Huddersfield FC

Corporate recovery partners from insolvency specialists Begbies Traynor have been appointed joint administrators at second division club Huddersfield ...

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Ex-SFO director takes key insolvency role
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Ex-SFO director takes key insolvency role

23y Larry Schlesinger

Ex-SFO director takes key insolvency role

Dame Barbara Mills, the former director of the Serious Fraud Office, has been appointed as the Independent Complaints Adjudicator to the government's ...

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Phoenix traders prompt attack on bankruptcy law
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Phoenix traders prompt attack on bankruptcy law

23y our parliamentary correspondent

Phoenix traders prompt attack on bankruptcy law

The government's reform of bankruptcy laws has come under fire in theHouse of Commons for allowing unscrupulous 'phoenix traders' to carry on inbusine...

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Laundering rules threaten creditors
Business Recovery

Laundering rules threaten creditors

23y Adriana Zea

Laundering rules threaten creditors

Money laundering regulation, which has recently been amended to include insolvency work, will give 'dodgy' company directors a chance to wreak havoc o...

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Players in administration first.
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Players in administration first.

23y Adriana Zea

Players in administration first.

Distressed football players from Huddersfield Town have moved to establish an insolvency first by taking out an administration order against the club ...

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Row denies creditors £200m pot.
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Row denies creditors £200m pot.

23y Adriana Zea

Row denies creditors £200m pot.

Up to £200m is being withheld from UK creditors of failed companies because the big banks are refusing to allow a test case to decide who gets paid fi...

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York City FC rescued
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York City FC rescued

23y Adriana Zea

York City FC rescued

The long awaited rescue of York City football club has today been completed after creditors approved a company voluntary agreement giving them an amaz...

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Military supplier wound-up
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Military supplier wound-up

23y Paul Grant

Military supplier wound-up

A large supplier of robust computing products, which is involved in the implementation of the UK armed forces new communication system, has gone into ...

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